DISCJerusalem DISC 2013 Organizers’ Report The Organizers Yehuda Afek PC Chair Chen Avin Publicity, Web Danny Dolev Co-chair Suzie Eid Administrator Seth Gilbert Tutorials & Workshops Idit Keidar Co-chair How Many? Will you sponsor my conference? How many people? I need a catering For.
Download ReportTranscript DISCJerusalem DISC 2013 Organizers’ Report The Organizers Yehuda Afek PC Chair Chen Avin Publicity, Web Danny Dolev Co-chair Suzie Eid Administrator Seth Gilbert Tutorials & Workshops Idit Keidar Co-chair How Many? Will you sponsor my conference? How many people? I need a catering For.
DISC 2013 Jerusalem DISC 2013 Organizers’ Report The Organizers Yehuda Afek PC Chair Chen Avin Publicity, Web Danny Dolev Co-chair Suzie Eid Administrator Seth Gilbert Tutorials & Workshops Idit Keidar Co-chair How Many? Will you sponsor my conference? How many people? I need a catering For how many people? Initial Planning • Aimed for • 120 for DISC • 140 overall • Would have been a record DISC participants* 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 90 116 90 104 107 90 120? * Based on previous budgets; main conference registrants Students? • Prepare for up to 50% students • 46% in 2010 • Students get all perks • banquet tickets, … • Cheap registration • Circa 40% of regular cost • How do we fund this? • w/out overpricing regular attendance? Sponsorships How Many? (Cont’d) Registration is open! 0 0 0 0 7 Publicity, publicity A few weeks later 0 0 0 1 3 Then… You better get gas masks for everyone at DISC! Can you please wait until after DISC? Let me ask Congress Meanwhile, at DISC registration site 0 0 0 -1 0 … and the DISC organizers My comrade Dmitri is going to DISC, hold the gas masks! How Many? (Cont’d) A day before the early registration deadline 0 0 0 3 7 At the end of (extended) early registration 0 0 1 2 0 • But it kept going up … PANIC!!! • Where will they all fit? Then… • Google and TCE said they’d like to sponsor us too! • 39% students • Issued call for TRAVEL GRANTS and VOLUNTEERS As of Lunch Today DISC registration: 0 0 1 5 2 Total (including workshops): 0 0 1 8 5 So What Do We Do? • Upgrade • espresso, happy hour • reception, today’s lunch • 14 Volunteers • reimburse/waive registration • Travel grants • flight ticket reimbursement • 8 students and post-docs • Contingency fund? • SC working to set up Ballpark Budget • 300K ILS total • 35% of income from sponsorships • need 25% for subsidizing students at 60% • 50% of expenses - food • coffee breaks, lunches, reception, banquet • Other significant costs • rooms 20K • travel grants 20-40K • awards, tours, DoK proceedings, invited speakers, … Tomorrow's Tours • Highlights (blue hat) tour plan: • Yemin Moshe neighborhood • Jaffa Gate • Old City rooftops view • Church of the Holy Sepulcher • Five last stops of Via Dolorosa • View of Wailing Wall • Mt. Zion and site of Last Supper • Wall tunnels (off-white hat) tour: • Tunnels • Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Via Dolorosa • Jaffa Gate Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jaffa Gate Wailing Wall Banquet You are here