Are Virtual Conferences Here to Stay?

• 作者: Chris Palmer
• 来源期刊: 工程（英文）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（3）
• 所属期刊栏目: News & Highlights
• 页码范围: 280-281
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Driven by concerns about the carbon footprint of air travel,time taken away from family and work duties,and ever-tightening bud-gets,many science and engineering organizations in the past few years had begun to explore the potential for virtual scientific exchange,using digital tools to enhance the in-person experience and allow for greater participation online,both live and after-the-fact.Now,the social distancing constraints imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have pushed the vast majority of these organizations to jump entirely into the vir-tual realm.Luckily,in a convergence of widely available hardware,bandwidth,and innovative software,the technology now exists to transform many aspects of in-person conferences into virtual ones.