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Goals
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* Organise the selection, promote and celebrate incredible content for our target audience

* Select tracks and track leads and help organise their work.
  - Rotating track leads / co-leads?
  - Fair / blind / inclusive reviews, constructive feedback to authors.
  - Good balance of talks, always something to go see.
  - Work with the track chairs to publicize CFPs and selected talks

* Work with the communications committee for announcements.
  - Social media, announce@apachecon.com, planners@apachecon.com, announce@apache.org(?), blog, website
  - CFP reminder emails to registered attendees
  - Program announcements

* Work with the tech committee (including website)
  - Publishing the schedule and reference materials
  - Making slides and videos available after the conference?


Questions
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* What other than talks? Lightning talks? 
  - Who finds and approaches keynote speakers?
  - Poster sessions!
  - Birds of a feather
  - Key signing party (during a break)
* How many submissions can we expect to deal with?
* What percentage of **accepted** should we expect to actually show?
  - Waitlist percentage?
  - Backup talks to fill in?

Structure and schedule
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ACNA 2022 Structure
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* 9 rooms, 7 keynotes, 160 talks (normally 5-7 talks simultaneously)
* Lightning talks had the exclusive last slot on the second last day.
* Last day: 1 keynote and later start.

| Start | Duration | Note       |
|-------|----------|------------|
| 09h00 | 15m +5   | Welcome    |
| 09h20 | 30m +5   | All 1      |
| 09h55 | 30m      | All 2      |
| 10h25 | 55m      | **Coffee** |
| 11h20 | 40m +10  | Talk 1     |
| 12h10 | 40m      | Talk 2     |
| 12h50 | 90m      | **Lunch**  |
| 14h20 | 40m +10  | Talk 3     |
| 15h10 | 40m +10  | Talk 4     |
| 15h40 | 30m      | **Coffee** |
| 16h10 | 40m +10  | Talk 5     |
| 17h00 | 40m +10  | Talk 6     |
| 17h50 | 40m      | Talk 7     |

CoC EU 2023 [Suggested structure][CoCEU24Tracker] Radisson Blu Carleton
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* Harmony Hall (380), breaks out into:
  - Melody (80)
  - Symphony (80)
  - Rhapsody (80)
* Carleton Hall (80) (with obstructing pillars?)
* Community lounge (??)
* 8 talks per day in 4 rooms ==> 96 talks
* **Two types of talks: 30min and 40min ??**

| Start | Duration | Note          |
|-------|----------|---------------|
| 08h15 | 15m      | Welcome       |
| 08h30 | 30m      | All 1         |
| 09h00 | 30m      | All 2         |
| 09h30 | 30m      | All 3         |
| 10h00 | 30m      | **Break**     |
| 10h30 | 40m      | Talk 1        |
| 11h15 | 40m      | Talk 2        |
| 12h00 | 40m      | Talk 3        |
| 12h40 | 60m      | **Lunch**     |
| 13h40 | 30m      | Talk 4        |
| 14h10 | 30m      | Talk 5        |
| 14h40 | 20m      | **Break**     |
| 15h00 | 40m      | Talk 6        |
| 15h45 | 40m      | Talk 7        |
| 16h30 | 40m      | Talk 8        |
| 17h10 | 90m      | **Reception** |

[CoCEU24Tracker]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VM3FPsZviPm5Ln9BRzzQYR52EA5TrNHhQCcuR7MAd0E/edit#gid=354354676 "Community Over Code 24 Tracker"

Timeline
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Estimation
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(Estimated dates are based on ACNA 2022)

|       | What                          | ACNA 22    | CoC EU 24      | Notes                                                  |
|-------|-------------------------------|------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| T-216 | Call for Tracks               | 2022/03/01 | **2023/10/31** | Earlier: Keep in mind track lead fatigue fromCoC NA 23 |
| T-202 | Call for Tracks closes        | 2022/03/15 | **2023/11/14** |                                                        |
| T-195 | Announce tracks               | 2022/03/22 | **2023/11/21** |                                                        |
| T-192 | Call for Reviewers            | 2022/03/25 | **2023/11/24** |                                                        |
| T-187 | Call for Presentations        | 2022/03/30 | **2023/11/29** |                                                        |
| T-158 | Call for keynote suggestions  | 2022/04/28 | **2023/12/28** |                                                        |
| T-133 | Call for Presentations closes | 2022/05/23 | **2024/01/22** |                                                        |
| T-124 | Track allotments finalized    | 2022/06/01 | **2024/01/31** |                                                        |
| T-115 | Track schedules due           | 2022/06/10 | **2024/02/09** |                                                        |
| T-102 | Speaker notifications sent    | 2022/06/23 | **2024/02/22** |                                                        |
| T     | First day of the conference   | 2022/10/03 | **2024/06/03** |                                                        |

Communication examples
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| What                          | ACNA 21                  | ACNA 22                                       | CoC NA 23                                                                                                  | CoC Asia 23 |
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Call for Tracks               | [2022/03/01][ACNA21-CFT] | [2022/03/01][ACNA22-CFT]                      | [2023/02/08][CoCNA23-CFT]                                                                                  |             |
| Call for Tracks closes        |                          | 2022/03/15                                    | 2023/03/01                                                                                                 |             |
| Announce tracks               |                          | [2022/03/22][ACNA22-TrackAnnounce]            |                                                                                                            |             |
| Call for Reviewers            |                          | [2022/03/25][ACNA22-CFR]                      |                                                                                                            |             |
| Call for Presentations        |                          | [2022/03/30][ACNA22-CFP]                      | [2023/03/08][CoCNA23-CFP] [News][CoCNA23-CFP-News] [Site][CoCNA23-CFP-Site] [Twitter][CoCNA23-CFP-Twitter] | 2023/05/30  |
| Call for keynote suggestions  |                          | [2022/04/28][ACNA22-CFKN]                     |                                                                                                            |             |
| Call for Presentations closes |                          | 2022/05/23                                    | 2023/07/13                                                                                                 | 2023/06/06  |
| Track allotments finalized    |                          | [2022/06/01][ACNA22-TrackNum]                 |                                                                                                            |             |
| Track schedules due           |                          | 2022/06/10 [2022/05/31][ACNA22-TrackReminder] |                                                                                                            |             |
| Speaker notifications sent    |                          | [2022/06/23][ACNA22-CFPAccepted]              |                                                                                                            |             |
| First day of the conference   |                          | 2022/10/03                                    | 2023/10/07                                                                                                 | 2023/08/18  |

[ACNA21-CFT]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/xxk630donrwqjgno5l1y78v3wml50lod "Call for Tracks ACNA 2021 (Email)"
[ACNA22-CFKN]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/t1c6hoys4jq6ky4n6jrkbgt21tn2r92l "Call for Keynote suggestions (Email)"
[ACNA22-CFP]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/ho1h6lf8g8hxmfylddstmffbr9b0942l "Call for Presentations ACNA 2022 (Email)"
[ACNA22-CFPAccepted]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/hkt9cx3j79ctp5dbwpo29qn078pk2ljr "Speaker notifications sent (Email)"
[ACNA22-CFR]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/dmjwh1yocz04rdwhs2fs1r0mfbh4mjzv "Call for Reviwers ACNA 2022 (Email)"
[ACNA22-CFT]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/xxk630donrwqjgno5l1y78v3wml50lod "Call for Tracks ACNA 2022 (Email)"
[ACNA22-TrackAnnounce]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/9mzy173wfs93pwm3fxfmohsd8y43r7x4 "Track announcement and allotments"
[ACNA22-TrackNum]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/znz2j5mgvlwlxvn7hngh2w1735z65lb6 "Track allotments (Email)"
[ACNA22-TrackReminder]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/w07pcmjmc49b5p1lctfzg6qq37bxddjg "Reminder: Track Schedules Deadline (Email)"
[CoCAsia23CFP-Twitter]: https://twitter.com/TheASF/status/1663344745983234048 "Call for Presentations (Twitter)"
[CoCNA23-CFP-News]: https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/announcing-our-annual-event-community-over-code "Call for Presentations (News)"
[CoCNA23-CFP-Site]: https://communityovercode.org/call-for-presentations/ "Call for Presentations (Site)"
[CoCNA23-CFP-Twitter]: https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/announcing-our-annual-event-community-over-code "Call for Presentations (Twitter)"
[CoCNA23-CFP]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/c86dog0pzb2pphrt0kshjnnzmd0mqpfk "Call for Presentations CoC NA 2023 (Email)"
[CoCNA23-CFT]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/w1kmo97osfyts73mf3kbqobtc2zhc15h "Call for Tracks CoC NA 2023 (Email)"

