It's that time of year again: the Call for Proposals for AU 2023 is now open!
This year's event is back in Las Vegas – it's being held at The Venetian from November 13th-15th. Interestingly this is a Monday to Wednesday slot, presumably to avoid overlap with the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix. I expect it's going to be very hard to find a hotel room in Las Vegas after AU is over, this year!
I always find that the best way to be sure to get to AU is to get a class accepted, something that didn't happen for me last year.
I still managed to get there, though: in fact I ended up spending most of my waking hours during the last event in the Exhibit Hall, which was a lot of fun but not necessarily something I want to repeat again this year.
Given the sensitivity around what I'm currently working on, it seems unlikely I'll be able to submit a class related to that, so we'll see if there's something else I can talk about. It might be worth re-submitting one of the proposals from last year, as I still think they'd be interesting topics for people to hear about. We'll see.
So it's time to get those creative juices flowing, and submit your – hopefully – winning proposals today. You have until May 15th, but submitting sooner means more time for community voting (and you can still edit the proposals until May 15th, by all accounts).
(Thanks to Andrew Shuttleworth for pointing out that this year's AU class proposal process doesn't involve community voting; the AU team will be collecting community feedback through other means. Apologies for any confusion caused!)
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