DConf 2014 acceptance rate likely under 50%

[Ary Borenszweig]

On 2/16/14, 10:55 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> Walter and I are hard at work on reviewing DConf 2014 submissions.
>
> We'd like to thank all of you who have submitted. There is not even one
> submission that we found sub-par or unacceptable.
>
> That said, the sheer numbers force us to make hard decisions. Although
> each and every talk is of interest to the community, simple math tells
> us the acceptance rate will be under 50%.
>
> So we'd like to thank all of our submitters and congratulate them for a
> great job. Please bear with us as we'll need to turn down about half of
> you.
>
>
> Andrei

You could put a section called "Lightning Talks" that last for about as 
long as you want (between half an hour and an hour is good), giving each 
participant 5 minutes to talk about their stuff. At least in the lasts 
RubyConf Argentina and Uruguay they had them.

It's not much time, but:

1. It gives those who couldn't talk for more time at least 5 minutes to 
show what they are working on.
2. It allows them to show links, so that interested people can later 
follow their work.
3. It's a fun section of a conference because its fast-paced and the 
audience get to learn about many projects in a very short time.