# Minisymposia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428>\
**Category:** 2024\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [June 30, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428 "2024-06-30T14:26:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/1 "2024-06-30T14:26:28Z")

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In theory, there should be an aerospace minisymposium, see: [Aerospace Minisymposium](https://juliacon.org/2024/minisymposia/aerospace/)

I cannot find it in the conference program. Does it take place? If yes, when and where?

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**Author:** ![oscarvdvelde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscarvdvelde/32/202157_2.png) [@oscarvdvelde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oscarvdvelde)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/2 "2024-06-30T16:41:31Z")

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You can find it here: [Juliacon 2024 :: pretalx](https://pretalx.com/juliacon2024/schedule/)  
Ctrl-F and search for “aero” 🙂  
It is planned Wednesday July 10th 2:00 - 5:30 pm in While Loop (4.2)

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/3 "2024-06-30T16:48:10Z")

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Thanks for pointing this out.

But, to be honest, I never saw such a bad way to present a conference program. It looks like a bachelor student got the task to implement an SQL query.

Very hard to find anything.

Apart from that, I intended to give a talk in the context of this symposium, and it was actually ignored. Strange.

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**Author:** ![oscarvdvelde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscarvdvelde/32/202157_2.png) [@oscarvdvelde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oscarvdvelde)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/4 "2024-06-30T16:57:54Z")

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> [@ufechner7](#):
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> Apart from that, I intended to give a talk in the context of this symposium, and it was actually ignored. Strange.

In my case (Earth sciences mini-symposium) I got feedback on my submission from two reviewers in the acceptance email, which I should consider for the Lightning talk.  
If your submission got ignored without feedback, that would be very unfortunate. It would be good to contact the organizer in that case.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/5 "2024-06-30T17:05:41Z")

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Lets say it like this: I suggested to give a talk [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2024-astrodynamics-aerospace-minisymposium/107176/13) on Discourse, but it was never clear to me where and when and in which form to submit a proposal. This was not communicated.

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**Author:** ![oscarvdvelde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscarvdvelde/32/202157_2.png) [@oscarvdvelde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oscarvdvelde)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/6 "2024-06-30T17:16:20Z")

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That’s a pity! Perhaps it was the terminology “Call for Proposals” and acronym CFP used in the announcements. Myself I am more sensitive to the word “Abstract” in such announcements and had almost mistaken such announcement for the proposals for the sessions instead.

See [JuliaCon - Julia Programming Language](https://discourse.julialang.org/c/juliacon/30)  
In particular [JuliaCon 2024: CFP is now live!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2024-cfp-is-now-live/106234)  
Also on the JuliaCon 2024 website it must have been stated.

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**Author:** ![xlxs4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xlxs4/32/223653_2.png) [@xlxs4](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xlxs4)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/7 "2024-06-30T18:04:58Z")

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Hi @ufechner7! Apart from the general JuliaCon updates and whatnot, I had updated this discourse ([1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2024-astrodynamics-aerospace-minisymposium/107176/16), [2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2024-aerospace-minisymposium/109198)), and made some individual posts on Slack and on my own accounts here and there, and I know the organizers also made sure to spread the word (e.g. [here](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-julia-language_aerospaceengineering-aeronauticalengineering-activity-7155982340874203136-FapX?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)). All submissions were reviewed with written feedback given. If you’ve tried to reach out and it fell through the cracks, I sincerely apologize. I can’t seem to find any DMs/emails 🙂 In any case, I’m sure all the volunteers involved are open to constructive feedback.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/8 "2024-06-30T18:09:02Z")

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On Discourse, there is no information whom to contact or how. Interestingly it was better announced on LinkedIn.

But even on LinkedIn there was no clear information:

- how to apply for a mini-symposium
- how to supply a proposal for a talk on a mini-symposiom

I think this were different things. No clear communication. Or in other words: No professional approach to organizing these things. Just very informal. My friends will know how to do it, others can be lucky or not.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/9 "2024-06-30T18:15:52Z")

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> [@xlxs4](#):
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> I can’t seem to find any DMs/emails

Did you make any post saying “please send me a DM or email”? I would not even know where to find your email.

