[EuroPython] Talk lengths

[Luthiger Stoll Benno]

I strongly agree with this suggestion.

I kind of suffered the flurry caused by people dropping into the room after time or leaving the room before time because of hurrying from room to room between the talks. (And, of course, I caused such disturbances as well when I had to switch).

I got the experience that conferences are better organized if there is time to switch between the talks in different rooms.

Therefore, a 45 minutes scheduling (including 5 minutes for switching) seems a very good solution to me.

Regards,
Benno

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-----Original Message-----
From: europython-bounces at python.org [mailto:europython-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of M.-A. Lemburg
Sent: Montag, 31. März 2008 12:03
To: EuroPython Mailing List
Subject: [EuroPython] Talk lengths

Andrew's article on this years PyCon:

http://www.amk.ca/diary/2008/03/pycon_2008_a_look_back.html

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.

What do others think ?

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