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| User | Thread poster: Magda Dziadosz Announcing ProZ.com conference 2005: PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS |
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Magda Dziadosz 
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TOPIC STARTER | | yep, I'm here... ;)) | Sep 30, 2005 |
Hello Teresa,
I can't answer your question about PayPal, but as concerns credit card payment the system seems to work because many people managed to register since you posted. Are you sure you filled in all the fields correctly? If it still doesn't work, why don't you file Support Request via this link so our techies can see what is wrong?
HTH,
Magda
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Magda Dziadosz
Poland
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TOPIC STARTER | | PS Early bird deadline | Sep 30, 2005 |
Me again. 
The "early bird" deadline expires today (EU time!), but we allow a 'grace period' of 3 more working days. So, don't worry! Discounted payments will be still accepted until Wednesday the 5th.
Best,
Magda
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Teresa Duran-Sanchez
Spain
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| | Thank you Magda | Sep 30, 2005 |
Thanks for your answer!
I´m going to try once again, also through Paypal.
It´s a good thing that you´ve extended the deadline for birdies like me, who always do everything in the very last sec!
(Hopefully) see you in Krakow and good luck with the organization!
TERESA
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GingerR
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| | and the speaker is... | Oct 2, 2005 |
Is it just me or some sessions have no speakers?
I am not talking about panel discussions, but sessions like intellectual property rights, financial or legal.
There is a description entered, but no name/profile.
Any reason?
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Magda Dziadosz
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TOPIC STARTER | | A software glitch | Oct 2, 2005 |
GingerR wrote:
Is it just me or some sessions have no speakers?
I am not talking about panel discussions, but sessions like intellectual property rights, financial or legal.
There is a description entered, but no name/profile.
Any reason? |
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The reason is a bug in software which makes two speakers invisible.
Hopefully the programmers will get into this on Monday.
Magda
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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
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MODERATOR | | Number of registrations | Oct 18, 2005 |
I see from the Hotel System website that they can cater for conferences of up to 150 people. We are already at 125, with five and a half weeks to go and I know, from Powwow experience, that we translators are often only able to commit at the last minute.
It's a nice problem to have but do we have any contingency plans I wonder, in case the numbers should escalate?
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Jerzy Czopik
Germany
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| | Don't worry, ther are enough hotels in Cracow | Oct 18, 2005 |
so we surely find another accomodation if necessary.
The conference rooms themself might be a bigger problem 
Nevertheless, this shall be a great event!
Regards
Jerzy
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Magda Dziadosz
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TOPIC STARTER | | Last minute decision might be risky... | Oct 18, 2005 |
Russell Jones wrote:
It's a nice problem to have but do we have any contingency plans I wonder, in case the numbers should escalate? |
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Indeed, we are getting closer and closer to the maximm capacity of the conference hall (150). I'd rather suggest not to wait with registration till the last minute - it may happen that we won't be able to accept all and will have to close the list.
Magda
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Elvira Stoianov
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| | Isn't the purpose to have as many people as possible? | Oct 19, 2005 |
I also think there might be more people who wish to register and given that this is a major event (and more accessible, than Oxford, where some of us needed visas), it might be nice not to limit the number of participants due to space limitations. 
P.S. I was also wondering if there will be any event where we will all be in the same room. I assume the sessions will be held in different rooms, and since not all people will attend all sessions, the number of participants will always be lower than the total number of people registered for the event.
[Edited at 2005-10-20 09:13]
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Tuliparola
Netherlands
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| | Marketing-related sessions? | Oct 23, 2005 |
Maybe this is still pending?
I would very much appreciate that, because there are no other sessions referring to marketing things, as far as I see.
Alex Eames in Oxford was a great succes. It would be great if he could come.
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Francis Gregson
Norway
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| | PDF files and other electronic problems | Oct 27, 2005 |
[quote]Peter Linton wrote:
Any interest in a talk about how to handle PDF files? How to convert them into editable fomat.
I gave a talk on this at the Oxford conference, and woud be happy to give an updated version in Krakow.
Yes, I'd be interested too.
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Natalya Zelikova
Ukraine
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| | Sessions' schedule | Nov 1, 2005 |
I have found that the sessions' schedule is ready and have some questions about it:
Does this mean that the programme is final and there won't be any new sessions?
What if 5 of my sessions are scheduled in a way, that I should choose only two of them? Is it possible to change their times and probably have some sessions after 16:30?
I wouldn't mind having session time till about 19:00.
[Edited at 2005-11-01 07:24]
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Jana Teteris
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Natalya Zelikova wrote:
I have found that the sessions' schedule is ready and have some questions about it:
Does this mean that the programme is final and there won't be any new sessions?
What if 5 of my sessions are scheduled in a way, that I should choose only two of them? Is it possible to change their times and probably have some sessions after 16:30?
I wouldn't mind having session time till about 19:00.
[Edited at 2005-11-01 07:24] |
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Thank you to the organisers for putting together the schedule. I imagine it can't have been an easy task, and that clashes were unavoidable (after all there are close to 140 participants).
My question is, if we've signed up for 2 sessions that are scheduled at the same time - do we now select one, or will this be done at registration on the morning of the 25th?
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Magda Dziadosz
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TOPIC STARTER |
Hello all,
To reply to some of your questions regarding the conference program:
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Natalya Zelikova wrote:
Does this mean that the programme is final and there won't be any new sessions? |
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The program is already pretty packed and there is not much room anymore for adding new sessions. It should be considered as final, however last minute changes may still occur.
What if 5 of my sessions are scheduled in a way, that I should choose only two of them? Is it possible to change their times and probably have some sessions after 16:30? |
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It is extremely difficult to arrange sessions in such a way that there is no conflicts. I try my best to avoid it, but it is rather impossible task to agree preferences of all participants. I would definitely move sessions if majority of people who signed up request the timing change.
I wouldn't mind having session time till about 19:00.] |
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Good to hear it! I was a bit concerned about making those two days too long so closing is scheduled at about 6pm both days. However, if there is sufficient interest and energy left, there is no reason not to have, say, additional focus groups organized between 6 and 7 pm. I'd suggest to use "Propose a session" button on the main conference page to suggest such additional sessions. If only there is enough interested participants, we will do it.
Jana Teteris wrote:
My question is, if we've signed up for 2 sessions that are scheduled at the same time - do we now select one, or will this be done at registration on the morning of the 25th? |
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I'd suggest to select sessions right now. The reason is that the three rooms can accommodate different number of participants and the allocation is based on number of interested participants. I would like to avoid the situation that we have too small room allocated to a popular session. If the number of signed up participants exceeds the room capacity, I'd rather allocate it to a bigger room in advance.
Thank you all for understanding and comments!
Best,
Magda
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xxxUSER00230
United Kingdom
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| | space for another session? | Nov 2, 2005 |
Hello Magda
I've noted your comments above about the program being full. If you can squeeze one more in I would like to propose one which I offer to host. I see there is a gap in the 15-16h slot on Saturday, which I thought might be a possibility.
My suggestion is for a session for historical translators. Because it wouldn't be very formal I would suggest a title of "historical translators' networking group" or the like.
I offer to host this and if you go ahead with it I will provide you with a write-up for the program. Basically it would be about swapping information about this field, with an introduction by me about my experiences.
look forward to hearing from you
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