(Posted on behalf of our colleagues Antje and Peter)
We have great news for you! BigSurv20 will take place online and we hope that many of you will attend the virtual conference. Attendance will be free of charge, but attendees will still need to register to access the virtual conference materials. Registration will open in September 2020.
BigSurv20 will have the following format:
- We will kick-off with a live virtual event on Friday November 6th, at 16:00pm Central European Time/10:00am Eastern Time U.S. Expect an exciting keynote by prof. Albert Salah, highlights of what's to come in the following weeks, and a glimpse of the special issues that will follow the conference.
- On Friday November 13th, 20th and 27th we will organize parallel sessions, each focusing on a specific topic. These sessions will all kick off at 16:00pm CET/10:00am EST. More information will be coming soon, so stay tuned.
- On December 4th we will end the conference with a special, live closing event and a live plenary session on the topic of data and privacy, featuring an expert line-up of speakers. Hear perspectives from around the globe covering a wide variety of topics including differential privacy, data and privacy in the global south, trust amongst technology platform users, ethical data use, and the emerging concept of "data counseling".
The change in format has implications for other events at the conference:
- As the conference will be entirely online and free of charge, we will no longer be awarding travel scholarships.
- The student paper competition will still take place. The deadline for paper submissions is postponed to July 31st. Please see https://www.bigsurv20.org/student_paper_award for more information.
- We are still looking into ways to organize a Big Data challenge for the conference. Keep an eye out for future e-mails with more information and check for website updates https://www.bigsurv20.org/bigdata.
- The short courses are cancelled this year.
Please let us know if you have any questions. We would be happy to connect with you!
For more information visit our website at www.bigsurv20.org.
On behalf of the organizing committee,
Antje Kirchner & Peter Lugtig
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