Virtual conferences raise standards for accessibility and interactions.
Virtual conferences raise standards for accessibility and interactions.
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虚拟会议提高了可访问性和交互的标准。
DOI：
10.7554/elife.62668
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发表时间：
2020-11-04
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影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Sarabipour S
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作者：
Sarabipour S
科学会议在科学界内交流思想和知识方面发挥着重要作用。会议还为职业生涯早期的研究人员提供了在其研究领域内宣传自己的机会。尽管新冠肺炎的流行使传统的面对面会议在可预见的未来陷入停滞，但虚拟会议的增长突显了与面对面会议模式相关的许多缺点，并展示了将这些活动转移到网上的好处。在这里，基于一系列主题的面对面会议和虚拟会议的数据，我们描述了虚拟会议如何在全球范围内更具包容性、更实惠、更耗时和更容易获得，尤其是对于职业生涯早期的研究人员。使会议更加开放和包容，将为科学界带来直接和长期的好处。
Scientific conferences have an important role in the exchange of ideas and knowledge within the scientific community. Conferences also provide early-career researchers with opportunities to make themselves known within their field of research. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought traditional in-person conferences to a halt for the foreseeable future, the growth of virtual conferences has highlighted many of the disadvantages associated with the in-person format and demonstrated the advantages of moving these events online. Here, based on data from in-person and virtual conferences in a range of subjects, we describe how virtual conferences are more inclusive, more affordable, less time-consuming and more accessible worldwide, especially for early-career researchers. Making conferences more open and inclusive will provide both immediate and long-term benefits to the scientific community.