[Simon Hodson]

All,
My concerns about Denver and my preference for Baltimore are expressed in
the following:
– we originally preferred an East Coast venue after P5 numbers were down.
– a quick sampling of flight cost to Baltimore and Denver from Europe shows
a 2:3 ratio (i.e. 50% more).
– I think if we go to Denver we are likely abandoning the idea of a large
policy and issues forum for the shared Wednesday – the rationale for that
day and for holding it East Coast was to attract government, UN etc
people. This will be harder to do in Denver.
– the ‘Data Revolution’ activity on SDGs is planning an Open Data
Conference. This has been mentioned on previous calls. At Eye-on-Earth,
Nairobi in September was mentioned (I will check this with Bob).
– the lead in time for the research conference (SciDataCon) part of this
event has been cut dramatically. I think even the difference between Sept
and Oct helps us.
Best wishes,
Simon.

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