Short practical notice: We could accommodate up to 9 parallel tracks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NNlnffSBvl-prg1RhslRPwVx8saUAm7lNXS5zMrss_k/edit#gid=0
Which does not mean that we have to: scholarly quality is certainly the
main criteria.
Best
Georg
Am 21.02.2023 um 02:40 schrieb Diane Jakacki:
> Hello all,
>
> Thanks again for all of your work getting us to this point in the
> conference planning process. I know it's intense.
>
>
> In addition to Richard’s observation about wide-ranging review scores, I’d
> like to offer a statistical perspective. My calculations could be off, but
> based on the number of submissions received in ConfTool and the cutoff
> proposed, the rate of acceptance appears to look like this:
>
>
> Long presentations: 78 out of 234 (33%)
>
> Short presentations: 100 out of 292 (34%)
>
> Panels: 14 out of 43 (32.5%)
>
> Workshops: 15 out of 33 (45%)
>
>
> By comparison, an average of acceptance rates from the 2015-2019
> conferences looks like this:
>
>
> Long presentations: 42%
>
> Short presentations: 46%
>
> Panels: 76%
>
> Workshops: 64%
>
>
> Note that in some ways these acceptance rates are complicated because of
> the location and venue size of each conference and the options for
> submission types (in some cases ‘panels’ included other formats, like
> ‘forums’). Certainly it is the prerogative of the PC to set the standard
> for the academic program, and that is a very complex calculus. It is worth
> considering, though, that there is a direct connection between conference
> acceptance and conference attendance (especially now, with funding so
> scarce). In the bid that Georg and Walter submitted, I believe there was
> room for 8 parallel sessions. Is that still the case? Is there room to
> expand the number of concurrent sessions, or is the maximum number of
> available rooms now 6? I ask to better understand if the cap on parallel
> sessions is a logistical one.
>
>
> Thanks again for all that you are doing! and best wishes,
>
> Diane
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM Richard Tsai <thtsai@g.ncu.edu.tw> wrote:
>
>> Dear Anne, Toma, pc colleagues,
>>
>> I wanted to share my thoughts on the inclusion of papers with only one
>> extreme low score in the conference. In my view, even though these papers
>> may have received one extreme low score, they may still have other
>> strengths and valuable contributions to the field that make them worth
>> considering for inclusion. I believe that it is important to evaluate each
>> submission holistically and not base our decisions solely on one review.
>> Thank you for your consideration.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:25 PM Toma Tasovac <ttasovac@humanistika.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Georg,
>>>
>>> Anne and I had a long meeting on Friday and we looked at a bunch of
>>> submissions around the threshold. I don't have our notes with me, but if we
>>> didn't include those papers that you mention, that's probably because we
>>> performed our own oral "meta-review"... and we put on the list only those
>>> that required an extra pair of eyes.
>>>
>>> Anne and I are meeting next tomorrow to handle changes to submission
>>> types (i.e. paper to poster etc.) and will be in touch about those
>>> separately.
>>>
>>> All best,
>>> Toma
>>>
>>>
>>>
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