Does it use video-conference and chat? Is the communication fluid?
I am co-organizer of some Virtual Conferences from the portal www.the-science.com. My experiences with these events are as follows:
- Conference set up (scheduling processes, content management, preparing CFP, inviting Scientific Committee members, etc.)
- Authors invitation and registration
- Preparing article submission system
- Managing reviewing and evaluating processes
- Authors notification
- Managing revisions
- Conference run
The process copies the stone conference workflow.
The virtual communication stands as alternative for oral communication, not as replacement, I suppose. From technical point of view, I am sure, that Virtual Conference can by much easier and more scientific than the classical conference (but it depends on organizers).
By conference, I assume you mean multiple speakers and multiple simultaneous sessions? I've attended a few over the past few years, not sure what the software used was, but basically it gave you the feel of a conference and then you selected (clicked on) the room where the talk you wanted to attend was being held. Once in the room, you were put into a webinar type software - where the screen was divided into the presentation slides, Q&A entry, and list of other questions being asked.
That was the only way one interacted - via the Q&A chat. Time constraints don't always allow for all questions to be asked/answered, but since there was a written record (and the questioner is known) a private answer is possible after the session is over. Video generally requires a higher bandwidth, and I've only seen that done for the keynote speech - no questions involved.
I am co-organizer of some Virtual Conferences from the portal www.the-science.com. My experiences with these events are as follows:
- Conference set up (scheduling processes, content management, preparing CFP, inviting Scientific Committee members, etc.)
- Authors invitation and registration
- Preparing article submission system
- Managing reviewing and evaluating processes
- Authors notification
- Managing revisions
- Conference run
The process copies the stone conference workflow.
The virtual communication stands as alternative for oral communication, not as replacement, I suppose. From technical point of view, I am sure, that Virtual Conference can by much easier and more scientific than the classical conference (but it depends on organizers).
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