Conference Banner and Participation Update

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ requests to merge changes back into the main repository.
 
 ### Forking
 
-To create a fork, go to the [main repository](https://github.com/USRSE/usrse23)
+To create a fork, go to the [main repository](https://github.com/USRSE/usrse24)
 and click the `Fork` button in the top-right. You can choose under what username
 or organization the fork is made; we recommend your personal account.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ for the various ways to keep your fork in sync.
 
 ## Creating Issues
 
-[Create issues in GitHub](https://github.com/USRSE/usrse23/issues)
+[Create issues in GitHub](https://github.com/USRSE/usrse24/issues)
 for any work that needs to be done. This can include, but is not limited to:
 
 - Bugs

README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Configuration file: /srv/jekyll/_config.yml
       Generating... 
                     done in 1.616 seconds.
  Auto-regeneration: enabled for '/srv/jekyll'
-    Server address: http://0.0.0.0:4000/usrse23/
+    Server address: http://0.0.0.0:4000/usrse24/
   Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
 ```
 

index.html

@@ -6,32 +6,16 @@
 fb-img:
 ---
 
-<center>
-<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/logo_side_transparent.png" style="width:50%">
-</center>
+
+<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/mainbanner.png" style="width:100%">
+
 <hr>
 
 <div class="main-explain-area jumbotron">
 
 <center>
-
-<h1>October 15-17, 2024, 
-<i class="fa-solid fa-pepper-hot fa-flip-horizontal fa-sm" style="color: #741655;"></i>
-Albuquerque, NM 
-<i class="fa-solid fa-pepper-hot fa-sm" style="color: #741655;"></i>
-</h1>
-
 <h1>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow</h1>
 
-
-
-
-This year's theme is <b><i>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow</i></b>: A celebration of
-all that RSEs have done for computing in the past, in the present, and in the future.
-<br>
-More information will be released in the coming months!
-
-
 </center>
 
   <h3>But what <i>is</i> an RSE?</h3>
@@ -41,13 +25,34 @@ <h3>But what <i>is</i> an RSE?</h3>
   and those somewhere in-between. We aspire to apply the skills and practices of software development to research to create more robust,
   manageable, and sustainable research software.
   Read more on the <a href="https://us-rse.org/" target="_blank">US-RSE website</a>.</p>
+
+  <p>This year's theme is <b><i>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow</i></b>: 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):</p>
+
 
-  <h3>Join the mailing list</h3>
-  <p>
-  Do you want to receive news about the US-RSE conference series? Join our mailing
-  list to get direct news about all US-RSE conferences.
-  <p>
-  <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/us-rse.org/g/usrse-conference" target="_blank" class="btn btn-light btn-lg" role="button" alt="Button link to the US-RSE Conference series mailing list page">Join</a>
+    <ul>
+        <li>History of the RSE movement</li>
+        <li>RSE impact</li>
+        <li>Efforts to expand the RSE movement</li>
+        <li>Research data management</li>
+        <li>Software engineering approaches supporting research</li>
+        <li>Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for RSEs and in RSEng</li>
+        <li>Training and workforce development</li>
+        <li>Maturing and expanding the RSE profession</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p><b>Submission Website</b>: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=usrse2024" target="_blank">EasyChair</a></p>
+
+      <h3> Important Dates </h3>
+      <ul>
+      <li><b>Submissions open</b>: Monday, February 12, 2024</li>
+      <li><b>Workshops, Tutorials, and BoF submissions due</b>: Friday, March 22, 2024</li>
+      <li><b>Papers and Notebooks due</b>: Monday, May 20, 2024</li>
+      <li><b>Poster and Talk abstracts due</b>: Monday, June 3, 2024
+      <li><b>Conference Date</b>: October 15-17, 2024, Albuquerque, NM</li>
+      </ul>
+
 
   <center>
   <h2>Our Sponsors</h2>
@@ -58,6 +63,13 @@ <h3>Diamond</h3>
   </a>
   </center>
 
+  <h3>Join the mailing list</h3>
+  <p>
+  Do you want to receive news about the US-RSE conference series? Join our mailing
+  list to get direct news about all US-RSE conferences.
+  <p>
+  <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/us-rse.org/g/usrse-conference" target="_blank" class="btn btn-light btn-lg" role="button" alt="Button link to the US-RSE Conference series mailing list page">Join</a>
+
   <h3> Have questions? </h3>
   <p>
   Contact the organizers at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.

pages/participate/participate.md

@@ -25,8 +25,20 @@ include, but are not limited to:
 - Training and workforce development
 - Maturing and expanding the RSE profession
 
+**Submission Website**: [EasyChair](https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=usrse2024);
+please see submission templates below for each type of submission.
+
+**Review and Publication**: All contributions will be subject to non-anonymous peer
+review for quality, relevance, and novelty, which will determine acceptance.
+All submissions will be kept confidential prior to publication in
+the proceedings. Instructions for camera-ready versions will be sent to authors
+of accepted submissions. All submission types will be published as open access
+in Zenodo.
+
 Accepted abstracts will be placed on the website ahead of the conference.
 
+**Questions?** Contact the Technical Program organizers: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
+
 ## Important Dates
 
 - **Submissions open**: Monday, February 12 for all but notebooks. Notebooks to open Monday, February 26.