[VoCamp Discuss] VoCamp at WWW09?

[Marie-Claire Forgue]

Hi Peter,

Peter Mika wrote:
> Hi Marie,
> 
> Would it be possible to have a two-day event at WWW?

That might be possible though I can't confirmed it yet. Otherwise, I 
wonder if the set up of a "VoCamp light" version (one day event) is 
possible too?

Thanks.
- Marie-Claire.

> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 
> Marie-Claire Forgue wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Happy new year! Just to let you that the offer to host VoCamp during 
>> WWW09 still stands :)
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Best,
>>
>> - Marie-Claire.
>>
>> Peter Mika wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Happy New Year to everyone!
>>>
>>> A brief update on VoCamp Barcelona... so we have a room and open wifi 
>>> in the building and we can have both free of charge. However, there 
>>> is another option, namely to collocate the event with the next Future 
>>> of Web Search Workshop, which will take place in Ibiza on the Friday 
>>> and Saturday before WWW. This workshop is organized by Yahoo! 
>>> Research Barcelona every year, and it's a larger but still fairly 
>>> informal gathering as well (no paper submissions). Ibiza has possibly 
>>> even cheaper hotels, flights would be probably the same, around 50 
>>> euros each way. It is not certain yet, but it might be possible that 
>>> the workshop would also focus on semantic search.
>>>
>>> In light of this somewhat partial information, I'm wondering how many 
>>> of you feel strongly either for Barcelona or Ibiza, e.g. raise your 
>>> hand if you would not come if VoCamp would take place in one or the 
>>> other location. I'm also interested how many of you would attend the 
>>> Future of Web Search WS. Last year's program can give you an 
>>> impression of that workshop [1].
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> [1] http://grupoweb.upf.es/tfws08/home.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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> 
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