[Air-l] Re: More thoughts on virtual confrence

[Michel J. Menou]

My 2 Eurocents
a) Any distance/remote access is OK in principle
b) As Soraj pointed out there are many material limitations to remote
attendance, including time zones and biological cycles
c) There is a cost in everything
Therefore the solution to broad inclusion is to run parallel
conferences at various locations across the dark blue planet (getting
darker every day)
By parallel I mean same theme, same sub-themes, panels on same
subjects, that is a common core, and in addition whatever local
circumstances call for.
Not necessarily same time.
Using local languages
Having English summaries of papers and sessions for non-English
language events
Compiling all the material on a systematic fashion in a single web
site.
Making videos records whenever possible of the various sessions, to be
added to the conference site.

Best regards

Michel