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[David Noble <davidwnoble AT gmail.com>]

Hi,

I have a few observations.

søn. 26. mai 2019 kl. 22:03 skrev <comotion AT delta9.pl>:

Hi,
Yes, we need more speakers. About 20 more speakers.

Do you remember someone from previous years that you connected with?

 

20 more speakers is quite a big ask. I think that there is a real chance of the talks becoming too niche to attract attendees if speakers are recruited in for the sake of being speakers.

 

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:03:40PM +0200, Christian Johansen wrote:

*snip* 

> We usually have 3 tracks.
> I think it is good to have at least:
> - Technical Track
> - Political/Social Track
> - Art/Gender/Education Track

To put it bluntly, I think this is too ambitious, particularly given the low turnout last time FSCONS was held in Oslo. I don't remember if there were more conference staff than attendees, but I think that this is a situation that should be avoided.

I suggest dropping the idea of having three tracks, and cutting back to one instead; but keeping the fields of "Technology", "Politics / Society" and "Art / Gender / Education" as themes. In this format, speakers from each field; preferably with talks that that intersect with the other field could be gathered, and selected based on quality, thus ensuring a high quality conference; with a considerably reduced workload on local staff.

Best regards,

David.