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* 1-many live video in parallel with many-many text-oriented discussions on the ongoing presentation | * 1-many live video in parallel with many-many text-oriented discussions on the ongoing presentation | ||
**Plenary presentations | **Plenary presentations | ||
| + | ** Speaker may give the same presentation multiple times to deal with time zones, or at least have multiple interaction sessions | ||
* 1-1 informal hallway conversations leveraging past history of interaction or creating new connections | * 1-1 informal hallway conversations leveraging past history of interaction or creating new connections | ||
** Ability to have one-on-ones with ‘heros’ | ** Ability to have one-on-ones with ‘heros’ | ||
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** Schedule presentations of the poster at a particular time | ** Schedule presentations of the poster at a particular time | ||
* Asynchronous interaction | * Asynchronous interaction | ||
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** Like a MOOC lecture with multiple flipped classroom, on EdX | ** Like a MOOC lecture with multiple flipped classroom, on EdX | ||
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* 1-many live video in parallel with many-many text-oriented discussions on the ongoing presentation | * 1-many live video in parallel with many-many text-oriented discussions on the ongoing presentation | ||
| − | ** Remote presenters can record videos for presentation at conference and answer questions on the phone or in a text-based chat room | + | ** Remote presenters can [https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Video-Record-presentations-2570dff5-f81c-40bc-b404-e04e95ffab33 record videos for presentation] at the conference and answer questions on the phone or in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat#Software_and_protocols text-based chat room] |
** Trialed at SIGCOMM 2016 and worked well | ** Trialed at SIGCOMM 2016 and worked well | ||
* 1-1 informal hallway conversations | * 1-1 informal hallway conversations | ||
| − | ** Skype/Zoom for audio/video communication and ‘rooms’ | + | ** [https://skype.com Skype]/[https://zoom.us/ Zoom]/ [https://openvidu.io/ Openvidu] for audio/video communication and ‘rooms’ |
** Need to have effective feedback cancellation and muting | ** Need to have effective feedback cancellation and muting | ||
** Other conferencing tools include [https://livestream.com/watch Livestream] and [https://folkproject.org/concertwindow/concertwindow.shtml ConcertWindow] | ** Other conferencing tools include [https://livestream.com/watch Livestream] and [https://folkproject.org/concertwindow/concertwindow.shtml ConcertWindow] | ||
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*Poster and demos | *Poster and demos | ||
** Skype/Zoom for audio/video communication and ‘rooms’ | ** Skype/Zoom for audio/video communication and ‘rooms’ | ||
| − | ** Maybe can use VNC for remote demos | + | ** Maybe can use [https://www.realvnc.com/en/ VNC] for remote demos |
* 1-1 informal hallway conversations | * 1-1 informal hallway conversations | ||
Latest revision as of 13:30, 6 March 2020
Contents
Virtual Conferences
This is a collection of links and information I've put together about virtual conferences.
Why
- To reduce carbon footprint
- To deal with viral pandemics
How
- A very good collection of resources on reducing conference travel
In more detail
Here are some ideas that I came up with some time back with considerable input from Robbert van Renesse
Interaction modes
Conferences support multiple interaction modes, which may need different solutions depending on the conference size
- 1-many stored video
- Archival conference record
- 1-many live video in parallel with many-many text-oriented discussions on the ongoing presentation
- Plenary presentations
- Speaker may give the same presentation multiple times to deal with time zones, or at least have multiple interaction sessions
- 1-1 informal hallway conversations leveraging past history of interaction or creating new connections
- Ability to have one-on-ones with ‘heros’
- Multiple synchronous small group interaction – e.g. a demo/poster session
- Ability to hop around, like a poster session
- Ability to see demos being done, with VNC-like control
- Find out which demo is popular
- Need a whiteboard, leave a message for others
- Schedule presentations of the poster at a particular time
- Asynchronous interaction
- Like a MOOC lecture with multiple flipped classroom, on EdX
Tools/Resources available today
- 1-many live video in parallel with many-many text-oriented discussions on the ongoing presentation
- Remote presenters can record videos for presentation at the conference and answer questions on the phone or in a text-based chat room
- Trialed at SIGCOMM 2016 and worked well
- 1-1 informal hallway conversations
- Skype/Zoom/ Openvidu for audio/video communication and ‘rooms’
- Need to have effective feedback cancellation and muting
- Other conferencing tools include Livestream and ConcertWindow
- Poster and demos
- Skype/Zoom for audio/video communication and ‘rooms’
- Maybe can use VNC for remote demos
- 1-1 informal hallway conversations
- Remote participation robots?
- Herring, Susan C. "Telepresence robots for academics." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 50.1 (2013): 1-4.
- Tried at CHI with limited success and great cost
- Asynchronous interaction
Technical and sociological issues that need to be addressed by research
- How to achieve high quality of the video/audio?
- How to re-create informality?
- Can poke head into someone’s office, but can’t do that on skype
- The barrier to entry to interrupt someone is high because people are diffident about interruption
- Conferences reduce options and hence force interaction
- How to create conditions that support attendance? In a real conference there is no need to worry about food, where to rest
- Make a commitment, perhaps in writing
- Need to create a social headroom
- How to convey body language and non-verbal cues?
- How to integrate components properly?
Multiple hub idea: live gatherings at multiple sites linked together
- Also provides support for an in-person experience but with reduced travel
- Can be all time shifted, with presentation speakers available
- Can rely on dedicated rooms with microphone arrays