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+1 Europe R. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send

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Are there any updates on the status of the planned Clojure conference? David On Jan 28, 8:40 pm, Amit Rathore wrote: > The JavaOne alignment will probably work. The last time, we had a > special Bay Area Clojure meetup following it, and it was our biggest > ever (around 80 people). Of course,

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So, Amit, any updates? Bear in mind that ICFP is Sept. 27-29 this year. -mike On Jan 28, 4:40 pm, Amit Rathore wrote: > The JavaOne alignment will probably work. The last time, we had a > special Bay Area Clojure meetup following it, and it was our biggest > ever (around 80 people). Of course,

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The JavaOne alignment will probably work. The last time, we had a special Bay Area Clojure meetup following it, and it was our biggest ever (around 80 people). Of course, that was because Rich was there. Tim and I are having another discussion over the weekend, we'll keep you all posted... On Jan

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Where's the reference to the booze then ? :))) Since this thread started, everyone has been saying that bars in their neighbourhood are the best. Still wondering if this conference is only a motive to get drunk for a few days :))) Luc On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 14:02 -0800, Paul Nakata wrote: > Or "C

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Conference alignment is smart, but to which conference? I suppose it depends on whether the conference organizers prefer to convenience the audience of JavaOne or ICFP. I'm unfamiliar with what sort of folks go to JavaOne, I'd imagine many of them aren't familiar with Clojure and wouldn't be int

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On Jan 28, 10:46 am, liebke wrote: > > Oracle just announced Java One in San Francisco from September 19-23, > > 2010 > > Despite my preference for an east coast conference (and my limited > interest in JavaOne), I think it makes a lot of sense to have the > ClojureConj start on the Friday after J

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Or "Conjference" On Jan 28, 11:24 am, ataggart wrote: > I'm partial to naming it "Expojure". > > On Jan 27, 9:59 am, Luc Préfontaine > wrote: > > > Then lets call it ClojureFest > > > Luc > > > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: > > > Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously,

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I'm partial to naming it "Expojure". On Jan 27, 9:59 am, Luc Préfontaine wrote: > Then lets call it ClojureFest > > Luc > > > > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: > > Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See > > you guys in the fall! :) > > > I woul

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(inc java-one-alignment) On Jan 28, 10:46 am, liebke wrote: > > Oracle just announced Java One in San Francisco from September 19-23, > > 2010 > > Despite my preference for an east coast conference (and my limited > interest in JavaOne), I think it makes a lot of sense to have the > ClojureConj s

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> Oracle just announced Java One in San Francisco from September 19-23, > 2010 Despite my preference for an east coast conference (and my limited interest in JavaOne), I think it makes a lot of sense to have the ClojureConj start on the Friday after JavaOne. David On Jan 28, 9:45 am, Rich Hicke

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On Jan 25, 3:49 pm, Tim Dysinger wrote: > I think I should have started this poll off the maillist :(.  I think we can > stop now. > > I think we know that a big city with direct flights from most anywhere > (including from Europe) is good.  We (the conference organizers) have people > on the gr

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Hic ! On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 12:59 -0500, Luc Préfontaine wrote: > Then lets call it ClojureFest > > Luc > > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: > > > Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See > > you guys in the fall! :) > > > > I would prefer it

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Then lets call it ClojureFest Luc On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:37 -0800, eyeris wrote: > Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See > you guys in the fall! :) > > I would prefer it during the week. > > > > On Jan 22, 3:15 pm, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > > I vote let

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Exotic? You got it! Madison, WI! Seriously, we have the best bars. See you guys in the fall! :) I would prefer it during the week. On Jan 22, 3:15 pm, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an > exotic location. > > Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio

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Joseph Smith wrote: +1 Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska. :) Mr. Buffet? Is that you? Have you, too, decided to invest in Clojure? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that post

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On 26.1.2010, at 21:59, Julien wrote: > What about colocating this conference with say OOPSLA (or ECOOP). You > will probably get good attendance. > If it'd be part of ECOOP it'd be great since in 2010 it's in Slovenia (and I live there :D). B. -- You received this message because you are s

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Weekend and Europe Nuno On 26 Jan 2010, at 22:53, e wrote: I didn't know this was a vote for location. If it is, DC would work for me. I thought it was more about weekend vs week. I'd agree weekend is better. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Joseph Smith wrote: +1 Lincoln/Omaha Neb

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DC would be awesome! On Jan 26, 7:20 pm, David Cabana wrote: > +1 DC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient wit

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I didn't know this was a vote for location. If it is, DC would work for me. I thought it was more about weekend vs week. I'd agree weekend is better. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Joseph Smith wrote: > +1 Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska. :) > > --- > Joseph Smith > j...@uwcreations.com > (402)601-5

