[EuroPython] Talk lengths

[David Boddie]

On Mon Mar 31 12:02:40 CEST 2008, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were
> considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well
> last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want to have discussions
> and more time switching between talks, then 45 minutes are a lot
> better, IMHO: 30 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussion, 5 minutes break
> and switching.

This topic came up in one of the IRC meetings:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/EuroPython/2008/IRCMeetings/IRCMeeting6

For simplicity, we decided that we should keep the 30 vs. 60 minute slots and
make 45 minute sessions fill the rest of the time with discussion. The idea
being that in-depth talks could run to around 45 minutes with 15 minutes for
questions and demos - the longer the talk, the more time you have to leave
for questions. That's the theory, at least.

Maybe 45 minutes slots would work, but I wouldn't want to schedule 45 minute
talks alongside 30 minute ones.

David