Dear All:
Unfortunately I need to withdraw my abstract which I submitted to WG2 at
DIS 2022. As already spelled out in a previous email to some of you, for me
it is currently difficult to travel to Spain to attend DIS in person. I
also have no collaborator who could travel there on my behalf.
While I accept that I probably don't fall into the groups
- institutions or countries do not allow the travel,
- because they do not comply with the COVID-related requirements to enter
Spain,
- or because of medical reasons
I would like to express my disappointment that there is not a larger degree
of flexibility from the side of the organizers (or International Advisory
Committee) to accommodate scientists for whom travel is still a challenge
but who - strictly speaking - do not fall into one of the above mentioned
categories.
While local regulations probably allow me to travel to Spain and to attend
the event, I live in a country where I do not have access at the same
degree as inhabitants of the European Union and the US to vaccines and
booster shots, not speaking of choosing a vaccine which I consider to
provide optimal protection. Since I am a German national and some of the
vaccines I received are accepted within the EU (some aren't, some would not
allow me to enter a restaurant without test in Germany right now etc.), I
most likely can enter Spain within the current regulations (also since
restrictions are slowly fading out). Nevertheless I am concerned about my
own health in a pandemic which in my opinion is slowly finishing, but not
yet over and I don't want to attend an event with more than 200 attendees
at this stage.
At the same time I am frustrated that there exists tailored exceptions for
scientists from DOE institutions, which to the best of my knowledge are the
above mentioned "institutions or countries do not allow the travel". I
believe that this discriminatory, since many of us face adversary
conditions in our work and in our ability to travel and present our work,
not only scientists from those institutions. In particular many scientists
in developing countries are limited in their ability to attend congresses
and workshops due to vaccines received, availability of travel funds (does
not apply to me, I actually have funds right now) and teaching obligations
at their home institutions. Nevertheless, exceptions are only given to
scientists at more privileged institutions which explicitly forbid
traveling. It would be nice if future editions of DIS could chose a more
inclusive approach and either allow online presentations for everybody or
to pursue a strict in person approach with no exceptions at the very least.
I hope I don't have to mention that a strict "in person" always excludes a
certain number of potential participants.
I understand that this decision was not taken by the local organizers and
in particular not by the conveners of the working group WG2. Indeed I would
like to thank you for all your efforts in the organization of this event
which I appreciate a lot and which for sure is not an easy task these days.
Nevertheless I would like to express my frustration to you and ask you to
please pass on this message to the appropriate committees in particular the
International Advisory Committee.
Best regards,
Martin
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From: <noreply-indico-team(a)cern.ch>
Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 9:40 PM
Subject: [Indico] Abstract Acceptance notification (#117)
To: <martin.hentschinski(a)gmail.com>
Dear Martin Hentschinski,
We're pleased to announce that your abstract "Exclusive photo-production of
charmonium as a tool to distinguish linear and non-linear QCD evolution"
with ID #117 has been accepted in track "WG2: Small-x, Diffraction and
Vector Mesons" (Parallel talk).
We ask you to confirm your availability to present the talk in person in
Santiago de Compostela by an email to the corresponding WG conveners. If
you cannot attend yourself, please provide any co-author that is able to
come to Santiago.
See below a summary of your submitted abstract:
Conference: DIS2022: XXIX International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic
Scattering and Related Subjects
Submitted by: Martin Hentschinski
Title: Exclusive photo-production of charmonium as a tool to distinguish
linear and non-linear QCD evolution
Primary Authors: Martin Hentschinski
Co-authors:
Track classification: WG2: Small-x, Diffraction and Vector Mesons
Presentation type: Parallel talk
For a more detailed summary please visit the page of your abstract:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1072533/abstracts/137651/
Kind regards,
The organizers of DIS2022: XXIX International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic
Scattering and Related Subjects
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Martin Hentschinski
Departamento de Actuaria, Física y Matemáticas
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Ex-Hacienda Santa Catarina Martir S/N,
San Andrés Cholula
72820 Puebla, Mexico