Hi all,
For those of you who attended the last PdCon(16) in New York, you might have heard of the rumor that the next one will take place in Athens, Greece, since I had the idea of organizing it with a friend and colleague, at the American College of Greece, where he teaches.
Unfortunately that's not going to happen because the College offered only a single room for a single day! And even though I had in mind that it would most likely be necessary to include other venues (for some live gigs etc.), having this little from a place that would potentially offer the main infrastructure of the convention makes the whole idea pretty much not realizable.
Not sure what people have to say, but to me, at this point it seems impossible to organize something (bearing in mind my schedule - which none of you know, but it's pretty busy) without getting the help of an institution. Also, I don't know any other institution that would potentially offer space and equipment for something like that. ACG was sort of my only hope.
Hopefully the next convention won't happen in ten years from now...
Cheers,
Alexandros