Wednesday evening

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Wednesday evening 9/17 330-5pm Grand
Lodge
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Festivus A Capsule History

• Originally conceived by Papa Costanza in an
  obscure TV show
• Airing of Grievances an important part
• Made main-stream by a very hip conference
• Conference is for people with papers Festivus
  is for the rest of us
• Aim Presentations by a panel of plaintiffsto
  air the most pressing purely technical or
  techno-sociological grievances about the planning
  and scheduling communityfollowed by an open
  discussion
• Held in 2005 2007

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Festivus_at_ICAPS

• Aim Presentations by a panel of plaintiffsto
  air the most pressing purely technical or
  techno-sociological grievances about the planning
  and scheduling communityfollowed by an open
  discussion
• Held in 2005 2007

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Do we really need another Festivus?

• Didnt we exhaust all our complaints?

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Too many complaints

1. Too many competitions!
2. Too many winners determined by the theoretically
   suspect Borda Counts.
3. Too many parallel sessions

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But I also have innovative solutions
?Probabilistic track can be won by ignoring
probabilities ?Learning track can be won by
ignoring learning ?Temporal track can be won by
ignoring time

1. Too many competitions!
2. Too many winners determined by the theoretically
   suspect Borda Counts
3. Too many parallel sessions

• Just do classical track
• Allow at most two planners (in the only track)
• Put Ronens papers into a separate mini-conference

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Festivus Down-Under
GGGGGGGG GGGGGGGG GGGGGGGG GGGGGGGG GGGGGGGG

• Presentations by a panel of plaintiffsto air the
  most pressing purely technical or
  techno-sociological grievances about the planning
  and scheduling communityfollowed by an open
  discussion
• Design decisions
• New plaintiffs
• Affirmative action for the young
• Originally meant for young in hair
• ..eventually extended to young at heart

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Schedule

• 7 brave/plaintive souls 5min talk 5min audience
  grilling (353570min)
• Carmel Domshlak
• Robert Goldman
• Steve Smith
• Malik Ghallab
• Brian Williams
• Derek Long
• Craig Knoblock
• Closing discussion (20min)
• Off to shiver on Your Sydney 2000

Shlomo keeps the time
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Caveats Exhortations

• NOT a panel
• Every speaker talks about their own issue (so if
  you dont like the current issue, wait for 5min
  and it will change!)
• NOT a spectator sport..
• Audience participation is essential (more than
  60 time reserved for questionsand answersfrom
  the floor)

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NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT!
Let the Festivus Begin..