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-# 2025 Improving Scientific Software Conference
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-## About ISS
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+    <img src="../../assets/iss2025.png" alt="drawing" width="80%"/>
+    <figcaption>**From Legacy to Leading-Edge: Transforming Software Design in
+    Science to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges**</figcaption>
+</figure>
 
-The annual Improving Scientific Software Conference organized by the UCAR Software Engineering
-Assembly (SEA) will take place in spring 2025 as a hybrid event in Boulder, Colorado and virtually.
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+        <div class="cell"><b>When:</b></div>
+        <div class="cell">7-10 April, 2025</div>
+    </div>
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+        <div class="cell"><b>Where:</b></div>
+        <div class="cell">Boulder, CO and virtual</div>
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+
+The annual Improving Scientific Software Conference brings together software
+engineers, scientists, developers - any individuals with an interest in
+scientific software design - to share novel experiences and best practices,
+develop connections across divisions and institutions, and advance our
+community.
+
+The pace of change for those using and developing scientific software
+accelerated in ways we have not seen in some time. Increasingly, tools and even
+models from the private sector are crossing over into our science domains. Large
+hyperscalers are driving changes in hardware priorities and we must adapt. And
+generative AI developments invite both potential and uncertainty for both
+developers and scientists.
+
+The 2025 Improving Scientific Software Conference is organized by the UCAR
+Software Engineering Assembly (SEA).
 
 ### Audience
 
-The conference is for staff and students at research institutions, universities, and in industry who
-are interested in learning and discussing the latest developments and practices in scientific
-software. Those working in the geosciences will likely find it most relevant. However, anyone who
-finds the agenda beneficial to them is welcome to attend even if they do not fit the category
-previously stated.
+The conference is for staff and students at research institutions, universities,
+and in industry who are interested in learning and discussing the latest
+developments and practices in scientific software. Those working in the
+geosciences will likely find it most relevant.  However, anyone who finds the
+agenda beneficial to them is welcome to attend even if they do not fit the
+category previously stated.
+
+## Submitting an Abstract
+
+TBD
+
+### Proceedings
+
+The ISS 2025 Conference will be using Jupyter Notebooks for proceedings again
+this year. For those who are unfamiliar, Jupyter Notebooks allow for both static
+representation of text, code, and equations using Markdown and HTML as well as
+interactive execution of commands with a selected language kernel (interpretor).
+This format provides authors with more tools to present their work and allows
+readers the opportunity to interact with your code or science in ways not
+possible with traditional text-only proceedings.
+
+**Useful resources for authors:**
+
+- Instructions for creating an ISS notebook proceeding  
+- Example notebook proceedings
+
+We expect authors to submit proceedings by the end of the Conference week (11
+April, 2025). This timing will allow us to offer an office hour during the
+conference to provide assistance to authors who want it.
+
+If you have any questions, please email the [ISS Proceedings
+committee](mailto:[email protected]).
 
 ## Registration and Logistics
 
 More information coming soon!
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 
-UCAR and NSF NCAR are committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all
-participants in any conference, workshop, field project or project hosted or managed by UCAR, no
-matter what role they play or their background. This includes respectful treatment of everyone
-regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical
-appearance, age, body size, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, level of experience,
-political affiliation, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic information, as well as any other
-characteristic protected under state or federal law.
+UCAR and NSF NCAR are committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming
+environment for all participants in any conference, workshop, field project or
+project hosted or managed by UCAR, no matter what role they play or their
+background. This includes respectful treatment of everyone regardless of gender,
+gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical
+appearance, age, body size, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, level of
+experience, political affiliation, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic
+information, as well as any other characteristic protected under state or
+federal law.
 
-**All participants are required to abide by this [Code of Conduct](https://www.ucar.edu/who-we-are/ethics-integrity/codes-conduct/participants).**
+**All participants are required to abide by this [Code of
+Conduct](https://www.ucar.edu/who-we-are/ethics-integrity/codes-conduct/participants).**