On 08/19/2013 12:55 AM, Deror Avi wrote:
I do like the idea of wikimania wide speed dating. As for discussions, those may be carried out in an improvised way throughout the conference, but to be most effective they should appear in the printed schedule, and placed in a time slot in which they do not collide with a similar talk or panel. such talks must be known and submitted and placed in the schedule at least two month before the conference taking in mind the graphics and printing time.
That problem is solvable. If nothing else, the discussions can be printed later and stapled in to the program as an insert. It's not ideal, but it might be a worthwhile trade-off.
Matt Flaschen