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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Project Week community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Project Week 38 is kicking off tomorrow! We are so excited to come back in person for the first time since 2020. We think we also managed to offer an exciting experience for people attending remotely. This
message contains a few instructions to navigate this edition of PW, weather you are attending in person or remotely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">At the bottom of this message is a floor plan of the workshop venue at Hotel Cristina, Las Palmas. Here’s what you need to know:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Monday Morning</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In person attendees can start setting up their computers and material, meeting with their teams and doing a last pass at the project pages from 9am (Las Palmas time) in the
<b>Working area</b>. Remote attendees are encouraged to do the same on Discord if in a time zone that makes it possible.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Project presentations</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Start at <b>9am, EST (2pm in Las Palmas)</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Takes place in the
<b>main hall</b> for in person attendees and is <a href="https://etsmtl.zoom.us/j/86211702920?pwd=TEl0ZTFDam90WVN5bjZhR05kNVRVZz09">
streamed on Zoom</a> for remote attendees (same zoom link as for preparation meetings).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Each team delegates a member to present their project in no more than 90 seconds using no other visual support than the project page on GitHub (no time to switch screen sharing).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Breakout sessions</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Start every day at <b>11am EST (4pm in Las Palmas) </b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Streamed on<b> Zoom</b> (<a href="https://etsmtl.zoom.us/j/86211702920?pwd=TEl0ZTFDam90WVN5bjZhR05kNVRVZz09">same link</a> as for project presentation and preparation meetings)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Work in project teams</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Starts at
<b>4am EST (9am in Las Palmas)</b> on Monday<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Takes place in the
<b>Working area</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Extends throughout the week before and after breakout sessions (see calendar on the PW webpage)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Communication between team members takes place on <b>Discord</b>, in the work area, or both depending on where the team members are located<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The CreateEvent function on Discord can be used to plan a meeting (and inform other PW attendees about it)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Project results presentation </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friday 9am EST, 2pm in Las Palmas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Same format as for project presentation<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Misc<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A “social” channel has been added to the Discord server to discuss dinner plans and other social gatherings.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Looking forward to see you all tomorrow, in person or online!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The PW organizing committee <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">(Tina Kapur, Simon Drouin, Sam Horvath, Rafael Palomar, Theodore Aptekarev)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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