I think that we should make the schedule more flexible. Of course, every speaker knows, how long is his presentation, but he doesn't know how many questions there will be.
I've seen the following situation on several conferences: in the high point of the discussion the chairman said: "Ok, let's stop, it's time for another presentation" :) I think, that the power of the conferences like EuroPython is in their informality: if the topic is really interesting, it should be discussed. 2008/4/15 John Pinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 11/04/2008, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008-04-01 23:12, Dinu Gherman wrote: > > > M.-A. Lemburg: > > > > > >> The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were > > >> considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well > > >> last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want to have discussions > > >> and more time switching between talks, then 45 minutes are a lot > > >> better, IMHO: 30 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussion, 5 minutes > break > > >> and switching. > > >> > > >> What do others think ? > > > > > > > > > I assume, the average speaker likes to give longer talks and the > > > average listener likes to consume shorter talks - a least for > > > average talks. > > > > > > If you need prove that exceptional talks can be less than 20 min- > > > utes have a look at ted.com, maybe starting here: > > > > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/92 (Hans Rosling) > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140 (Hans Rosling) > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 (Jill Bolte Taylor) > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/237 (Clifford Stoll) > > > > > > Thanks to Laura for pointing me to Hans Rosling's videos. > > > > > > Thanks, I like those TED talks as well, but their scope is different. > > > > If you stick to the 30/60 schedule, please at least tell the speakers > > (and the track managers) to leave 5 minutes at the end for switching. > > Yes, we really must start enforcing this. > > And there should be no problem scheduling a mix of 30, 45 and 60 minutes > talks. > > John > -- > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython > -- Best regards, Peter Bulychev.
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