ApacheCon 2022 Tracks
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* Big Data
* Cassandra
* Cloud Runtime/Cloud Native
* CloudStack
* Community
* Data Engineering
* FinTech
* Geospatial and Remote Sensing
* Groovy
* Highlights
* Incubator
* Internet of Things
* Libraries, Frameworks and Developer Tools
* Performance Engineering
* Pulsar Event Streaming
* Search (Lucene/Solr)
* Tomcat

Call for Tracks
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Goals:

* **Identify the categories of talks that will make up the program.**
* Finding track leads (and others interested in joining the Program Committee).
* Testing community interest in different subjects, merging/splitting as necessary.
* Estimating the number of sessions per-track and tentatively blocking out rooms and dates to help guide the CfP.

Questions: 

* What exactly is a track lead volunteering for?
  - Publicity for the CfP?  Competing for audience at the event?
  - Do they need to be at the conference? Should they be giving a talk?
  - Are there hidden responsibility or benefits? (Free registration, speakers dinner?)
  - If we merge tracks, how do we make sure everybody feels valued?

Call for Tracks Draft
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The planners for the Community over Code EU conference are excited to be working on the next edition, which will be held at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel in Bratislava, Slovenia from June 03-05, 2024! 
This will be our first live EU event since 2019, and the team is putting together a great event for attendees.

As we plan the schedule of sessions, we are seeking input on what tracks to host for this year's live event. 
Please note, that the physical space is limited, so the number of tracks we can host for one event is more limited compared to Community over Code NA.

To that end, this is a general Call for Tracks to start determining what we are going to host on the 2024 conference schedule.
If you are interested in having a track for Community over Code EU 2024, please respond to this email with the following information:

* Name of track
* Short description of the track
* Track captain name(s)
* Expected number of sessions for your track
* Optional: ASF ProjectProjects which might be interested in contributing presentations for your track

Note that not all tracks will be the same length in terms of sessions, and not all proposed tracks will be accepted.
It is our hope to be flexible with the schedule and accommodate as much variety of live sessions as possible.

Track selection will be based on:

* Past attendance/interest
* Interest in new technologies/approaches
* Work history between planners and candidate track captains

Please have this information to the planners@apachecon.org by **>>TWO WEEKS AFTER<<** at 23:59 GMT, so we can begin the selection and Call for Presentations process.

Additionally, we are excited to announce that we will be introducing a new feature this year: a poster session.
This addition will provide an excellent platform for top-level-projects and incubator projects to present their work in a visually engaging manner.
We believe this will foster lively discussions and facilitate networking opportunities among participants.

Call for Presentations
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Goals:

* **Fill the conference with useful, interesting talks that people want to see**
* Provide opportunities for new speakers, in an welcoming, inclusive environment.

Call for Presentations Draft
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Yo send us talks thx 

Resources
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* ASF
  - [announce@apachecon.com](https://lists.apache.org/list?announce@apachecon.com)
  - [planners@apachecon.com](https://lists.apache.org/list?planners@apachecon.com)
  - [@TheASF](https://twitter.com/TheASF)
  - [ASF Event Planning](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CONFERENCES/Apache+Event+Planning)

* General
  - [Advice for Program Chairs][ProgramCommitteeAdvice]
  - [The role of program committees][ProgramCommitteeRole]
  - [Running a program committee meeting][ProgramCommitteeMeeting]

[ProgramCommitteeAdvice]: https://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/publications/trs/ProgramChair.pdf "Advice for Program Chairs (PDF)"
[ProgramCommitteeRole]: https://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~oded/on-pc.html "The role of program committees"
[ProgramCommitteeMeeting]: https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/pc-meeting.html "Running a program committee meeting"

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