 Good afternoon everybody. This is the first day of the co-fest at the Galaxy Community Conference and we have Dave Clements and James Johnson also known as JJ who are going to talk about their experiences here at the GCC 2022 Hello Dave. Hello, JJ So yeah, I mean just wanted to get a feel about What was your experience? I mean Dave you've always been kind of The main organizer at the Galaxy and this time, you know, you're here in a different role. What was your experience like this time? It was spectacular. So critique. Thank you for being one of the lead organizers this year. So I didn't have to It's interesting to actually beat her as a participant. It is spectacular to be back in person So I really enjoy that really enjoy seeing people really enjoy connecting in ways that Aren't possible or don't feel the same on zoom. So And right now in the world, we're on zoom all the time with people from all over the world, right? It's really it's a very cool experience to see them in person So for me, it's been great. Great JJ you're back after, you know after five years the last time you attended was I think 2017 in France How does it feel to be back in person at the Galaxy Community Conference? Fantastic. It's a wonderful community of people and it's so good to get together to see people People were very nice over video, but as Dave says you lack a little of that That personality that goes on In an in-person con or conference, you know, we never saw Bjorn and John Chilton hug Under the formal meetings right for a whole different experience. That's true. Yeah In terms of the talks and you know sessions that you attended or even the workshops or box that you attended Was that anyone that stood out and you know any of you can start with an answer So I'm always impressed with the non biology topics So physics material science things like that. It's always good to see Galaxy applied outside of the domain. It was originally written for And it's good to see that it actually works in those domains. So that's really rewarding for me I also enjoy the boss in general because it's small group interactions, right? You have really Interesting discussions when you have ten people in the room You can interact in real life And I would Concur on the material science group because they are a group that I've worked with over the last two years Had never met them in person. I kept trying to tell them about this community as we try to Work a few things in and now that they've met the met the people here Learned more about Galaxy. It's fun to see the excitement that goes with a whole new platform That's going to have them help them solve so many problems That they've dealt with in terms of maintenance and reliability and Tracking what what their users do just this morning one of them said They got a call they asked the user. Well, what did your configuration file look like I don't have that anymore It's a very true I Really like the last Keynote talk. Yes, I'm thinking a lot of people did it wasn't Galaxy oriented at all great Yeah, I mean I think that that talk was great and there were many talks during the the conference as well I had another question. I mean both of you have some association with Minnesota. I mean how How much joy does it give you? in terms of having the Galaxy Community Conference here in in Minneapolis or in the Twin Cities Well, you know from the first time I went to these Galaxy conferences Well, at least the first couple it was practice to put at the bottom of your last slide any questions Meet me at the bar. I Have had so many questions over the years that people have helped me with right I'm in huge debt so They found me now they know where I live and and I'm trying to help pay back the community a little bit, right? What about you Dave? It's great to be back. I got a master's degree here 30 years ago To see what has changed Almost feels like coming home And in a way it like you know this conference was after a gap of three years, which means we're coming back on track You know you have been associated with Galaxy both of you What's the journey like I mean in terms of I won't say journey, but what's the trajectory like? What does it look like right now in terms of where it's going? I'm sure you're happy But you know what do you think is something that you're looking forward to? So I think we are becoming a more truly global organization So when we started there were a couple of groups in the US and now we have significant Tribute in groups at least six labs maybe ten that are around the world We have people that contribute from all sorts of communities Galaxy training network is my favorite example right with 200 plus contributors from all over the world Describing, you know 200 different topics covering the full range of Galaxy Yeah All right, so on that note, I think thank you very much. Yeah, you wanted to say something Yeah, because anybody interviewed you and now should we do that right now? We can do this afterwards Not right now, but you know, we'll keep this to both of you guys, which you know But again, thank you very much for doing this and thanks for coming here I mean, I know JJ is already always here, but I haven't seen JJ for last two three years now So it's really good to meet both of you in person here in Lovely yet hot summer of Minneapolis. So thanks again and hope to see you again soon