July 10th Weekly Update
Next week, I’ll be onboarding the selection committee. I’ll also be hosting the first of two informational webinars with potential applicants to answer questions about the event fund.
Emily Lescak
Dr. Emily Lescak is the Data Science Community Conference and Events Fund Program Manager at Code for Science and Society.
Taking the Salish Sea Institute Conference online: Increasing access by eliminating travel barriers
A conversation with Chelsea Bodamer and Adam Lorio, Western Washington University BackgroundChelsea is the event coordinator at Western Washington University, where she works with the Salish Sea Institute to hold a biennial conference.
July 3rd Weekly Update
We’re in the process of confirming our selection committee members. I’ll be meeting with them in mid-July to review our workflow for reviewing applications. I’ve put together a draft rubric
Informational Webinars!
We will be holding two informational webinars for individuals interested in applying for funding. They will be held over Zoom on July 13th at 10AM Pacific Time and July 21st at 1PM Pacific
Go global and go affordable
A conversation with Dave Clements, Galaxy project This summer’s Bioinformatics Community Conference will be the second joint conference between Galaxy and the Open Bioinformatics Foundation and the first held online. FormatThis year's
Summer blog series: conversations with event organizers about going virtual
Event organizers have had to quickly pivot their traditional in-person meetings to virtual formats. This transition can be daunting to organizers who have to suddenly make decisions about format, platforms, accessibility, and how
June 26th Weekly Update
Big thanks to Kari and Tracy for working with me to choose our finalists for the selection committee! Invitations have been sent out and I’ll provide an update next week about who
June 19th Weekly Update
My proposal for a breakout session at [email protected] focused on challenges and opportunities in transitioning meetings online has been accepted! This week was spent finalizing the RFP and application questions. I’ll
June 12th Weekly Update
The website is live! Please share in your communities! This week, I submitted a breakout session proposal for [email protected] focused on transitioning meetings online. I also had a meeting with Erin Becker
June 5th Weekly Update
Joe and I are wrapping up aesthetic changes to the website. Kris read through the RFP and application questions and provided some feedback, which I incorporated. We’ll finalize our plans for wrapping
May 29th Weekly Update
This week, I spoke at an eLife webinar focused on reforming academic conferences. I wrote up my talking points in a blog post. After our committee meeting, I followed up with Danielle to
Challenges and opportunities in transitioning in-person meetings online
On May 27th, I had the opportunity to speak at a webinar hosted by eLife focused on reforming academic conferences. Here are my talking points.