journal article·2020-06-12Open access

Online Meetings in Times of Global Crisis: Toward Sustainable Conferencing

Jovana V. Milić, Bruno Ehrler, Concha Molina, Michael Saliba, Juan Bisquert

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 5· Issue 6

Abstract

International conferences are an essential component of the timely exchange of ideas and results in the scientific community, where scientists present their results, gain new insights, and meet colleagues and collaborators. In early 2020, a global pandemic caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the corresponding disease (covid-19) resulted in a number of conferences being canceled or postponed. (1) To foster scientific exchange despite the restrictions, a range of initiatives were launched across the globe to move international conferences online. (2−8) [...]
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OpenAlex topics: Conferences and Exhibitions Management · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Delphi Technique in Research

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Affiliations

Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Universitat de València, València, Spain

Institute for Photovoltaics (ipv), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Helmholtz Young Investigator Group FRONTRUNNER, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

Institute of Advanced Materials, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain

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