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Global perspectives and connections

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The ability to then listen to the recorded session which often does not happen in in-person events

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When there is more than listening to talks

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When there is more than listening to talks

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Some conferences offer schedules that include workshops, writeshops, training or collaborative aspects that mean participants are creating things, rather than merely 'watching' speakers

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Opportunity for ECRs and / or master students to participate / listen to conferences they would have never been able to attend (time wise and financially)

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Opportunity for ECRs and / or master students to participate / listen to conferences they would have never been able to attend (time wise and financially)

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Often project teams combine other activites back-to-back with conferences and try to make the most of the travel and emissions - may include trips to the field (for research), depending on where the conference is

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IPCC Cities 2018 encouraged participants to look forward, focus of 'based on your experience to date, what is the future research agenda for our community'. This changed the tone of conference away from 'here is what we did and found out' and more on 'this is what we still need to know'

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Bring together very diverse stakeholders (assuming they have the bandwidth, etc.), e.g. grassroots leaders interacting in Gobeshona, who would unlikely interact and attend some conferences

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Not only option of getting more people involved, but intentionally uncovering distinct perspectives, whether from different people outside the 'usual suspects' in our community of practice, or from distinct places (i.e. in West Africa or South Asia)

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Most important conclusion, I think, is helping facilitators and conveners to use interactive and engaging tools during their online sessions, to enable participants to keep awake :)

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Both in-person and online can be one-way broadcast or more interactive. Even in person, having mentimeter or twitter gives more audience participation and feedback

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In terms of inculsivity of researchers from remote locations or on low funding: One must also keep in mind that for them travelling to a conference is sometimes the only option to connect to other researchers from their fields (especially when not living in Europe or North America). Travelling to conferences may thus be really important for them and virtual participation can be an opportunities on top of that (e.g. travelling to 1-2 in-person conferences + several virtual ones)

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In terms of inculsivity of researchers from remote locations or on low funding: One must also keep in mind that for them travelling to a conference is sometimes the only option to connect to other researchers from their fields (especially when not living in Europe or North America). Travelling to conferences may thus be really important for them and virtual participation can be an opportunities on top of that (e.g. travelling to 1-2 in-person conferences + several virtual ones)

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spontaneously joining a conference / conference sesion last minute