Hi everyone,
in the wrap up session today, we already had a few volunteering institutions to host the next openmod in 2025.
So far, these have been:
Are there other institutions throwing their hat in the ring for 2025? It would probably make sense to come to a shortlist rather soon to have a community vote on the topic. 
There is at least one institution that will need to consult internally before chucking their hat in the ring. So we need to allow them some time too.
As a newcomer in the community, I heard there was some questioning about the growing success of this workshop, which is good on the one hand, but also creates some challenges in terms of organization.
I was wondering whether it would make sense for this community to double the yearly workshop (which is great) with a special session or side-event at a scientific conference? Maybe those who are less involved but curious and willing to know more would like to attend while they are already at another conference.
Alternatively, turning this workshop into a full-fledged conference could also make sense, maybe also with some days dedicated to hands-on sessions /tutorials/hackathon.
Just some thoughts, on my side I enjoyed the format of this workshop very much, and I hope I can make it to next years’ 
Two points of clarification:
my earlier posting suggesting that a third institute might be interested in hosting the next openmod workshop is no longer correct for the particular institute I was thinking of.
the “questioning about growing success” that @mathieu-vallee mentions in his posting is, I believe, related to the need for the Grenoble workshop organizers to ration both content (lightening talks and break-out groups) and attendee slots — while noting that increasing the head count to cope accordingly may well dilute the close atmosphere and also add to the organizational overhead.
Please see Wikipedia for a list of previous openmod workshops with numbers of participants indicated.
Hello everyone, since time is flying and the next workshop needs to be organized, we still have to decide where to host the event.
Both organizations are still in the running and would be excited to host the Openmod workshop, so it comes to a community vote. The poll is set up to be active for the remainder of the month - so until 30th of November at midnight.
You can either vote for one, or both institutions, if you would be happy with either choice.
So here is the poll:
Hi all;
We’ve just squeezed out a lead, and we are delighted to host the openmod 2025 event at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden!
This past month, we’ve been working to prepare a call for papers and investigate appropriate university facilities and will circulate the details shortly.
Will Usher
Chair of the openmod 2025 organising committee
Hi,
yes, it was extremely close! I watched it a couple of times on Saturday and at 16:00 on Saturday, we had an exact tie between KTH and NTNU.
So congratulations to KTH for the close win and looking forward to the Openmod in Stockholm next year!