Virtual conferences democratize access to science - Nature Medicine

In March 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the abrupt cancellation of in-person conferences. The Keystone Symposia, like other conference organizations, grappled with how to keep the scientific community engaged with each other in the absence of face-to-face gatherings. At the time, the exchange of scientific research was perhaps more important than ever, as scientists and clinicians raced to understand COVID-19 and develop novel drugs and vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.

eSymposia recapitulated the essence of almost 50 years of in-person events. Our experience with virtual events over the previous five years, in the form of SciTalks and ePanels, had positioned us well for converting our conferences to fully virtual events. But a major challenge was the substantial increase in production preparation time.

83% of attendees reported that they learned something at their meeting that would accelerate their research or change the direction of one of their projects, consistent with the results for in-person events. This is a core measure of the success of a scientific meeting, whether in person or virtual, and signifies scientific progress that would have been lost in the absence of conferences during the pandemic.

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