VIS Summer Camp 2016 in Eugene, Oregon
VIS Summer Camp 2017 in Park City, Utah
VIS Summer Camp 2018 in Denver, CO
VIS Summer Camp 2019 in Nashville, TN

Dates: August 3-6, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, MN
House Info: We have a giant house in the city (https://www.vrbo.com/2225233)

Travel to Minneapolis, MN: We recommend that you arrive on August 3rd (Tuesday), any time in the afternoon (we don't know when the check-in time is, but we're guessing some time around 2pm). You should plan on leaving on the 6th (Friday), also some time in the morning or early afternoon. The general schedule is that we'll have a social meet-and-greet on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday are full workshop days. On Friday we'll use the morning to clean up and checkout (we assume check-out is around noon).

Travel to camp house: On your own

Address:
3123 2nd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Food: There are restaurants everywhere in Minneapolis.

Rooming Situation: There should be a room for everyone.

Cost: NSF will be paying for the house. Depending on the budget other expenses might be covered as well.

"Sessions" approximately distribute time into 3 chunks (AA,BB,CC)

• - AA minutes of "listen" (presentation and/or introduction)
• - BB minutes of "talk" (discussion split in blocks of breakout groups and discussion rejoinder)
• - CC minutes of "social" (breaks, unstructured talking, snacking, stretching, resting)

In addition, you will decide the content for Wednesday's Unconf. Bring ideas!

Day/Time	Activity
Tuesday (Aug 3)	Afternoon: Arrive! Meet and Greet (Also, trips to the grocery store to stock the fridge)!! Check-in time: ??
Wednesday (Aug 4)
8:30AM - 9:30AM	Breakfast + opening remarks/ground rules
9:30AM - 11:00AM	Session: Intro 12-min Talks 1-3 (40, 30, 20) 40 minutes presentation, 30 minutes QA and discussion, 20 minutes break
11:00AM - 12:30PM	Session: Intro 12-min Talks 4-6 (40,30,20)
12:30PM - 2:00PM	Lunch
2:00PM - 4:00PM	Session: Intro 12-min Talks 7-10 (50,40,30)
4:00PM - 6:00PM	Session: Challenges and Tricks of Being a Professor (10,80,30)
6:00PM - 6:30PM	Unconf Setup and Planning
6:30PM -	Dinner
Thursday (Aug 5)
8:30AM - 9:30AM	Breakfast + Morning Reflections
9:30AM - 11:00AM	Unconf Session 1 (5,70,15)
11:00AM - 12:30PM	Unconf Session 2 (5,70,15)
12:30PM - 2:00PM	Lunch
2:00PM - 3:30PM	Unconf #3 (5,70,15)
3:30PM - 5:00PM	Unconf #4 (5,70,15)
5:00PM - 6:00PM	Long Break + Collect Feedback and Thoughts on Future Summer Camps
6:00PM -	Dinner
Friday (Aug 6)
8:00AM - 9:30AM	Breakfast
10:00AM -	Clean up and Leave Check-out time: ??

Some Possible Unconf Topics

• - Guest counselor presentation.
• - Tenure Process
• - Teaching/Service considerations
• - CRII and CAREER Proposal Discussions
• - "Next big thing"
• - Small Group Collaboration (Write your next VIS paper)
• - VIS community structure / elections
• - New area model
• - Unknown unknowns
• - Examples from 2019 Summer Camp

Name	Affiliation
Remco Chang	Tufts
Kristi Potter	National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Carlos Scheidegger	Arizona
Joshua Levine	Arizona
Arvind Satyanarayan	MIT
Lace Padilla	UC Merced
Daniel Haehn	UMass Boston
Chris Bryan	Arizona State
Morteza Karimzadeh	Colorado Boulder
Carsten Görg	Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Federico Iuricich	Clemson
Dominik Moritz	CMU
Yeaseul Kim	Wisconsin Madison
Emily Wall	Emory
Cindy Xiong	UMass Amherst