Remote Conferences

Lastly updated: 2020-04-10

Are remote conferences with the tools available today possible?
How is the experience? Can you meet new people?
These are some of the questions I want to elaborate for the OSCW2020.
I will try to use as much open-source software as possible and will focus on the software already used by the libre space foundation to minimize set-up friction.

Level of Experience

A conference is much more than just watching talks and presentations. I want to establish a sort of rating to than be able to measure how much of the real world digital tools (alone or in combination) can cover.

Level 0 – just consuming information

  • just watching pre-produced videos of presentations
  • a discussion in the comment section is possible

Level 1 – a bit more interaction

  • a lifestream of a presentation and available afterwards
  • interaction with the audience via live-chat
  • Q&A after the talk
  • discussion in the comment section

Level 2 – beginning to reengineer to feeling

  • Level 1
  • a schedule with moderated program for before and after the talks involving organizing groups for workshops, discussions …
  • all participants or small groups can connect in separate chatrooms/audiochats/videochats

Level 3 – conference feeling @ home