[computing] IUCr congress in Prague (2020)
Ton Spek
a.l.spek at uu.nl
Tue Jan 16 10:50:33 GMT 2018
Dear all,
I can fully subscribe to Harry's comments with my experiences as a
onetime IPC rep.
Ton
On 01/16/2018 11:35 AM, Harry Powell wrote:
> Dear all
>
> It may be worth pointing out some of the duties of the IPC rep,
> coloured by my experience of having done the job!
>
> The first thing is to make sure that the MS/keynotes/plenaries
> suggested by the Commission are communicated to the Congress Programme
> Committee chair.
>
> The hard bit is actually the meeting with the other IPC reps - this is
> a two-day meeting near the Congress venue the year before the event.
> The skills needed here revolve around negotiating and being able to
> come to a compromise - most Commissions will put forward 2 - 3 x as
> many suggestions as there are available slots.
>
> When I did it, on the first day, most people took the position that
> "all my Commission's suggestions are absolutely vital and have to be
> accommodated"; this was followed by a visit to the venue itself, and
> an evening of reflection and discussion; on the second day grudging
> agreement was reached as to the final programme (which also left some
> slots free for "hot news" sessions).
>
> I hardly knew anyone from the other Commissions before the IPC, and I
> don't think that it was a disadvantage - what's more important is to
> be a good person to interact with who can hold their own in a
> discussion. The IPC meeting itself is a great opportunity to form new
> contacts outside one's own immediate field.
>
> The IUCr is very happy to have joint sessions, so one way to reduce
> the argument at the IPC meeting is to come up with suggestions that
> include other Commissions at an early stage; these joint sessions are
> much more likely to be accommodated.
>
> I don't know if it is still the case, but the CompComm sessions at the
> Congress used to get the highest attendances, because the methods and
> programs that implement them are generally of more interest to more
> people than those focussed on a more specific scientific issue.
>
> This may or may not be useful....
>
> Harry
> --
> Dr Harry Powell
> Chairman of European Crystallographic Association SIG9
> (Crystallographic Computing)
>
>
>
>
> On 15 Jan 2018, at 15:51, Claudia Millán Nebot wrote:
>
>> Dear Martin and colleagues from the computing commission,
>>
>> I would like to volunteer for the computing school program committee
>> as a representative for Biological and macromolecular
>> crystallography. Participating actively in the organization of the
>> computing school is the topic in which I think I can contribute
>> better, as I don't have so many years of experience or contacts as
>> other members of the commission as for being part of the IPC. I have
>> attended myself all the latest computing schools, and I have as well
>> participated in other scientific computing events, and I would really
>> enjoy being part of the effort to organize the computing school in
>> Prague.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>> 2018-01-15 11:08 GMT+01:00 Martin Lutz <m.lutz at uu.nl
>> <mailto:m.lutz at uu.nl>>:
>>
>> Dear commission members,
>>
>> I hope that you all had a good start into the new year! Since
>> this is my first e-mail after the Hyderabad meeting, I also want
>> to welcome all of you in the new commission. I am looking forward
>> to the collaboration with you.
>>
>> At the beginning of the new year, we have to organize a few
>> things. You have received the e-mail of Radek Kuzel and Ivana
>> Kuta Smatanova on 6-Dec. They ask for nominations for a member of
>> our commission to the program committee for the Prague congress.
>> The rules for the nominations were included in their e-mail. We
>> should propose more than one candidate, from which one will be
>> selected. Please send your suggestions to this mailing list or to
>> me personally. Deadline is the end of January.
>>
>> We also should start the planning for the computing school in
>> 2020. Please send me suggestions for a general theme for this school.
>>
>> For the computing school I would like to establish a program
>> committee as well. Because crystallographic computing addresses
>> all areas of crystallography this should be reflected in the
>> program. Beside myself, I would like to include three additional
>> members:
>> * Biological and macromolecular crystallography
>> * Chemical and materials crystallography
>> * Non-diffraction techniques and powder methods
>> Please send me your suggestions.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Martin
>>
>> --
>> Martin Lutz
>> Crystal and Structural Chemistry
>> Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research
>> Faculty of Science
>> Utrecht University
>> Padualaan 8
>> 3584 CH Utrecht
>> The Netherlands
>> Tel. [+31] 030-2533902 <tel:%5B%2B31%5D%20030-2533902>
>> e-mail: m.lutz at uu.nl <mailto:m.lutz at uu.nl>
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