Report on the Future of Conferences

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.03544v1
• Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 17:51:39 GMT
• Title: Report on the Future of Conferences
• Authors: Steven Fraser, Dennis Mancl
• Abstract summary: In 2020, virtual conferences became almost the only alternative to cancellation. Now that the pandemic is subsiding, the pros and cons of virtual conferences need to be reevaluated.
• Score: 1.0660480034605238
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In 2020, virtual conferences became almost the only alternative to cancellation. Now that the pandemic is subsiding, the pros and cons of virtual conferences need to be reevaluated. In this report, we scrutinize the dynamics and economics of conferences and highlight the history of successful virtual meetings in industry. We also report on the attitudes of conference attendees from an informal survey we ran in spring 2022.

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