Lua Workshop 2018

[Roberto Ierusalimschy]

The Lua workshop 2018 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sep 6-7,
cortesy of CUJO (https://www.cujo.com/).

More details soon.

-- Roberto

[Ką Mykolas]

That was unexpected! Greetings and welcome to my hometown!

On Sat, 7 Jul 2018, 14:41 Roberto Ierusalimschy, <[hidden email]> wrote:

The Lua workshop 2018 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sep 6-7,
cortesy of CUJO (https://www.cujo.com/).

More details soon.

-- Roberto

[Pierre Chapuis]

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, at 13:41, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> The Lua workshop 2018 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sep 6-7,
> cortesy of CUJO (https://www.cujo.com/).
>
> More details soon.

Are those dates sure enough that we should already buy plane tickets?

--
Pierre Chapuis

[Roberto Ierusalimschy]

> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, at 13:41, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > The Lua workshop 2018 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sep 6-7,
> > cortesy of CUJO (https://www.cujo.com/).
> >
> > More details soon.
>
> Are those dates sure enough that we should already buy plane tickets?

Yes!

-- Roberto

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo]

Registrations to attend the Lua Workshop 2018 are now open:
http://www.lua.org/wshop18.html#register

To register, send a message to [hidden email] including your
full name and the name of your company or organization, if applicable.
As confirmation, your name will appear in the list of participants:
http://www.lua.org/wshop18.html#participants

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo]

If you'd like to speak at the workshop, please send a tentative title
and a short abstract with your registration:
http://www.lua.org/wshop18.html#register

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Roberto Ierusalimschy
<[hidden email]> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, at 13:41, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
>> > The Lua workshop 2018 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sep 6-7,
>> > cortesy of CUJO (https://www.cujo.com/).
>> >
>> > More details soon.
>>
>> Are those dates sure enough that we should already buy plane tickets?
>
> Yes!

On behalf of CUJO, I would like to suggest to change from Vilnius to
our Kaunas office. We have a bigger and better structure over there.
So we can host more people and record the talks. Kaunas is just ~1h
away from Vilnius by car and I think most of international flights to
Lithuania will arrive from Vilnius anyway. Please, let me know if it's
OK for everyone. Especially for the ones that have been looking for
tickets already.

--
Lourival Vieira Neto

[Ignacio Burgueño-2]

Hello. Has the place been definitely set? I see no mention at http://www.lua.org/wshop18.html about neither the city nor the venue for the workshop.

​Regards,

Ignacio

[Thijs Schreijer]

On 20 Jul 2018, at 14:06, Ignacio Burgueño <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello. Has the place been definitely set? I see no mention at http://www.lua.org/wshop18.html about neither the city nor the venue for the workshop.

​Regards,

Ignacio

Considering the extra travel involved, if possible, I’d prefer Vilnius as the workshop location. Hope that works out.

Regards

Thijs

[Roberto Ierusalimschy]

> Considering the extra travel involved, if possible, I’d prefer Vilnius as the workshop location. Hope that works out.

Lourival sent a message suggesting to change places 9 days ago. There were
ZERO answers! We cannot go on changing cities forever...

(BTW, there are direct buses from the Vilnius airport to Kaunas, if
that helps.)

-- Roberto

[Javier Guerra Giraldez]

On 20 July 2018 at 15:26, Roberto Ierusalimschy <[hidden email]> wrote:
> (BTW, there are direct buses from the Vilnius airport to Kaunas, if
> that helps.)

not sure if that would be enough for those travelling alone, first
time in the country, not speaking the local language (and non-native
English speakers can have difficulty when encountering a new
non-native accent).

personally, i still want to go, and consider the extra bus adventure a
plus to see a little more of a renowned beautiful country.... but is a
little scary to say the least.


--
Javier

[Hisham]

On 20 July 2018 at 11:26, Roberto Ierusalimschy <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Considering the extra travel involved, if possible, I’d prefer Vilnius as the workshop location. Hope that works out.
>
> Lourival sent a message suggesting to change places 9 days ago. There were
> ZERO answers! We cannot go on changing cities forever...

There were zero answers from the Lua Team as well. As far as I could
tell from that email, a suggestion was made but the change had not
been made official.

-- Hisham

[Ką Mykolas]

Well, non-native English should not be the problem in Vilnius ;) Also, I'm willing to help as a local guide.
I guess, some more people could be arranged to help with navigation and travel. 

