Call for Virtual Socials and Mentoring sessions

A strong community is central to the success of BPM conference. Our mission is to create an opportunity for all participants to meet new people and to share knowledge, best practices, career options, and interests even in the context of a virtual conference. To enable this, inspired and encouraged by the success of similar initiatives in other conferences like ICML, we will support virtual socials and mentoring sessions¹ as follows:

Virtual socials

A virtual social is a participant-led video-driven meeting centred around different themes. These themes can be anything ranging from:

• topics of interest (e.g., BPM research applications in society, covid-19).
• skills exchange and training (e.g., giving better presentations, guidance on academic job applications).
• other social and intellectual gatherings (e.g., BPM book club, wine and cheese, cooking, BPM travellers).

Virtual socials are typically 1- to 2-hour long and must have two leads (who will organise the session, moderate the session, and ensure respectful communication).

Mentoring sessions

A mentoring session is a video meeting where a senior member of the community (academic or industry) offers their time to give scientific and career advice, and answer questions from more junior members and newcomers. They could be related to any topic or focused on a specific research topic or skill. These mentoring sessions will help the BPM community in its goal of increasing inclusivity. We will also support ad-hoc, last-minute mentoring sessions during the conference.

Submission

If you are interested in:

• hosting a virtual social, please complete this form for socials.
• volunteering your time for a mentoring session, please complete this form to sign up to be a mentor.

Organizers and guests should be registered participants of BPM. Submit these forms before 3 September 2020 (anywhere on Earth).

Important Dates

• Deadline: 3 September 2020
• Notification: 7 September 2020
• Events: 14 to 17 September 2020

Deadlines correspond to anywhere on earth (‘AoE’ or ‘UTC-12′)

Organization Chair, BPM 2020

Adela del Río Ortega