Improving on legacy conferences by moving online
Improving on legacy conferences by moving online
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DOI：
10.7554/elife.57892
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发表时间：
2020-04-20
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影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Kording, Konrad P.
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作者：
Achakulvisut, Titipat;Ruangrong, Tulakan;Kording, Konrad P.
科学会议在研究中发挥着重要作用，但也有一些缺点：特别是，它们可能产生巨大的碳足迹，耗时，参加会议的高昂费用可能会排除许多潜在的参与者。COVID-19大流行导致许多会议取消，迫使科学界探索在线替代方案。在这里，我们报告了我们组织在线神经科学会议neuromatch的经验，该会议吸引了大约3000名参与者，并通过匹配算法进行了为期两天的会谈，辩论，小组讨论和一对一会议。通过提供传统会议的大部分好处，一些明显的优势，以及较少的缺点，我们认为在线会议有可能取代许多传统会议。
Scientific conferences and meetings have an important role in research, but they also suffer from a number of disadvantages: in particular, they can have a massive carbon footprint, they are time-consuming, and the high costs involved in attending can exclude many potential participants. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of many conferences, forcing the scientific community to explore online alternatives. Here, we report on our experiences of organizing an online neuroscience conference, neuromatch, that attracted some 3000 participants and featured two days of talks, debates, panel discussions, and one-on-one meetings facilitated by a matching algorithm. By offering most of the benefits of traditional conferences, several clear advantages, and with fewer of the downsides, we feel that online conferences have the potential to replace many legacy conferences.