Wednesday evening 9/17 3:30-5pm Grand Lodge

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 plaintiffs—to air the most pressing purely technical or techno- sociological grievances about the planning and scheduling community—followed by an open discussion Held in 2005; 2007 Slide 2/892

Aim: Presentations by a panel of plaintiffs—to air the most pressing purely technical or techno-sociological grievances about the planning and scheduling community—followed by an open discussion Held in 2005; 2007

Do we really need another Festivus? Didn’t we exhaust all our complaints?

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

But I also have innovative solutions 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 Ronen’s papers into a separate mini- conference  Probabilistic track can be won by ignoring probabilities  Learning track can be won by ignoring learning  Temporal track can be won by ignoring time

GGGGGGGG Festivus Down-Under Presentations by a panel of plaintiffs—to air the most pressing purely technical or techno- sociological grievances about the planning and scheduling community—followed 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

Schedule 7 brave/plaintive souls: 5min talk+ 5min audience grilling (35+35=70min) –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

Caveats & Exhortations NOT a panel –Every speaker talks about their own issue (so if you don’t 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 questions—and answers—from the floor)