Hi list, Since we talked about this at the Convention, I asked a friend and colleague who works at the American College of Greece in Athens whether it would be possible to host the next Pd Convention there. He is very positive about this, without this meaning it's certain. What I would like to ask is when do you guys think it would be best to organize this? 2017 or 2018? I guess both years would work fine for us (my colleague and me), but maybe a convention in one year would be a bit of an overkill.
FYI, the college can provide the necessary infrastructure (well, maybe there's no room with eight or sixteen speakers, but there's at least a quad PA and a studio, and rooms to host paper presentations and workshops - have to check in more detail as to what is available there) for the most part. Some other stuff (like concerts) can happen in various places in Athens. The thing is that the college is in the northern suburbs of Athens, and anything else will probably happen in the center. I know that PdCon16~ was a bit scattered around NYC, and Athens is much smaller than that, but transportation is not the best. Not really sure if that's a problem though. I mean, if Athens is the only candidate for the next convention, I wouldn't see this as a problem. If there are other candidates, it might be something to consider (I'm pretty sure few places would beat the weather we've got here though!).
Any advice on organizing a Pd Convention is very welcome. As I already wrote, it's not certain that it will happen in Athens, but it's quite possible.