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AIR 2007 Vancouver - Schedule
This is the schedule for the conference. It is a draft planning document until the final program is printed.
Overview
The conference runs from Wednesday (delegates arriving) through Thursday (conference sessions), Friday (conference sessions), Saturday (conference sessions), and Sunday (delegates depart, new executive meets).
The main conference sessions are run with eight to nine parallel sessions broken into four blocks - two in the morning, two in the afternoon.
A feature of the conference will be 30 minute breaks for networking half way through the morning and the afternoon. Coffee and snacks will be provided at these breaks. Lunches will be "on your own" in order to save money and provide opportunities for delegates to visit the local area.
Detail
Here is the schedule broken down into blocks. This will be broken down further as we refine the schedule.
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
| Morning (8:30-10, 10-10:30, 10:30-12) | Set up | Plenary/keynote, coffee break, 1st 8 parallel sessions | Plenary/keynote, coffee break, 4th 8 parallel sessions | Plenary/keynote, coffee break, 7th 8 parallel sessions | Farewell |
| Lunch (12-1:30) | Registration | Lunch on your own | Buffet lunch w/awards, speakers, etc | Lunch on your own | |
| Afternoon (1:30-3, 3-3:30, 3:30-5) | Pre-conference workshops | 2nd 8 parallel sessions, coffee break, 3rd 8 parallel sessions |
5th 8 parallel sessions, coffee break, 6th 8 parallel sessions |
8th 8 parallel sessions, coffee break, 9th 8 parallel sessions |
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| Evening (5-6, 7-9) | Welcome reception (no host bar) | BOF (5-6), debate @ Wosk | AIR AGM (5-6), Banquet (7-9) | BOF (5-6) |
All of these things are placeholders, of course, and can be moved as necessary. If we run 8 parallel sessions with 4 people in each 1.5 hr block (Plenary 8:30-10, Sessions 10:30-12, 1:30-3, 3:30-5, Coffee 10-10:30, 3-3:30), and 9 of these “blocks of 8” over the three days, we can have 288 papers. Add three plenary/keynotes in the morning, a lunch on the Friday with local speakers, the banquet and agm on friday evening, and a few “Birds of a Feather” sessions in the evening, and you have our tentative plan.