Title:
Virtual is the way to go for (most) academic conferences
Author:
Adnan Ajšić
Published:
Times Higher Education, 25 July 2020
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/virtual-way-go-most-academic-conferences
From this article:
The lockdown has illustrated that we don't need to sacrifice academic interaction to save the planet.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Short Article - As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format
Title:
As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format
Author:
Michael Price
Published:
Science, 28 April 2020
From the article:
Biochemist Kathleen Prosser wasn’t planning to present her research at a conference this spring. But when COVID-19 caused organizers to cancel a series of local chemistry meetings across Canada—called Inorganic Discussion Weekends—and offer a virtual alternative, she signed up to give a talk. Prosser, a Canadian citizen who is a postdoc at the University of California (UC), San Diego, figured she’d be talking mostly to fellow Canadians. But by going virtual, she gained an international audience. The day after her talk she heard from a chemist in Australia, asking for more details and hinting at a future collaboration. “The time zone difference would not have allowed them to see it live, but they watched it [afterward],” she says.
To read this article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2020/04/covid-19-forces-conferences-online-scientists-discover-upsides-virtual-format
As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format
Author:
Michael Price
Published:
Science, 28 April 2020
From the article:
Biochemist Kathleen Prosser wasn’t planning to present her research at a conference this spring. But when COVID-19 caused organizers to cancel a series of local chemistry meetings across Canada—called Inorganic Discussion Weekends—and offer a virtual alternative, she signed up to give a talk. Prosser, a Canadian citizen who is a postdoc at the University of California (UC), San Diego, figured she’d be talking mostly to fellow Canadians. But by going virtual, she gained an international audience. The day after her talk she heard from a chemist in Australia, asking for more details and hinting at a future collaboration. “The time zone difference would not have allowed them to see it live, but they watched it [afterward],” she says.
To read this article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2020/04/covid-19-forces-conferences-online-scientists-discover-upsides-virtual-format
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