Shannon Weiman, Jennifer Cable, Walter Greenleaf, Felix Rundel, Kate E Whitfield, Lory Wingate, Richard Gallagher, Jennifer Pesanelli, Dereck Orr, Thale C Jarvis, Raluca Cadar, Matthew D' Uva, Dylan Ruediger, Robert Vaez, Adam Frisby, Sami Ahmed, Dorit Donoviel, Judith Klinman, Debbie Johnson
Scientific conferences play an important role in advancing research, scholarship, and the careers of emerging scientists. The COVID-19 pandemic offered meeting organizers and researchers alike an opportunity to reimagine what scientific conferences could look like. Virtual conferences can increase inclusivity and accessibility while decreasing costs and carbon emissions. However, it is generally perceived that the digital world fails to adequately recapitulate many of the benefits of in-person face-to-face interactions; these include socializing, and collaborative environments that can forge new research directions and provide critical career development opportunities...
August 3, 2023: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences