Re: [DDN] Yale "Global Flow of Information" Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

[Tom Abeles]

John has hit the nail on the head. First, for a "global flow" conference 
its decidedly being seen through US eyes. Secondly, the home base for 
the conference organizers is the Yale Law School which further narrows 
the scope of the conference  and finally, as John has so perceptively 
picked up on, its a conference where most of the materials could just as 
easily be put up as a web cast or even as web pages with comment 
software to allow exchanges between all. And, in that respect it is 
anachronistic. Additionally, in most of these cases, panelist have 
expenses covered making the movement of bodies to the conference a 
decidedly costly event when most could be "conferenced".

This conference provides a brilliant opportunity to better understand 
where the golobal flow of information is, today.

thoughts?
tom abeles
John Hibbs wrote:
With all due respect, Eddan, why do I have to travel to Yale to 
participate in the conference? Arguably, Web based conferences are 
better than physical ones. And a whole lot cheaper.

Nope, we can't duplicate the warm and fuzzy the comes from shoulder to 
shoulder linkages at physical conferences. But everything else can be 
done exceptionally well, especially for attendees of a kind that are 
likely to attend the Global Flow of Information Conference.

NOTE: Several times we have tried to hold combination conferences - 
where there are virtual and physical attendees. I am not sure these 
work well enough to justify the work and handicaps. However, I deeply 
believe in the idea that "one-to-many" lectures and power point 
presentations (in all their glory) should be put up on the web in 
advance of the physical convention. Attendees can do themselves a real 
service by viewing these presentations in advance, leaving more time 
for Q&A....the best part of all lectures, in my opinion.

At 7:08 AM -0500 2/3/05, Eddan Katz wrote:
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to announce
that registration is now open for The Global Flow of Information
Conference 2005, which will take place on April 1-3, 2005, at the 
Yale Law School.

<http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/registration.htm>




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