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+1 Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska. :) --- Joseph Smith j...@uwcreations.com (402)601-5443 On Jan 26, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Michel Vollebregt wrote: +1 for Europe On Jan 26, 12:22 am, mudphone wrote: +1 Paris On Jan 22, 11:54 pm, Konrad Hinsen wrote:> On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver

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What about colocating this conference with say OOPSLA (or ECOOP). You will probably get good attendance. On Jan 26, 1:29 pm, Michel Vollebregt wrote: > +1 for Europe > > On Jan 26, 12:22 am, mudphone wrote: > > > +1 Paris > > > On Jan 22, 11:54 pm, Konrad Hinsen wrote:> On > > 22 Jan 2010, at

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+1 for Europe On Jan 26, 12:22 am, mudphone wrote: > +1 Paris > > On Jan 22, 11:54 pm, Konrad Hinsen wrote:> On 22 > Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > > > > I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an > > > exotic location. > > > > Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio

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DC Clojure vacation + Friday tutorial On Jan 22, 2010 12:36pm, dysinger wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, given the conference is probably going to be a 2-day conference, would you rather ha

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Amit Rathore wrote: > ok folks, we need some more real opinions... :) > we're thinking it will be in the Bay Area, some time during early > fall. weekend seems logical from the responses so far... I've only counted two votes for the Bay Area as a first choice so far in this thread and one of the

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I agree that at least part (well I guess that would be half) of the conference should be on a weekend to permit attendance for those with work conflicts. A suggestion that I recall seeing a while ago was to dovetail ICFP 2010 . That would be late September in the

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On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > >> I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an >> exotic location. >> >> Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) > > My vote is for Paris, France

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+1 for a European location. I’m in London but Paris & Berlin are both really cool locations. Cheers, Ian. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members a

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I concur. Columbus, OH is a pretty good location :D [But then, I am just being selfish] In all seriousness, it does act as a pretty central location in the midwest region IMO. Raju On Jan 22, 4:15 pm, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an > e

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I would suggest Estonia, but Germany is good as well! :) Br, Jevgeni On Jan 23, 3:45 pm, "Heinz N. Gies" wrote: > On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:04 , Boštjan Jerko wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 23.1.2010, at 10:33, Edmund wrote: > > >> East coast for we Europeans ? > > >> On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Gr

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This group works as wave group as well :) 2010/1/24 Seth : > When: weekends > Where: DC, Boston, NY, San Fran > Who: at least one, probably more > > Newsgroups are such a painful way to vote on things. Google Wave or > some other wiki-like thing would make it much easier to aggregate > everyone's

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Location: DC (central and lots of Clojurers in the area) or Atlanta (cheap) Days of week: Any, suggest Fri-Sat There seem to be at least an equal (probably greater) number of east coast Clojure users in North America and the east coast is an easier destination for any European attendees. I'm happ

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Richard, Agreed - I'm not committing to anything right now, just throwing out what we might target, if those numbers sounds reasonable to people. Like Tim said, our goal is to keep costs low, so we can keep the price low. Regards, Amit. On Jan 24, 2:51 pm, Tim Dysinger wrote: > We don't know wh

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We don't know what the cost is going to be yet - I want to keep it _low_ but we don't have any sponsors yet nor do we have a small (narrowed) list of locations picked out. We plan on working on these items this month and will release more info soon as we know more. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:42 AM

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as far as pricing goes, how does something in the $199 range sound? we can probably add a tutorial day Friday for a small additional cost, say $149...? we can certainly have some well-known clojurians conduct the tutorials, I'm sure we'll have plenty of real world clojure experience in the house..

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ok folks, we need some more real opinions... :) we're thinking it will be in the Bay Area, some time during early fall. weekend seems logical from the responses so far... as far as pricing goes, how does something in the $199 range sound? we can probably add a tutorial day Friday for a small addi

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When: weekends Where: DC, Boston, NY, San Fran Who: at least one, probably more Newsgroups are such a painful way to vote on things. Google Wave or some other wiki-like thing would make it much easier to aggregate everyone's input. On Jan 24, 8:37 am, Jeff Schwab wrote: > +1 Boston. > > > > Bren

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+1 Boston. Brent Millare wrote: Weekend, and East coast, either near the DC area or New York Area, maybe Boston area is OK too. On Jan 22, 12:36 pm, dysinger wrote: We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, give

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+1 to Boston/NY/DC/Bay Area in that order On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Chad Harrington wrote: > - Friday / Saturday > - SF Bay Area > Chad Harrington > chad.harring...@gmail.com > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, dysinger wrote: >> >> We will be organizing a conference in the next month

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- Friday / Saturday - SF Bay Area Chad Harrington chad.harring...@gmail.com On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, dysinger wrote: > We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 > (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, given > the conference is probably going

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Weekend, and East coast, either near the DC area or New York Area, maybe Boston area is OK too. On Jan 22, 12:36 pm, dysinger wrote: > We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 > (probably in the fall).  One question I would like to ask is, given > the conference is probably g

