AAPPS-DPP 2025 Conference Schedule

Interactive web-based conference schedule for the Asia-Pacific Plasma Science (AAPPS) Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) 2025 conference.

🌐 Live Schedule

Access the schedule at: https://bclyons12.github.io/aapps-dpp-schedule/

✨ Features

• 📅 Multi-day navigation - Browse schedule across all conference days (Sep 21-26, 2025)
• ⏰ Real-time updates - Talks are automatically grayed out when started, hidden when past (30-min grace period)
• ✅ Personal tracking - Check off talks you want to attend
• 🔍 Smart filtering - Show only checked talks, hide past talks
• 💾 Persistent state - Your selections and preferences are saved locally
• ⏱️ Duration display - See talk duration in minutes
• 🔗 Shareable selections - URL updates with your checked talks for easy sharing
• 📱 Mobile responsive - Works perfectly on phones, tablets, and desktop

🚀 Usage

Navigation

• Click day tabs to switch between conference days
• Current day is highlighted with your local time display

Talk Management

• Check talks you plan to attend using the checkboxes
• View details including speaker, affiliation, room, and duration
• Track time with automatic graying of started talks

Filtering Options

• "Show only checked talks" - Focus on your selected sessions
• "Hide past talks" - Clean view of upcoming sessions (30-minute grace period)
• Time-based display - Past talks are grayed out automatically

Sharing & Persistence

• Bookmarks work - URL includes your selections for easy sharing
• Auto-save - Your preferences persist across browser sessions
• Device-specific - Each device maintains its own selections

🛠️ Technical Details

Architecture

• Single HTML file with embedded CSS/JavaScript
• CSV data source - Easy to update conference information
• Local storage - Base64-encoded bitmap for efficient selection storage
• No server required - Runs entirely in the browser

Data Format

CSV files contain: Session,Time,Duration,Room,Speaker,Affiliation,Title

Cache Management

• Fresh data - CSV files are fetched fresh on each load
• No caching - Ensures users always see latest schedule updates

📂 File Structure

aapps-dpp-schedule/
├── index.html          # Redirect to main schedule
├── agenda.html         # Main conference schedule application  
├── csv/                # Conference data files
│   ├── Agenda_2025-09-21.csv
│   ├── Agenda_2025-09-22.csv
│   ├── Agenda_2025-09-23.csv
│   ├── Agenda_2025-09-24.csv
│   ├── Agenda_2025-09-25.csv
│   └── Agenda_2025-09-26.csv
├── server.py           # Local development server (not used in production)
└── README.md           # This file

🔧 Local Development

For local testing and development:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/bclyons12/aapps-dpp-schedule.git
cd aapps-dpp-schedule

# Start local server
python3 server.py

# Open browser to http://localhost:8000

📊 Conference Data

This schedule contains 729 talks across 6 days of the AAPPS-DPP 2025 conference.

Conference dates: September 21-26, 2025
Time zone: Japan Standard Time (JST)

🤝 Contributing

To update the schedule:

1. Edit the CSV files in the csv/ directory
2. Commit and push changes to GitHub
3. GitHub Pages will automatically deploy updates

CSV format: Session,Time,Duration,Room,Speaker,Affiliation,Title

📱 Browser Compatibility

• ✅ Chrome/Chromium (recommended)
• ✅ Firefox
• ✅ Safari
• ✅ Edge
• ✅ Mobile browsers

🔒 Privacy

• No data collection - All data stays on your device
• Local storage only - Selections stored in browser localStorage
• No tracking - No analytics or external services
• Offline capable - Works without internet after initial load

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