Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Silverthorne, Colorado, USA.
PhD Science Writer, New York, New York, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2023 Sep;1527(1):49-59. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15037. Epub 2023 Aug 3.
Scientific conferences play an important role in advancing research, scholarship, and the careers of emerging scientists. The COVID-19 pandemic offered meeting organizers and researchers alike an opportunity to reimagine what scientific conferences could look like. Virtual conferences can increase inclusivity and accessibility while decreasing costs and carbon emissions. However, it is generally perceived that the digital world fails to adequately recapitulate many of the benefits of in-person face-to-face interactions; these include socializing, and collaborative environments that can forge new research directions and provide critical career development opportunities. On November 15 and 16, 2022, researchers, representatives from diverse scientific conference organizations, leaders in virtual platform technologies, and innovators in conference design gathered online for the Open Access Keystone eSymposium "Reimagining Scientific Conferences." The meeting focused on how conference organizers can leverage lessons from the pandemic and emerging virtual platforms to engage new audiences, rethink strategies for scientific exchange, and decrease the carbon footprint of in-person events.
科学会议在推动研究、学术和新兴科学家的职业发展方面发挥着重要作用。COVID-19 大流行为会议组织者和研究人员提供了一个重新想象科学会议的机会。虚拟会议可以提高包容性和可及性，同时降低成本和碳排放。然而，人们普遍认为，数字世界无法充分再现面对面互动的许多好处；这些好处包括社交和协作环境，可以形成新的研究方向，并提供关键的职业发展机会。2022 年 11 月 15 日和 16 日，研究人员、来自不同科学会议组织的代表、虚拟平台技术的领导者以及会议设计方面的创新者在线聚集一堂，参加开放获取基石 eSymposium“重新想象科学会议”。会议重点讨论了会议组织者如何利用大流行和新兴虚拟平台的经验教训，吸引新的受众，重新思考科学交流策略，并减少面对面活动的碳足迹。