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On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:04 , Boštjan Jerko wrote: > > On 23.1.2010, at 10:33, Edmund wrote: > >> East coast for we Europeans ? >> >> On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Grand wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen >>> >>> wrote: On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wro

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>> >> I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an >> >> exotic location. Well, how about Johannesburg or Cape Town. Sort of equidistant from the US, Europe, Asia and Aus. Also if you wait a month or two you can get to watch a soccer (footie) match or three as well :). -- Yo

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On 23.1.2010, at 10:33, Edmund wrote: > East coast for we Europeans ? > > On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Grand wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen >> >> wrote: >>> On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: >> I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, an

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East coast for we Europeans ? On Jan 23, 8:53 am, Christophe Grand wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen > > wrote: > > On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > > >> I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an > >> exotic location. > > >> Otherwi

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On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > >> I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an >> exotic location. >> >> Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) > > My vote is for Paris, France

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I second Seattle. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:19 PM, ajay gopalakrishnan wrote: > I vote for Seattle. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members ar

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On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:15, Wilson MacGyver wrote: I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) My vote is for Paris, France :-) Konrad. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

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I'll throw in my preferences: Location: Atlanta - Cheap facilities, direct flights for most everyone in the *world*, easier for Euro folks to make it here, and great BBQ. Days of week: It would be great to have it on Thurs afternoon/Fri/Sat Date: late Sept, early Oct Sessions: Day1: Beginner tracks

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I would suggest that in addition to the 2-day (weekend seems logical to me) conference, that you consider a tutorial day on Friday, and perhaps even sprints for after the conference. I've gotten a great deal out of that format at Pycon, over the years. ~J On Jan 22, 9:36 am, dysinger wrote: > W

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Because the majority of us are not using Clojure for work a weekend is going to encounter the lease work related conflicts. a Friday-to- Saturday conference would be a potential compromise allowing people to only take thursday-friday off work and still be back on Monday. as far as choosing a locat

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I would prefer over a weekend (hopefully it won't conflict with a NFJS show). Bay area is nice; Portland is nicer! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Luc Prefontaine wrote: > Either would be fine (week/weekend) for me. As for the location, being in > the Montreal area, I am not fan of the west coa

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Either would be fine (week/weekend) for me. As for the location, being in the Montreal area, I am not fan of the west coast... Travelling by plane these times is painful enough, spending more time in these flying cans is not my first choice. If it could be held near a big flight hub accessi

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I vote for Seattle. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Wilson MacGyver wrote: > I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an > exotic location. > > Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sean Devlin > wrote: > > Clea

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I vote let's turn this into a clojure vacation, and hold it in an exotic location. Otherwise, hey, Columbus Ohio is as good as any other city. :) On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sean Devlin wrote: > Clearly you haven't taken into account that Philadelphia is more > central wrt the big cities :)

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Clearly you haven't taken into account that Philadelphia is more central wrt the big cities :) On Jan 22, 3:32 pm, Fogus wrote: > Since Clojure is clearly an East-Coast language, I suggest DC as the > most logical locale.  (hopes someone buys this line of reasoning) > > -m -- You received this

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Since Clojure is clearly an East-Coast language, I suggest DC as the most logical locale. (hopes someone buys this line of reasoning) -m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com No

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On Jan 22, 11:49 am, jeremey wrote: > +1 for weekend. Everyone is probably thinking Bay Area, but it should > really be in Houston (warm, great food, great bars). :) > > Jeremey. You misspelled "Austin". ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure"

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+1 for weekend. Everyone is probably thinking Bay Area, but it should really be in Houston (warm, great food, great bars). :) Jeremey. On Jan 22, 11:36 am, dysinger wrote: > We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 > (probably in the fall).  One question I would like to ask

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Where is it going to be held? 2010/1/22 dysinger > We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 > (probably in the fall). One question I would like to ask is, given > the conference is probably going to be a 2-day conference, would you > rather have it during the week or weeken

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What coast are you thinking? That will probably affect a lot of answers. Agreed. I'm flexible enough to go during the week (which frees up my weekend!), but I imagine that's not the case for most. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group.

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Only if you know a good bar :) On Jan 22, 1:15 pm, Chouser wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Sean Devlin wrote: > > What coast are you thinking?  That will probably affect a lot of > > answers. > > Why not compromise and have it in Indianapolis? > > Not getting my hopes up, > --Chouserht

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Sean Devlin wrote: > What coast are you thinking?  That will probably affect a lot of > answers. Why not compromise and have it in Indianapolis? Not getting my hopes up, --Chouser http://joyofclojure.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed

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What coast are you thinking? That will probably affect a lot of answers. Sean On Jan 22, 12:36 pm, dysinger wrote: > We will be organizing a conference in the next month for 2010 > (probably in the fall).  One question I would like to ask is, given > the conference is probably going to be a 2-d