On Thursday June 9th, just prior to the banquet, we plan to have a Festivus at ICAPS. This is a type

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• On Thursday June 9th, just prior to the banquet,
  we plan to have a Festivus () at ICAPS. This is
  a type of "open mike" event designed to allow
  participants to air controversial ideas and
  opinions about our field and where it is going.
  About 7-8 speakers will be given 5 minutes each
  to talk about what they think the field should be
  doing. The talk can be one of the following
  flavors
• You are all doing the wrong research because...
• You should all be really be working on...
• If I see one more paper on XXX I am going to
  scream--because
• The "real" (TM) planning problems are...
• We are stuck in a rut and the way to get out
  is...
• The best thing that happened in planning is...
• (others in a similar vein)
• Each five minute slot will be followed by five
  minutes of questions from the floor.
• Ideally these talks should be broad, thoughtful,
  yet funny critiques, that rock the boat and would
  keep people talking beyond the Festivus session
  into the banquet itself.
• This event will be coordinated by Subbarao
  Kambhampati. The coordinator's role will be to
  (a) solicit participation from the community (b)
  select a subset (possibly in consultation with
  the PC chairs) and (c) ensure that the
  proceedings are lively and engaging.

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I have a problem with you people..

• Complacent Voyeurs

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Schedule

• 6 brave/plaintive souls 5min talk 5min audience
  questions (303060min)
• Dan Weld
• Craig Knoblock
• Dave Smith
• Amedeo Cesta
• Adele Howe
• Martha Pollack
• Closing discussion (10min)

Sam Steel keeps the time
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Caveats Exhortations

• NOT a spectator sport..
• Line-up at the shiny Aluminium Pole-cum-microphone
  s (no jostling!)
• Questioning ! Non-believer
• Thanks to the participants organizers for
  taking the chance!
• ..and I hope they remember my thanks when they
  are getting ready to lynch me after the program..

Special note on Feats of Strength and Wresting
the head of house-hold Susan, Kanna and
Karen will be available to take anyone down
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world.
The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt
the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
--Bernard Shaw
Let the Festivus Begin..
We now present you a bevy of unreasonable and
old men and women
Do not go gentle into that good night Old age
should burn and rave at close of day Rage rage
against the dying of the light
--Dylan Thomas