Hiho, On Wednesday 28 March 2007 00:01, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Robin Gareus hat gesagt: // Robin Gareus wrote: > > historically Karlsruhe Thu/Fri vs. Sat/Sun - this year was different: > > Berlin weekdays vs. Berlin weekend - with a smaller audience on the last > > two days ;-) > > > > what is the location in Cologne like? - will there be Students lingering > > during week but not the weekend next year? > > The Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne, where the next conference > is planned to be, is much smaller than the TU Berlin. Additionally the > KHM is in a different part of town from the main Cologne University. > As the conference must happen during the semester break, there might > even be more LAC people at the KHM than students. So while Cologne > won't be as centered around one place as in Karlsruhe, it will still > be a bit cozier than Berlin and won't have that many stairs to climb > or large avenues to cross. Actually, in Berlin it was also the semester break, so I wonder how many of the casual visitors were actually students, just happening to pass by on the way to another lecture. Perhaps it was more a case of there being less competition for other events on week days in Berlin. sincerely, Marije
