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About the "1 minute madness" ...

As you may have noticed in the workshop program , we have a final 30-minute plenary discussion to close out the workshop. In order to make this as interactive and useful as possible, we decided to preface this with a 20-minute session called "1-minute madness". Some of you may have seen this forum before at other workshops. Basically, this is a soapbox of sorts -- anyone (presenters, organizers, attendees) is welcome to participate and provide fodder for the follow-up discussion. The idea is to make a 1-minute pitch about a topic of interest. You may elect to use slides or not - if the former, a single slide is ideal but you can use your discretion here. For convenience, here are some possible 'themes' for the pitch. These are suggestions only: Research in a nutshell . What problem are you trying to solve? Why is it important? What makes your solution novel? Hot Topics . What should the MPAC community's next big research challenge be? Why? Experience Lessons . S...

Preliminary MPAC Program out ..

The preliminary program for the MPAC workshop this year has been posted on our website so do check it out. As you can see, we've changed the format a little. Authors now have 15 minutes to present papers, and will then participate in a session-ending panel. The idea is to have time for the audience to ask questions of specific presenters, but also engage in a broader discussion around that session topic. Have a comment? Let us know.