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**Author:** ![xlxs4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xlxs4/32/223653_2.png) [@xlxs4](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xlxs4)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/10 "2024-06-30T18:29:34Z")

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Discourse supports DMs/“mails”. The post was and is open for comments as well. It’s not clear to me with whom you’re raising an issue with. From my (minisymposium org) side, what actions do you believe would have better communicated all of this?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/2/92c2ecbec0c78227484412b5abae830c610dc69d.png)

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/11 "2024-06-30T18:37:30Z")

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The call for proposals for all talks closed on January 31st. I made an announcement here:

> [@Call for Proposals for JuliaCon Global 2024 closes at January 31st 2024 23:59 (CET)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-proposals-for-juliacon-global-2024-closes-at-january-31st-2024-23-59-cet/109491):
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> The Call for Proposals for JuliaCon Global 2024 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, closes at 23:59 (CET) on January 31st. That is less than 18 hours from the time of this post. Please submit your proposals via the link below. If you are considering a proposal but may not be able to make the deadline or having any other difficulties with the Call for Proposals process, please contact the organizers at [juliacon@julialang.org](mailto:juliacon@julialang.org). We look forward to hearing about your talks.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/12 "2024-06-30T18:38:41Z")

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Well, any professional conference website has a tab “Timeline” which states what are the deadlines and how and where and in which form to do this. Only the JuliaCon website doesn’t.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/13 "2024-06-30T18:40:30Z")

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Well, but it was not clear in any way if this is true for submissions to the minisymposiums. As far as I understood that was a different submission track.

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/14 "2024-06-30T19:08:35Z")

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First of all, let’s not conflate things here.

The deadline for the JuliaCon Call for Proposals was clearly communicated through all channels (Slack, Discourse, Banner on the website, etc.). I don’t see how we could improve here.

Minisymposia are essentially mini-conferences within a conference (JuliaCon). They are fully self-organized by the people who proposed the minisymposium (in the JuliaCon Call for Proposals). How and when the MS authors take public submissions (if at all) is up to them and needs to be communicated by them (for big conferences, often MS have separate, simple websites for this). For these reasons, this information is not presented on the general JuliaCon website.

> [@ufechner7](#):
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> Well, any professional conference website has a tab “Timeline” which states what are the deadlines and how and where and in which form to do this. Only the JuliaCon website doesn’t.

I don’t know which conferences you have in mind and what your criteria for “professional” are. Anyhow, just to point out one, [PyData Global 2023](https://pydata.org/global2023) also doesn’t seem to have a “timeline”.

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/15 "2024-06-30T19:12:27Z")

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I’m not sure what to tell you, Uwe. I could show you a [Wayback Machine snapshot](https://web.archive.org/web/20231129031427/https://juliacon.org/2024/) of the website where the first thing it says is the deadline or the commits showing [when it went online](https://github.com/JuliaCon/www.juliacon.org/commit/ddea4dbc1178e281df9d72a807bfa9524c67aa33).

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/4/64ee1f912216d2cc28322ec41e7963d8800d2648.png)

However, none of that is going to solve anything. If you are still interested, DM me or send an email to [juliacon@julialang.org](mailto:juliacon@julialang.org). There is a small chance we might be able to fit you in as we have had some cancellations.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/16 "2024-06-30T19:13:18Z")

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> [@carstenbauer](#):
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> How and when the MS authors take public submissions (if at all) is up to them and needs to be communicated by them. For these reasons, this information is not presented on the general JuliaCon website.

Sounds like a bad way to organize such events to me. You can always ask them and put their infos on the conference web site.

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/17 "2024-06-30T19:17:40Z")

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> [@ufechner7](#):
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> Sounds like a bad way to organize such events to me.

You are entitled to your own opinion, of course. But let me tell you that big (“professional”) conferences - I’m thinking [https://sc24.supercomputing.org/](https://sc24.supercomputing.org/) for example - do it like this. (They call our minisymposia “workshops” to confuse everyone 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/18 "2024-06-30T19:24:44Z")

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The minisymposia information was posted here:

> **[JuliaCon 2024](https://juliacon.org/2024/minisymposia/)**
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> JuliaCon 2024, Eindhoven, Philips Stadion

Only Cartsen’s HPC symposium came with a preset schedule of talks.

But really, do contact us. There is a 30 minute hole in the Aerospace Symposium right now due to a scheduling conflict

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/19 "2024-06-30T19:27:20Z")

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Also, to answer the original question, there is a Filter button on the left side. Click it and select Aerospace Minisymposium.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/b/0/b0903a1ff55041ad089369af6ae028841534b7ac.png)

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minisymposia/116428/20 "2024-06-30T19:49:18Z")

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