Conference Benefit for Those Not in the U.S. | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Jay Sage, Conference Webmaster (webmasteriajgs2020.org) | |
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 03:54:46 -0700 (PDT) |
Rachel Heller Bernstein asked about the benefit of the "live"
component of the conference for people who live outside the United
States. She referred specifically to SIG and BOF meetings, but the
live program involves far more. See the preliminary program on the
conference website ("PROGRAM INFO" under the "PROGRAM" tab).
The live programs have been scheduled, I believe, in a way to make
them available to the degree possible in such disparate time zones
as Europe-Israel and Australia. I have added to the page referred
to above a table with the event times in many other time zones.
For Europe and Israel, most of the sessions are at reasonable or
possible times for many people (starting at 3-5 pm). For
Australia, at the other end of the spectrum, the times are more
difficult. Only the second block, running from 6:00 to 9:30 am, is
reasonable or possible for many people.
This is the difficulty one faces with a conference that is both
international and virtual. I think it is the reason that the
program is designed primarily around pre-recorded talks that will
be available on-demand for a considerable period of time. See the
LECTURE LIBRARY item under the PROGRAM tab on the website for more
information about the topics.
These are my thoughts as the webmaster, not someone involved in
programming decisions.
-- Jay
Jay Sage
Webmaster, IAJGS 2020 Virtual Conference
Website: www.iajgs2020.org
Email: webmaster [at] iajgs2020.org
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