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 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <noreply-indico-team(a)cern.ch&gt; Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 9:40 PM Subject: [Indico] Abstract Acceptance notification (#117) To: <martin.hentschinski(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 -- Indico :: Call for Abstracts https://indico.cern.ch/event/1072533/ -- 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