Best Practices for the Care and Feeding of a Program Committee, and Other Thoughts on Conference Organization
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I provide several lessons learned from running a number of conference program committees over the past decade, as well as some additional thoughts on conference organization and the reviewing process. Topics include how to deal with poor or absent reviewers, inbreeding among PC members, starting a new conference, and several other issues.
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