Organizing a 700 person project event (JuliaCon!)

[rayegun]

This is a real ad hoc discussion but we've had some questions about how JuliaCon is organized and how it went etc. We are probably one of the larger projects in some ways (in terms of direct users) and we're in our 12th year of conference organizing.

The sections will be

How do we organize JuliaCon

What issues we've faced

Herding cats

Tips & Tricks