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On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 10:08:17PM +0100, Reuben Rowe wrote: > [ The Types Forum, http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-list ] > > Dear Colleagues, > > I think this comment gets to the heart of one of the major issues with > virtual conferences. > > I did think the LICS model of having talks pre-recorded and reserving > synchronous sessions for questions and live chat worked extremely well > to mitigate the very real fatigue of having to sit in front of one's > screen watching hour upon hour of talks. Indeed. I don't manage to pay full attention like that. I tire, and I cannot fully appreciate the talks. In the days I still had a travel budget, The same would happen in a physical-presence meeting. Not to mention effectively missing half the talks altogether in the first few days because of jet lag. (jet lag isn't as bad if nighttime doesn't shift to a new schedule) A big advantage in an online conference is that I do not end up attending all the talks. I do not become exhausted attending talks of no interest to me. And I have attention left over for the talks that are of interest. And if too much is of interest (I should be so lucky!) I can *still* attend the talk later via the recording. Nowadays, I have essentially no travel budget. Most of the events I now attend online I would be completely unable to attend if I had to be physically present. -- hendrik
