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After useR! 2015 in Aalborg I had some time to reflect and think back on the phase leading up to the actual conference. The story of useR! 2015 began in 2013 when Søren Højsgaard, Head of Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, popped the idea of hosting useR! 2015 or 2017 in Aalborg. He had made some informal enquiries to the R Foundation and R Core members about the possibility. With some positive indications we sat down and wrote the first draft for the bidding material. This included a description of Aalborg, the conference venue, our thoughts on the scientific and social programme together with our first budget. This five page document was sent to the R Foundation by the end of October 2013 and after some communication back and forth we received the final "go!" in January 2014.
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