Guignon V., Breton C., Mariette J., Sabot François, Fumey J., Lefort V., Fiston-Lavier A. S. (2021). Ten simple rules for switching from face-to-face to remote conference : an opportunity to estimate the reduction in GHG emissions. PLoS Computational Biology, 17 (10), e1009321 [13 p.]. ISSN 1553-734X.
Titre du document
Ten simple rules for switching from face-to-face to remote conference : an opportunity to estimate the reduction in GHG emissions
In 2020, the world faced the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic that drastically altered people's lives. Since then, many countries have been forced to suspend public gatherings, leading to many conference cancellations, postponements, or reorganizations. Switching from a face-to-face to a remote conference became inevitable and the ultimate solution to sustain scientific exchanges at the national and the international levels. The same year, as a committee, we were in charge of organizing the major French annual conference that covers all computational biology areas: The "Journees Ouvertes en Biologie, Informatique et Mathematiques " (JOBIM). Despite the health crisis, we succeeded in changing the conference format from face to face to remote in a very short amount of time. Here, we propose 10 simple rules based on this experience to modify a conference format in an optimized and cost-effective way. In addition to the suggested rules, we decided to emphasize an unexpected benefit of this situation: a significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to travel for scientific conference attendance. We believe that even once the SARS-CoV-2 crisis is over, we collectively will have an opportunity to think about the way we approach such scientific events over the longer term.
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