“…We invite participants to attend the exciting paper presentations and keynotes live in an in-person setting, interact with the presenters during Q&A sessions after each talk, network during the coffee breaks and lunches on each day, and socialize during the reception (co-located with the poster & demo session) and banquet dinner. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create travel challenges for some of us. …”

“…Adjacent to Discovery Green are Minute Maid Park and the Toyota Center, home of baseball's Houston Astros and basketball's Houston Rockets, respectively. The conference banquet is at Minute Maid Park. Downtown Houston is a short car or train ride from great Houston museum district attractions such as the Menil Collection and the world-class shopping of the Houston Galleria area. …”

“…The Best Paper Chair then recruited further referees with minimal conflicts of interest with the candidate set, and coordinated the evaluation that then led to the Best Paper awards that were announced at the conference banquet at the National Gallery of Victoria. The WSDM 2019 program had several tracks in addition to the main research paper sequence. …”