on Mon Dec 17 2007, Andrew Sutton <asutton-AT-cs.kent.edu> wrote:
Wouldn't it be better to change the location, so that people who couldn't come last time because it was very far could come this time? For example, have the conference in Europe or something.
That also makes it very far for people who did come last time :)
I'm a big fan of Paris :)
Look at it this way: with the dollar as weak as it is, even a "very far" trip to the US is still very affordable. It would be wonderful if someone were to put on a EuroBoostCon. I would definitely make the trip (despite the prohibitive exchange rate). One of the main issues with planning such a conference, though, is that you need someone "on the ground" who can scout out facilities, establish relationships, etc. I am "very far" from Paris, so that guy isn't me ;-)
A couple of questions:
1) Is there a (reduced) student rate for admission? IEEE/ACM sponsored conferences generally cut a couple hundred off the cost of attending for student members of either organization.
Not yet, but then we haven't fixed rates for the conference yet.
2) Does the conference (or its sponsors) plan to offer any compensation for students, either attending or presenting? I'm interested in attending, but I think I've used all my travel funding for the year - at a conference in Paris.
Presenters will definitely be given free admission, and we do intend to compensate presenters although I don't know what those numbers will be like yet. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com