Dear GLAMers, 

2 quick (but important!) updates regarding the GLAMWiki Conference in Tel Aviv later this year: 

1) Conference dates change -  
Originally, the conference was planned to take place between October 13-15, 2018. 
We have pushed the dates to November 03-05, 2018, in order to accommodate Katherine's schedule, so she can attend as well. 
This is the final date and will not change in the future. We apologize for any inconvenience due to this change. 

2) Call for candidates for the program committee - 
I've been asked to serve as the chair of the program committee for the conference and am looking for qualified candidates to serve with me on the Program Committee. The main agenda of the committee will be to ensure that we end up with a well-balanced, well-organized, diverse and high-quality program, which best represents the needs of our global GLAM community.  

The content submissions for the conference will open mid March and close at the end of April. 
Members of the committee will be expected to read and evaluate the submissions during May and determine which submissions are accepted. 
The committee will then notify presenters and will await final approval from them (by the end of June), after which there will be a shorter, 2-weeks second round of changes to the program according presenters' replies beginning to till Mid July. 
More details regarding the complete timeline, including deadlines for scholarships submissions and registrations, will be send out at the beginning of March (including a link to the conference website on Meta, which we are working on).

In the meantime, if you are a GLAM enthusiast, have experience leading GLAM projects, involved in the global GLAM community and are excited to take part in determining what the conference will offer to its participants, please send an email my way to - shani.even@gmail.com by March 14th. 
Your mail should then describe your GLAM experience (shortly :)) and why you believe you will be a good candidate for the conference program committee.
Please state "Candidate for the GLAMWiki Program Committee" in the subject line. 

Cheers, 
Shani.