Center for Bioinformatics, Simulations and Modeling, Universidad de Talca., Talca, Chile.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
F1000Res. 2021 Jan 22;10. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.40666.1. eCollection 2021.
This editorial summarises the organisation, activities, and scientific content of the 6th European Student Council Symposium (ESCS) organised by the International Society for Computational Biology Student Council (ISCB-SC). The event was held on September 6, 2020, as a satellite event preceding the ISCB's 19th European Conference in Computational Biology. Both events were first planned to be held in-person in Sitges, Spain, but moved virtually as a strategy to face the SARS-CoV2 sanitary crisis. This completely unforeseen situation has posed several challenges that have been successfully addressed thanks to the robust ISCB Student Council community structure and the strong commitment of the organisers. Despite all the obstacles and challenges, we have found that virtuality has several advantages that can continue to be kept to improve in-person meetings in the future and make conferences more inclusive allowing a larger audience to participate.
本社论总结了由国际计算生物学学生理事会 (ISCB-SC) 组织的第六届欧洲学生理事会研讨会 (ESCS) 的组织、活动和科学内容。该活动于 2020 年 9 月 6 日作为 ISCB 第 19 届欧洲计算生物学会议的卫星会议举行。这两个活动最初都计划在西班牙锡切斯举行，但由于 SARS-CoV2 卫生危机而改为虚拟会议。这种完全出乎意料的情况带来了一些挑战，但由于 ISCB 学生理事会强大的社区结构和组织者的坚定承诺，这些挑战都得到了成功解决。尽管存在各种障碍和挑战，但我们发现虚拟会议有几个优势，可以继续保留，以改进未来的面对面会议，并使会议更加包容，让更多的人参与。
