Disclaimer: this is not the official Website for the Pure Data convention 2012 instead it is a draft page to collect information on the current planning on where this event will take place with the focus on the develompments regarding Weimars application. To my knowledge New York City and London are the competition.
Why Weimar?
The close collaboration between Bauhaus-University and Music Academy Franz Liszt where computer science, music, media-arts and media-culture meet is the perfect situation for a Pure Data convention. Weimar has a solid tourist infrastructure with accomodation from hostels to 5 star. Weimar is a small place which has many venues and places of interest but is small enough not to get lost or to loose much time in transportation from one place to another.