Btw, UBER -> Train Station -> Kaunas sounds like way easier solution.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Javier Guerra Giraldez <[hidden email]> wrote:

On 20 July 2018 at 15:26, Roberto Ierusalimschy <[hidden email]> wrote:
> (BTW, there are direct buses from the Vilnius airport to Kaunas, if
> that helps.)

not sure if that would be enough for those travelling alone, first
time in the country, not speaking the local language (and non-native
English speakers can have difficulty when encountering a new
non-native accent).

personally, i still want to go, and consider the extra bus adventure a
plus to see a little more of a renowned beautiful country.... but is a
little scary to say the least.


--
Javier

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 12:08 PM Javier Guerra Giraldez
<[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> On 20 July 2018 at 15:26, Roberto Ierusalimschy <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > (BTW, there are direct buses from the Vilnius airport to Kaunas, if
> > that helps.)
>
> not sure if that would be enough for those travelling alone, first
> time in the country, not speaking the local language (and non-native
> English speakers can have difficulty when encountering a new
> non-native accent).

I think that applies to most countries in the world. We are compiling
transportation and hotel information to facilitate this.

> personally, i still want to go, and consider the extra bus adventure a
> plus to see a little more of a renowned beautiful country.... but is a
> little scary to say the least.

We are used to receive people from around the world in our office in
Kaunas. Sorry to disappoint, but it's not that adventurous (nor scary ;-).

Regards,
--
Lourival Vieira Neto

[Roberto Ierusalimschy]

> There were zero answers from the Lua Team as well. As far as I could
> tell from that email, a suggestion was made but the change had not
> been made official.

Well, it sounded to us quite of implicit. Does someone have objections
if we do A, which is better for us? No objections? It is not a big
stretch to imagine that we will do A...

Anyway, the question was formally asked to us today, we are answering
today. The workshop will be held in Kaunas.

-- Roberto

[Marc Balmer]

I looked at my travel options. Absolutely no sane travel options from Switzerland to Kaunas, checking Vilnius (it’s a 100 km ride, afaict), that might be better.



Am 20.07.2018 um 18:20 schrieb Roberto Ierusalimschy <[hidden email]>:

>> There were zero answers from the Lua Team as well. As far as I could
>> tell from that email, a suggestion was made but the change had not
>> been made official.
>
> Well, it sounded to us quite of implicit. Does someone have objections
> if we do A, which is better for us? No objections? It is not a big
> stretch to imagine that we will do A...
>
> Anyway, the question was formally asked to us today, we are answering
> today. The workshop will be held in Kaunas.
>
> -- Roberto

[Ignacio Burgueño-2]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 6:21 PM Roberto Ierusalimschy <[hidden email]> wrote:

Anyway, the question was formally asked to us today, we are answering
today. The workshop will be held in Kaunas.

Thanks, Roberto. It would be good to have this information clearly stated on the web page.  Some people still think Vilnius is the city where the workshop will be held. 

Regards,

Ignacio

 

[Pierre Chapuis]

For those of you who don't have their tickets and live in Europe, don't suppose you have to go through Vilnius, that isn't always the case. For instance, I found a direct flight from Beauvais (a city close to Paris) to Kaunas, while I didn't have any good direct flight option to Vilnius on the Wednesday.

My plan is to arrive in Kaunas on Wednesday 5, stay there for the Workshop, then take a train (or bus) to Vilnius on the Friday evening and stay in Vilnius until Sunday, because I might as well take some time to visit the city while I am in Lithuania.

--

Pierre Chapuis

[Pierre Chapuis]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018, at 11:24, Pierre Chapuis wrote:

I found a direct flight from Beauvais (a city close to Paris) to Kaunas, while I didn't have any good direct flight option to Vilnius on the Wednesday.

Well, I thought I had found one, but I can't find it again today, so ignore this...

I will go through Vilnius in that case.

[Etiene Dalcol]

I bought flights to vilnius. Hope it all works out! 

Pierre Chapuis <[hidden email]> schrieb am So., 22. Juli 2018, 10:47:

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018, at 11:24, Pierre Chapuis wrote:

I found a direct flight from Beauvais (a city close to Paris) to Kaunas, while I didn't have any good direct flight option to Vilnius on the Wednesday.

Well, I thought I had found one, but I can't find it again today, so ignore this...

I will go through Vilnius in that case.