Due to the corona virus crisis the IAC on its virtual meeting on 17.03.2020 decided to change the original CPOD 2020 dates (May 4-8, 2020) to February 15-19 or 22-26, 2021. The location remains unchanged: Baku.
Firstly dates in November/December 2020 were discussed: arguments against - teaching in EU and US, already a number of meetings is scheduled in this period.
Dates in the second half of February: arguments for - semester break in PL and DE. Later in 2021: DPG (March), SQM (May), QM (September).
Present via Vidyo:
Hannah Elfner, Tetyana Galatyuk, Marek Gazdzicki, Frithjof Karsch, Swagato Mukherjee, Jorgen Randrup, Anar Rustamov, Alexander Sorin, Misha Stephanov, Joachim Stroth, Ludwik Turko, Nu Xu.
Anar was asked to consult the new dates with the IAC by email and then send them to the cpod ML.