# Discussion session and social meeting

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-session-and-social-meeting/43161>\
**Category:** JuliaCon\
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-session-and-social-meeting/43161 "2020-07-16T04:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-session-and-social-meeting/43161/1 "2020-07-16T04:35:45Z")

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I have attended some online workshops where there are very good breakout sessions afterwards.  
the idea is to schedule a one hour meeting with a moderator. People say hello and discuss the workshop or conference topics.

I propose a social meeting - I have never been to Portugal and was looking forward to local food. Would a Portugese person from here step up and recommend some food for each of us to sample during discussion session?

If this is already on the timetable I do apologise.

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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-session-and-social-meeting/43161/2 "2020-07-22T13:21:36Z")

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I will bump this up again.  
I propose an informal Hallway Chinwag after the main sessions. the concept is to talk about the proceedings of the day and also social topics.  
Maybe get some Portuguese food and drink to consume together.

> **[Pastel de nata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastel_de_nata)**
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> Pastel de nata (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Portuguese pronunciation: \[pɐʃˈtɛl dɨ ˈnatɐ\] (plural: pastéis de nata; \[pɐʃˈtɐjʒ dɨ-\])) or Pastel de Belém is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, optionally dusted with cinnamon. Outside Portugal, they are particularly popular in other parts of Western Europe, Asia and former Portu Pa...

I have a paid for Zoom account so should be able to organise a one hour session at the end of the day.  
My session timings are BST - is my browser translating into my timezone?

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**Author:** ![avik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/avik/32/17_2.png) [@avik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/avik)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-session-and-social-meeting/43161/3 "2020-07-22T15:39:25Z")

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Yes, this is a good idea, and we’ve been thiking about how to facilitate these.

The confernce interactions will happen on a dedicated Discord server. Instructions on joning will be sent in a few days to all registered attendees.

On discord, attendees will have to option of creating impromptu voice and chat channels, which can be used for breakout and/or social gatherings.

Regards

Avik