Dear colleagues,

Out of 58 participants of the survey, 28 voted for the Dicty2021  
conference to be organized on site, 11 voted for a virtual conference  
on line, and 19 to postpone the conference. Due to insufficient  
support, but primarily to a still rather unstable situation with the  
COVID-19 pandemics, organization of an on-site conference in August is  
regrettably not feasible. The option of a virtual conference also did  
not obtain enough support, and a world-wide conference like this would  
also face the challenge of different time zones across the globe.

We therefore decided to postpone the organization of the Dictyostelium  
Annual Conference in Croatia to 2023 (Dicty2022 will take place in  
Sterling, UK).

All the best,
Igor & Vedrana




Citing Igor Weber <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> As you might have already heard, this year the Annual Dictyostelium  
> Conference is scheduled to take place in Opatija, Croatia, in August  
> 22-26. According to the present situation regarding the corona virus  
> pandemics, we are still not sure whether it will be possible to  
> organize the conference on site, although we are moderately  
> optimistic. The obvious alternatives would be organization of a  
> virtual conference this year or cancellation / postponement to 2023  
> (Dicty2022 will take place in Sterling, UK).
>
> In order to aid the preparation of this year’s event, we would like  
> to run a short survey. The question is simple: would you prefer  
> Dicty2021 organized on site, on line, or postponed. Please answer  
> the query only if there is a decent chance that you will participate.
>
> Please vote here until January 25:
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doodle.com/poll/538ur693ivttfcza?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!BM-0fh7jVKnK0-FxLibhCyppgHLU4xUJZEHHKFKMGZM18tYA8pt7DZ43PLKVb8nKy7iMkKNNzd6l9Q$ 
>
> Hoping to see you in summer,
> Igor & Vedrana




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Ruder Boskovic Institute
Dept. Molecular Biology
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10000 Zagreb
Croatia
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