Hey Edward,
sorry for the delay in responding - I was a bit overflowing with stuff that
needed to happen irl. Sorry to see too that there were so few other
responses at all to my questions for input (two on the talk page).
In some way, my proposal is an experiment of course. This isn't meant as
Hi Lodewijk, I like the idea of discussions that are more structured and
well-known before the conference.
Re: Taiwan, which open space idea were you describing that didn't work? Was
that the lightning talks or something else?
-Andrew Lih
Associate professor of journalism, American University
I was referring to the 'open space' where there was a space (which also
happened to be really open, near the registration desk) where the schedule
was very fluid (if memory serves me well) and where people were asked to
just stand up and start talking. Not lightning (I like those, if well
I understand Lodewijk's idea as an option to include more substance
discussions as a kind of addition to the speaker/audience situation we have
in most sessions. And that should be worth thinking about. The larger the
conference becomes the harder it is to find session formats that are
different
Hi,
with the submission deadline approaching, I wasn't able to find many
discussion proposals (not counting panel discussions) where the audience is
the main participant, and there is no particular speaker or expert. In a
wiki-conference, that is always a surprise to me. I recall from past years
The programme submissions process we're using is one that we inherited from
previous Wikimanias, but given that this event is not considered a formal,
research-led event, and also frankly the rate of change of the world,
having people submit sessions six months in advance seems surprising.
Hi Edward,
not entirely, but it would be a step in the right direction. I'm
volunteering to help run that process and lead the discussions on the day
itself (if certain conditions can be fulfilled, which I dont expect to be a
problem). But also, I'm suggesting to turn the process around a bit. If
I am told that, historically, there's a massive rush of submissions in the
last day or two. Let's wait and see what the quality of the submissions is
like, we may be surprised.
I am keen to innovate in programming with this event; an unconference track
is a nod towards this, but there may be
