Running Virtual PC (vPC) Meetings

As the co-chairs of the USENIX ATC ’20 PC, our original plans to hold an inperson PC meeting pivoted to virtual PC (vPC) meeting planning due to COVID-19. Along with our very helpful submission chairs (Dongyoon Lee from Stony Brook University and Ketan Bhardwaj from Georgia Institute of Technology), we experimented with three solutions to see what would work best: Webex, BlueJeans, and Zoom. We have now concluded running the vPC meeting, with over 70 participants for at least part of the meeting. Below we describe our experiences in planning and running the vPC.