[Radiance-general] Repost: September Radiance Workshop

[Greg Ward]

I am repostng this message as a reminder to those who may be interested 
but have not yet written saying if can attend our September workshop.  
Our head count is on the low side right now, and we would like to get 
some accurate figures before we recalculate the necessary registration 
fees to cover the event.

If you would like to attend and have not told us so, please do so now.  
If you would like to attend a tutorial and have not said so, please let 
us know what kind of tutorial(s) you are interested in by including the 
following statement(s) in your message:

_ I would like to attend a Beginning Radiance Tutorial
_ I would like to attend an Intermediate Radiance Tutorial
_ I would like to attend an Advanced Radiance Tutorial

We are hoping to set the registration fees and post a rough schedule in 
a week or so.

Thanks!
-Greg

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INITIAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

	LBNL Radiance Workshop, September 22-26, Berkeley, California

We are planning a second workshop on scientific applications of 
Radiance, this time in Berkeley, hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley 
National Laboratory.

The first part of the week, Sept. 22-24, we will offer intermediate and 
advanced tutorials in Radiance, covering (among other things) daylight 
applications and new features introduced in recent Radiance versions, 
such as the holodeck and the mesh primitive.  On Thursday and Friday, 
we will provide a forum for researchers to present their  work to other 
attendees.  We will also discuss current Open Source development 
efforts and solicit ideas on future directions for the software.

At this time, we are asking for immediate feedback from people who are 
interested in attending so that we can confirm a budget and pricing for 
the event.  This is our current proposal for the registration fee 
schedule:

	Tutorials Only (22-24):	400 USD	($200 for students)
	Seminar Only (25-26):	200 USD  ($100 for students)
	Seminar and Tutorials:	500 USD  ($250 for students)

To qualify for the student rates, you must be currently enrolled in a 
graduate or undergraduate program at a university.  Presenters will be 
offered a uniform $100 discount on their registration, at most one 
discount per talk/presenter.  (E.g., if you are a professional 
attending the entire week and presenting two talks at the seminar, your 
registration fee will be $400.  A student presenter attending the 
seminar only pays no registration fee.)  These rates will probably 
undergo some adjustments when we find out how many people are 
interested in attending.  The more people who speak up and the sooner 
they do so, the less it will cost for everybody.

Tentatively, John Mardaljevic has agreed to repeat his two-day 
intermediate daylight simulation course for us, and Greg Ward plans to 
give a one-day tutorial on new Radiance features.  If others are 
interested to present a tutorial, please contact the organizers 
immediately by sending e-mail to:

	<workshop@radsite.lbl.gov>

If you are interested in presenting your work at the seminar, please 
send a talk title and brief description of its content  to the e-mail 
address above.  If you have an abstract ready, please include it, but 
we don't require one at this point.  Deadline for talk titles is July 
31.  If you plan to attend, but are not sure if you will be able to 
give a talk, or are sure you will not, we would still like to hear from 
you by the 31st so we can get an approximate head count.  Let us know 
whether you would like to attend the tutorials, the seminar, or both.

We intend to announce the final workshop pricing along with a 
speculative list of talks in early August.  Registration payment will 
be due towards the end of August.  We will offer suggestions for 
accommodations in the area in the next announcement.

If you accidentally REPLY to this e-mail, be aware that you will end up 
sending your thoughts to the entire list, so use the above address, 
instead.

I look forward to seeing you in September!
-Greg