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description: program structure proposal
tags: pnm20
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# Pista ng Mapa 2020 program structure
## Theme
There will be no specific topical theme for the conference but we encourage presenters to use Philippine context, data, or examples as much as possible.
## Language
* Not decided yet
> From meetings, English is preferred but left to the presenter
## General outline
* 3 to 4 half-days spread over successive Fridays
* Not yet decided how long is a half-day: 4 hours? 6 hours?
* Presentations will be prerecorded
## Session types
1. 25-minute presentation
2. 25-minute workshop
3. 50-minute workshop
4. 5-minute lightning talk
* Those who run workshops can propose to have a series of workshops spread over consecutive weeks. So a 3-hour workshop can be broken down into three 1-hour workshops.
* For workshops aside from the prerecorded video, presenters are highly encouraged to provide their presentation and/or material in advance (such as a GitHub/GitLab repository containing materials and data).
* The idea is that the conference is like a cooking show but we also provide the cookbook in advance.
## Other conferences for inspiration
### How to do Map Stuff
* "A series of live online mapping workshops"
* Organized by the [Something About Maps website](https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/)
* Format is 2 tracks consisting of 30-minute or 1-hour workshops, not prerecorded but sessions are recorded for later viewing
* [Program](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYEF0OVrMNF47enGSAAeZvDCnC7JdlCY4Bu5aCSPGfHyOI6pROi12svuM64QUG3xkeQN4IsT027jHv/pubhtml)
* [YouTube playlist of sessions](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-xwVTEFobPaLdmE41iPMX8rQVW8TF1e)
* Presenters from the Philippines:
* David Garcia: "How to Map an Island in the Pacific"
* Hannah Dormido: "Mapping for beginners: A simple way to create a locator map"
### State of the Map 2020
* [Website](https://2020.stateofthemap.org)
### QGIS North America 2020
* [Website](http://qgis.us/qgis-na-2020.html)
* Conference held on 3 consecutive Fridays in July (17, 24, 31)
* Each workshop has registration: "In order to provide a quality experience, we limited the number of active participants in the workshops, but we will also livestream and record the workshop presentations on YouTube."
### SciPy 2020
* [Website](https://www.scipy2020.scipy.org/)