Dates: June 24-25, 2025
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
House Info: We have a house in the city (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37496422)

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
VIS Summer Camp 2021 in Minneapolis, MN
VIS Summer Camp 2022 in Atlantic City, NJ
VIS Summer Camp 2023 in Charleston, SC
VIS Summer Camp 2024 in Pittsburgh, PA

Travel to Pittsburgh, PA: We recommend that you arrive on June 23rd (Monday), any time in the afternoon (check-in is 3:00pm). You should plan on leaving on the June 26nd (Thursday), some time in the morning (checkout is 11:00am). The general schedule is that we'll have a social meet-and-greet on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesdayare full workshop days. On Thursday we'll use the morning to clean up and checkout.

Travel to camp house: On your own

Address:
2015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203



Food: Outside of the "Coolest Thing Made in PA" (Primanti Bros.), there is food all over the South Side Flats.

Rooming Situation: There are 8 bedrooms, so a few campers will double up.

Cost: We work each year to secure funding for the event. However, if we are unable to obtain full support, attendees may need to cover shared expenses (lodging, food, and beverages), which we estimate at ~$800 per person for the full camp. If funding is secured, lodging will be covered, and participants will only need to contribute to food and beverages. In either case, you would need to arrange and pay for your own travel to Pittsburgh.

VGTC 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
Monday (June 23)	Afternoon: Arrive! Meet and Greet (Also, trips to the grocery store to stock the fridge)!! Check-in time: 3PM
Tuesday (June 24)
8:30AM - 9:30AM	Breakfast + opening remarks/ground rules
9:30AM - 11:00AM	Session: Intro 12-min Talks 1-4 (45,30,15) 45 minutes presentation, 30 minutes QA and discussion, 15 minutes break
11:00AM - 12:30PM	Session: Intro 12-min Talks 5-8 (45,30,15)
12:30PM - 2:00PM	Lunch
2:00PM - 3:300PM	Session: Intro 12-min Talks 9-12 (45,30,15)
3:30PM - 5:30PM	Session: Challenges and Tricks of Being a Professor (10,80,30)
5:30PM - 6:00PM	Unconf Setup and Planning
6:30PM -	Dinner
Wednesday (June 25)
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
Thursday (June 26)
8:00AM - 9:30AM	Breakfast
10:00AM -	Clean up and Leave Check-out time: 11AM

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
Arvind Satyanarayan	MIT
Lace Padilla	Northeastern
Lane Harrison	WPI
Kate Isaacs	Utah
Sandra Bae	Arizona
Hannah Bako	Virginia
Saeed Boorboor	U Illinois Chicago
Rebecca Faust	Tulane
Eunice Jun	UCLA
Andrew McNutt	Utah
Mahsan Nourani	Northeastern
Lin Yan	Iowa State
Fumeng Yang	Maryland
Jieqiong Zhao	Augusta
Jonathan Zong	Colorado

Vis Summer Camp is made possible by our external sponsor, VGTC, who we graciously acknowledge.