Update participate.md

pages/participate/participate.md

@@ -4,8 +4,61 @@ title: Participate
 description: 
 menubar: participate
 permalink: participate/
+menubar_toc: true
 set_last_modified: true
 ---
 
-More information to come...
+# Call for Submissions
 
+We invite submissions for the second annual US-RSE Conference to be held in
+Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 15-17, 2024. The theme of this year’s conference
+is “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: A celebration of all that RSEs have done for
+computing in the past, in the present, and in the future.” Topics of interest
+include, but are not limited to:
+
+- History of the RSE movement
+- RSE impact
+- Efforts to expand the RSE movement
+- Research data management
+- Software engineering approaches supporting research
+- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for RSEs and in RSEng
+- Training and workforce development
+- Maturing and expanding the RSE profession
+
+Accepted abstracts will be placed on the website ahead of the conference.
+
+## Important Dates
+
+- **Submissions open**: Monday, February 12 for all but notebooks. Notebooks to open Monday, February 26.
+- **BoFs, Workshops, and Tutorials**: Due March 22. Notifications April 26.
+- **Papers and Notebooks**: Due May 20. Notifications June 27.
+- **Posters and Talks**: Due June 3. Notifications July 3.
+- **Camera-ready submissions (Notebooks, Papers)**: August 9
+
+## Birds of a Feather (BoFs)
+
+Birds of a Feather sessions are expected to be informal, and ideally will include the audience’s participation. Sessions will last 90 minutes and take place in rooms that will accommodate approximately 100 people. Organizers may choose to submit with all presenters determined at the time of submission, or include a plan for finding BoF presenters upon acceptance. Submission template [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W86USaI0euZOuwPJoeZfZaX-qxG_OjRTM3brHNxNIvM/edit?usp=sharing).
+
+## Workshops
+
+Workshops will take place in person at the conference. They will be 180 minutes, not including  a 30-minute break in the middle. We will accept proposals for either Discussion Topics, similar to Birds of a Feather but with a longer time frame, or Learning Topics, which will be in-person teaching with hands-on exercises for attendees very similar to Tutorials, though delivered in-person.  Please note that you ***MAY*** submit similar proposals for both a tutorial and a Learning Topic workshop if you would like to deliver the same content online. Submission template [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Wdb24neTDVoTQQ1XgpGOm7-OJNOtd30TnNEpZLY_Bo/edit?usp=sharing).
+
+## Tutorials
+
+Tutorials will take place ahead of the conference in a virtual format, and be recorded, from September 30th to October 11th. Infrastructure to register participants and allow the hosts to run the tutorial via Zoom will be provided. Tutorials may be either 90 minutes or 2 90 minute sessions with a 30 minute break in the middle. Please note that you ***MAY*** submit similar proposals for both a tutorial and a Learning Topic workshop if you would like to deliver the same content in person at the conference. Submission template [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RljR4M2kEBZx36JmSNLrw0iL7P-cx3aoosYdnHJR8t4/edit?usp=sharing).
+
+## Papers
+
+Papers will consist of submissions up to 10 pages in length, including figures, not counting references. Submissions should adhere to the IEEE format in US letter size as a PDF file, see [here](https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). Accepted paper submissions will additionally give an oral presentation at the conference, with 18 minutes for the speaker and 4 minutes for questions. Papers will be published via Zenodo after the conference’s completion. A special issue for papers is under consideration but no decision has yet been made. Submission template [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bA2A23Npc72zUHaKgW2o5KugUyGqnuRs7vu5LF9h89k/edit?usp=sharing).
+
+## Notebooks
+
+To account for the broad variety of use cases for notebooks, we are accepting submissions in three categories, which will be described in detail on a Notebook Submissions Page. Accepted notebooks will be given the opportunity for a 12-minute oral presentation plus 3 minutes for questions. Submission template in progress.
+
+## Talks
+
+Talks will take place across the entire conference. They will be oral presentations lasting 12 minutes with 3 minutes for questions, organized into 90-minute sessions. Submission template [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iN9gDRa_u2kLFFl5H03BPYu8nQVjWomI5L7BPTcchCQ/edit?usp=sharing).
+
+## Posters
+
+The poster session will be held on the evening of the first night of the conference, October 15th. Poster constraints will be announced to accepted posters. Submission template [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rkIdB0RQwJWolL3gwHO2YIk928-lznY2YevPXHiioMY/edit?usp=sharing).