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Originally Posted by VDVsx View Post
The only problem with your approach, is that it might cause false expectations to the candidates waiting in the limbo. The selection process must be well explained in order to avoid that issue.
It's nobody's interest to have sessions in the limbo, and if a session looks really weak/off-topic we can discard it asap.

The hard deadline on July 3rd also looks unrealistic, specially compared to the casual setting we had last year. I understand some of you want something with more structure but closing the call for papers 4,5 months before the event sounds almost like an academic convention or a business fair.

Proposal to reword this:

The submissions received will be reviewed periodically by the content committee starting on July 5th. Sessions approved will be communicated to the speakers and published in a draft schedule asap.

The final deadline for submissions will be September 13th but the sooner you submit your proposal the better chances you will have to get a slot.

The final schedule will be published on that week.
July 5th and September 13th because they are Sundays and people tend to do a lot of weekend work when submitting proposals in these kind of events. You avoid any timezone misinterpretations looking at whatever has been received before Monday morning European time.
 

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