fix sessions

docs/session-leaders.md

@@ -5,14 +5,30 @@ description: Information for Session Leaders at Biodiversity Genomics Academy 20
 
 > Find all our [planned and proposed sessions here](../sessions)
 
-## Stage 1
+## Background
+
+### Why are we doing this?
+The [Earth Biogenome Project](https://earthbiogenome.org){:target="_blank"} aims to sequence ~2M species worldwide in the next decade. The bioinformatics tools and approaches for generating (and then analysing) high quality reference genomes are rapidly evolving and improving. We want a growing community of genomics researchers who will use the best practices in the field.
+
+### Why us?
+The [Biodiversity Genomics online conference](https://events.venue-av.com/e/BG23_registration){:target="_blank"} has been fully free, open, and worldwide for three years now from 2020 to 2022. [BG22](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ScfLz-idIV-Wx_JzzoWdd1hWFywlyim0/view){:target="_blank"} was attended by over 2000 people worldwide,
+
+**Biodiversity Genomics Academy 2023** is a new, free online training event in conjunction with BG23, hosted by the Wellcome Sanger Institute in collaboration with other EBP partners like the Darwin Tree of Life, Vertebrate Genomes Project, European Reference Genome Atlas, etc.
+
+We will have a dedicated coordinator ([Sujai Kumar](mailto:sujai.kumar@sanger.ac.uk)) who will be responsible for organising everything - promotion, participant registration, online resources, free computing workspaces, community forums, etc. You get the benefit of a worldwide audience and to help others use your tools, methods, and resources.
+
+----
+
+## Next Steps
+
+### Stage 1
 
 1. Choose your time slot between 1st and 30th September
 2. Confirm your session title
 
 I will send you the link to a google sheet where all current sessions are listed (more will be added). Please copy and paste your session to your preferred slot as long as you leave an hour between sessions.
 
-## Stage 2
+### Stage 2
 
 To be finished by 25th August (ideally). I will send reminders, but please [email me](mailto:sujai.kumar@sanger.ac.uk) at any time if you have questions/thoughts about any of these :-)
 
@@ -21,21 +37,21 @@ To be finished by 25th August (ideally). I will send reminders, but please [emai
 3. Set up GitPod, if needed
 4. Choosing a repeat session format (live or recorded)
 
-### 1. Decide format
+#### 1. Decide format
 
 - By default we want to have zoom meetings where participants are free to ask questions in an interactive environment.
 - However, if we end up with, say, more than 30 registrations, then we will ask you if you want to restrict attendance, or switch to a webinar format where only you will be talking live, but participants can ask questions in real time using a text format (Discord or GitHub Discussions or a combination, to be decided).
 - Only registered participants can join live sessions and ask questions.
 - I will be on hand to coordinate and assist with all formats. So you don’t have to worry about setting up rooms, monitoring questions or chats etc.
 
-### 2. Get session materials ready
+#### 2. Get session materials ready
 
 - For each session, we will have a GitHub repository at github.com/bgacademy23/SESSION which will also show up publicly at BGA23.org/SESSION and you will have full write access to this repo.
 - This page will have standard basic info such as Title, Description, Who is it for, What you will be able to do by the end of the session, Session Leader / Affiliation, How to register/connect etc.
 - This page will also be the place to put/link your training materials. If you already have a preferred format for sharing session materials (google slides, powerpoint, pdf, website, etc) then that’s absolutely fine and we will simply link out to them.
 - However, if you want to use markdown files (one or more) that will automatically get turned into web pages at BGA23.org/SESSION, then I can walk you through that. Or if you’d like to do that but don’t have time to figure out, then I’m happy to upload/transform everything to markdown for you.
 
-### 3. Set up GitPod
+#### 3. Set up GitPod
 
 If your session requires linux command line access. I will help create a .gitpod.yml in the repo, which will allow users to start a server with software already installed and example files ready to go
 
@@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ The longest time in any hands-on bioinformatics training/demo session is often i
 
 I will be on hand to create a .gitpod.yml for your session, which you are obviously free to use in all future training materials as well.
 
-### 4. Repeat session
+#### 4. Repeat session
 
 - As BGA23 has a global audience, each session will be repeated at least once to make it accessible to other time zones. We would love for you to do a second live session in a complementary time zone but we realise that that’s a big ask. If you can’t do a second live session, we would like for you to specify a day that you/your team are available to take part in asynchronous text discussions (on discord/ GitHub Discussions) with repeat session participants who will have already viewed a recording of your first session.
 - You don’t need to specify live/recorded, or the day/time of your repeat session right away but please keep this in mind when submitting your preference for the main live session.

docs/sessions.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Current list of sessions at Biodiversity Genomics Academy 2023
 
 ## Planned Sessions
 
-The list of sessions planned so far is given below. We are currently in the process of finalising the dates and times of these **online** sessions between 1-30 September 2023. 
+The list of sessions planned so far is given below. We are currently in the process of finalising the dates and times of these **online** sessions to be held between 1-30 September 2023. 
 
 | Title | Session Leader |
 |-------|----------------|