Glasgow Euro-Par
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Let me also add my congratulations.
I mean, it's not like I have to understand what she did! I can recognize joy and triumph when I trip over it, for your kiddo as well as her parents.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@Friday Thank you! Welcome to the party!
There's certainly a temptation to go, especially now with this news. Hubby and I are already talking about it, but no firm plans have been made. We don't even know for certain yet if kiddo will be there in-person or virtually. It depends on whether Argonne decides to approve her travel expenses. It may also depend on the covid levels for August. Lots of variables are involved, and not enough is known yet to make our own travel plans.
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I wouldn't necessarily go to attend the conference. You'll likely pay $700 or so per person just to attend a 20min talk. (That said, usually you can just sneak in - entrance to these venues are very rarely checked).
But Glasgow is pretty nice. Try haggis if you go
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Join the party, Cats!
The work she's doing with this topic is not in my areas of expertise, and even if it was, it would be way over my head. Hubby is in CS for his work, but this is a completely different field compared to his work. I think that's part of the excitement for us as parents, to know our kiddo has blown past us, reaching new experiences and levels of growth in this field.
Kiddo still says hubby and I are cool, too. So it's all good! Any time your adult kiddo says you're cool is a welcome surprise.
When they blow past you like this, you have to wonder if you will still seem interesting, or whether you've already become boring. We're good here.I think it's the frogs that make it work.
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@Klaus said in Glasgow Euro-Par:
I wouldn't necessarily go to attend the conference. You'll likely pay $700 or so per person just to attend a 20min talk. (That said, usually you can just sneak in - entrance to these venues are very rarely checked).
But Glasgow is pretty nice. Try haggis if you go
We've already had haggis, thankyouverymuch!
Yes, the expense of the conference is likely not small, and it's doubled for us. I doubt there's a "Mom and Dad" conference rate.
I had not thought of just walking in to it. Our lack of official conference lanyards and name tags might prevent us from getting through the door, but you never know. I'm quite experienced at looking like I belong somewhere, even when I don't. It cracks me up when someone asks me for directions or other information when I have crashed an event. That could be a handy skill for this. I'd have to coach hubby. He's not as comfortable about such things.
Of course, it would only be for the one presentation. She's going to be busy networking with people, as she should. For as quiet as she is, the networking goes very well for kiddo. That's the best part of attending in person for this, so I really hope it happens. Every conference leads to new opportunities for kiddo. I'd like to think that skill or trait comes from me, but I know it's all her.
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If you do go to Glasgow, you should really try and visit Edinburgh as well - a much more touristy destination.
Just don't tell anybody in Glasgow you're doing that. There's a bit of a thing
I was only joking
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@brenda said in Glasgow Euro-Par:
I had not thought of just walking in to it. Our lack of official conference lanyards and name tags might prevent us from getting through the door, but you never know. I'm quite experienced at looking like I belong somewhere, even when I don't.
I'd give it a try. Half of the time I walk around these kinds of conferences without my name tag. Try to look like a computer scientist: backpack, black t-shirt, no social skills. Even if some student volunteer would "catch" you, they'd likely still let you in. You are obviously not there for "professional" reasons. As long as you don't completely empty the muffins basket in the coffee break, it's safe to assume that nobody would give a damn.
You could also go the "official" route and send an email to the local chair or general chair and ask for permission to attend that one talk as "proud parent". That would likely work, too.
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Oh yes, if we go, we will visit several places. It isn't every day we would make a trip to Scotland.
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@Klaus
Thank you for these ideas, Klaus! Every conference has its own ways, and if these are typically more relaxed about the name tags and such, that's very good to know. I also think you are correct that a polite request might work fine, too.Let me know if you're planning to attend. It would be lovely to meet you there.
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@brenda said in Glasgow Euro-Par:
@bachophile Thank you, bach!
I forgot to mention how well you wear a party hat, bach. Not everyone looks so good in one.
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@jon-nyc said in Glasgow Euro-Par:
That is SO COOL!
Thanks, Jon! Our little family is completely nerding out on this. It's nice the folks here are willing to nerd out with us. I really should have gotten hats more appropriate for this kind of party.
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@Klaus said in Glasgow Euro-Par:
... and it turns out that a person on Brendaette's thesis committee is a quite close colleague of mine who was recently an examiner of one of my PhD students. Small world...
I love this. Thank you for sharing this, Klaus!
It tells me why kiddo likes this person so much. If she's a close colleague of Klaus, she must be very knowledgeable and personable.
