Highlights Extended Stay Support Scheme (HESSS)
The HESSS is an incentive for collaborations between participants of the conference and researchers working in research groups reachable by train from the conference location. The objective is to foster interactions with low carbon footprint. The mechanism is as follows:
- Research groups willing to participate in the scheme will be listed below.
- These groups are offering to fund collaborations between Highlights participants and their members.
- The pair of a Highlights participant and a member of a listed research group submit a proposal, which takes the form of an email containing names, period of collaboration, and a sentence describing the planned activity. It has to be sent to the HESSS contact person of the research unit.
- The decision of acceptance is up to the research group. In particular, it may be subject to scientific scope, number of requests, or e.g., favouring distant participants.
- The only strict rule is that the visit should be around Highlights, and no airplane should be taken by the visitor to travel from Highlights to the visit location.