I’d expect the applicants who were not accepted to EAG London to be based not only in the UK but in entire Europe (unless you have data that suggests otherwise?), and as flights are cheap in Europe (<$100 return to most major cities), it seems that an EAGx in any major European city is sufficiently accessible. Or is there anything I overlooked?
If we assume that it doesn’t matter much if an EAGx is hold in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, then the application-capacity-ratio of previous European EAGx conferences could be a good indication to see if there’s more demand. Does anyone know how many people applied to previous European EAGx conferences, and how many were accepted?
This might not hold true for the US, though, as flights from the East Coast to the West Coast are more expensive.
Manuel, I agree that a European-based EAGx should service the needs of unsuccessful applicants for EAG London, seeing as a number of attendees travel from elsewhere in Europe for the conference anyway.
Regarding your question about applications, EAGx conferences don’t have an application process (to ensure that they are accessible to all). However, the last European EAGx conference sold out ahead of time, suggesting that we may want to consider at increasing capacity in 2020 or increasing the number of EAGx events in the region in the future.
Interesting idea!
Re. an additional EAGx in the UK:
I’d expect the applicants who were not accepted to EAG London to be based not only in the UK but in entire Europe (unless you have data that suggests otherwise?), and as flights are cheap in Europe (<$100 return to most major cities), it seems that an EAGx in any major European city is sufficiently accessible. Or is there anything I overlooked?
If we assume that it doesn’t matter much if an EAGx is hold in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, then the application-capacity-ratio of previous European EAGx conferences could be a good indication to see if there’s more demand. Does anyone know how many people applied to previous European EAGx conferences, and how many were accepted?
This might not hold true for the US, though, as flights from the East Coast to the West Coast are more expensive.
Manuel, I agree that a European-based EAGx should service the needs of unsuccessful applicants for EAG London, seeing as a number of attendees travel from elsewhere in Europe for the conference anyway.
Regarding your question about applications, EAGx conferences don’t have an application process (to ensure that they are accessible to all). However, the last European EAGx conference sold out ahead of time, suggesting that we may want to consider at increasing capacity in 2020 or increasing the number of EAGx events in the region in the future.
Thanks for the info! Adjusting the EAGx capacity seems like a good solution (at least for Europe), let’s keep this in mind when choosing a venue.