[Air-l] Why not make Aoir 5.0 'Virtual conference'?

[Josep Vives - Observatori per la Cibersocietat (OCS)]

About "virtual conference"...

You can watch a model of virtual congres, and multilingüal (english too),
about "knowledge society" topics, here:

www.cibersocedad.net/congres2004

We are orcanization/technical commitee member. In two month we will be
able to write a report of this experiencie... ;-)

You can "experience it" by free registration...And you can present papers
at any of 78 Work Groups (UNTIL 14 OCTOBER!). All online ;-)

A short description of congress (deep link, whitout index, back tio the
principal URL for folow browsering):
http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2004/info/en5min.php?idioma=en


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Josep Vives Jounou
jvives at cibersociedad.net
2nd OCS' On-line Congress: Towards what knowledge society?
Technical Team
http://www.cibersocietat.net
Barcelona, Catalonia
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discusió del ciberespaci i allò cibersocial."

Kylie Veale va dir:
> I'm jumping on Graham's band-wagon here and agreeing that "AOIR should
> do what it can to take advantage of technology to increase remote access
> to conference proceedings, but this effort should be complementary".
>
> How about web-casting the presentations (at a minimum) to AOIR members?
> And perhaps on a payment basis for non-members? This would be extremely
> advantageous for those us that just can't make it that year to the
> conference.
>
> Kylie
>
>
> Kylie J. Veale  |  Brisbane, Australia
> GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design)
>
> PhD Candidate
> Media & Information, Curtin University of Technology
>
> email:  kylie at veale.com.au
> www:    http://www.veale.com.au
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Graham
> Longford
> Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2004 3:34 AM
> To: air-l-aoir.org at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] Why not make Aoir 5.0 "Virtual conference"?
>
> Two quick points re. the suggestion to take AOIR 5.0 "virtual".
>
> Firstly, as we know, much of the most important action at conferences
> takes place f2f and outside the formal proceedings - networking in
> hallways, ad hoc dinners, late-night drinking, etc. Obviously this puts
> colleagues with limited travel funding and/or from distant locations at
> a disadvantage, but I doubt these dynamics and interactions can be
> easily replicated in cyberspace (oh oh, I may have just started
> something ;-)).
>
> Secondly, on the technical side (and in response to Bernie's helpful
> intervention), the degree of technical and logistical complexity should
> not be underestimated here. Just setting up cybercafes, ensuring
> internet and/or wireless access onsite etc. can be a challenge (often
> involving negotiating with hotel management and tech staff etc.) Past
> AOIR local organizing committees can speak to this I'm sure. Webcasting
> would seem to be a feasible option, provided good tech resources and
> support are in place, and it still offers a certain degree of
> interactivity.
>
> In principle, AOIR should do what it can to take advantage of technology
> to increase remote access to conference proceedings, but this effort
> should be complementary, as opposed to one which seeks to substitute for
> f2f conferences altogether. In addition, technological initiatives
> should not be allowed to drain undue energy and resources from the
> effort of mounting the f2f event, which is a danger. Perhaps others
> could propose and coordinate pilot initiatives (along the lines of the
> AOIR Toronto conference blog), and report back to the membership and
> executive re. their effectiveness. These could feed into a more formal
> plan to virtualize aspects of the AOIR conference in coming years.
>
> My two cents worth.
>
> Graham
>
>
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