Registration for the July 2025 DESC Collaboration Meeting

Monday - Friday, July 21 - 25, 2025

There is an in-person registration fee of $170 for early career participants (students and postdocs) and $200 for senior participants at the main (University of Illinois) site. There is no registration fee for satellite sites or remote participation. The fee includes venue and other miscellaneous costs. Registration for in-person attendance will close on July 7.
Please join the Discovery Alliance Slack channel #desc-collab-meeting to keep updated on chats, discussions, and announcements during the meeting.
See also the main meeting page for more information, including a link to the developing agenda.

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Collaboration Meeting, July 21-25, 2025
U. of Illinois/ACP/ICTP-ASIFR
COVID Safety

The University of Illinois no longer requires testing or masking for COVID-19, but advises people to follow current CDC guidelines, and to be aware of these CDC guidelines on the spread of respiratory viruses.

If you feel you are developing symptoms and wish to test, you can obtain a test kit at these locations.

Attendance/Participation
Collaboration dinner

The Collaboration dinner will be held on Wednesday, July 23. There is no fee for particiapants; cost is included in registration. Early career attendees will also be invited to attend JuDO dinner on Tuesday, July 22.

DESC Meeting Contact Persons
As described in the DESC Meeting Contact Person Policy, Meeting Contact Persons (MCPs) will be available (by Zoom and Slack) to meeting participants and be afforded the authority to take action to resolve disputes, conflicts, or harmful situations. MCPs will be selected from eligible participants, and be appointed by the Collaboration Council and the Management Team. All MCP appointments will be confirmed and scheduled with candidates before the meeting.
Session Facilitators
Special opportunity! You (as a meeting participant) can help ensure the success of this meeting by enrolling as a Session Facilitator for one or two sessions; this would involve, e.g., monitoring the chat window or raised hands in the participant list on Zoom, and generally helping where needed, whether you are in-person or remote. For a quick look at what's involved, see the Session Facilitator's Cheat Sheet New/junior members are especially encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity as it will help gain familiarity within the DESC community.
Speed Chat

This is a networking opportunity for early career members (student or postdoc) to "speed chat" with DESC Leadership members (DL), Pipeline Scientists (PS), and Computing Infrastructure (CI) team members. Each chat is ~5 minutes (one-on-one) with a randomly assigned DL, PS, or CI. There will be several rounds of chats within a dedicated parallel session.

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