Re: [eclipsecon-na-program-committee] Talk schedule proposal

[Ian Skerrett <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/2/2011 11:22 AM, John Arthorne wrote:

I guess the only potential problem is that we can't fit as many talks into the overall schedule with 45 minutes per short talk slot. I don't know about others, but I think lunch could be chopped down to an hour if it means we can fit in an extra talk slot (Doug's earlier proposal had lunch from 12-1:30). An hour for lunch seems like plenty to me.  For long talks, if it fits into the schedule better they could be 50 minutes + 10 minute break. I find very few speakers can hold an audience's attention for a full hour, and to be honest Eclipse doesn't have large quantities of excellent public speakers ;)

The length of lunch is really driven by the logistics of feeding 800 people.   We can look at this but I would assume 1.5 hours for lunch. 

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