PDC postpoded until 2022. Invite to PDC Discussion Coffee, scheduled for the 8th of June 2021
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Dear Contributor, Friend, Colleague,
I hope this email finds you well! Apologies, as you may receive it through multiple channels.
Regrettably, yet again, do we have to face the reality that the most sensible decision is to postpone PDC. With vaccines only slowly becoming available and long waiting times, especially for the younger participants, the best option for us is to wait until 2022.
But please read on, we are planning something special around the dates originally timetables for 2021!
We value the physical get-together, focus, and dedicated time. That's why we have decided to move PDC to 2022, where we are quite sure we all can travel again and get the most out of it.
Trying to replicate the same experience online could only recreate a small aspect of the real meeting, even if it were to be successful. As we have already been waiting some time to get together, we thought it would be great to connect again before next year's meeting.
The result is PDC Discussion Coffee. Scheduled for the 8th of June 2021, the format will be quite different. At PDC, we usually value longer talks, with detail and time to explain. Not just a quick show of the most admirable results, leaving us to wonder if we got the right idea, how it was done, etc.
But with different time zones to bridge and us already spending a fair amount of time in video conferences of one kind or another, we did not want to timetable yet another video conference marathon.
At PDC Discussion Coffee, the idea is that we have short talks, no more than 5min, no more than two slides, which help us to pitch our ideas, surprises, next project, etc., to stimulate an online conversation about the topic or idea afterward. (Hopefully) enabled by some virtual room system where people can talk in smaller groups as per their interests—everything to be timetabled over 1.5 hours. Depending on the number of contributions, we may program more days.
Please head over to https://pdc-workshop-abstracts.com/e/PDC-DC to register your lightning presentation and or register!
Hope to get in touch with you virtually during PDC Discussion Coffee and next year in Princeton in person!
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any comment or question you may have!
Best wishes,
on behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Markus Gross