Re: [boost] BoostCon 2008: May 4-9

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-17 21:45:34

Douglas Gregor wrote:
> Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>   
>>> The 2nd annual Boost Conference has been scheduled for May 4-9
>>> 2008.  Please save the date!  Registration should open sometime in the
>>> next week.
>>>
>>> If you want to stay at the Aspen Meadows
>>>     
>> Wouldn't it be better to change the location, so that people who 
>> couldn't come last time because it was very far could come this time?
>> For example, have the conference in Europe or something.
>>   
> That also makes it very far for people who did come last time :)
> 
> Seriously, there are a lot of factors that go into the selection of a 
> location for a conference like this. The committee did consider other 
> locations for this year's BoostCon (and will consider other locations 
> for future conferences), but decided to stay in Aspen now that the 
> airport is open.

Another factor is the setting at the Aspen Center for Physics. Compared 
to a typical conference location at an urban hotel, the location is so 
much better that the committee felt any travel inconvenience was well 
worth it.

--Beman