Reviewing Best Practices in Online Conferencing
Simone Ferlin, Oliver Hohlfeld, Vaibhav Bajpai

TL;DR
This paper reviews the experiences and best practices of online conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on technological and organizational aspects to improve future virtual events.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of current online conferencing practices, highlighting successful approaches and offering recommendations for improvement.
Findings
Identification of effective online conferencing practices
Recognition of challenges needing further solutions
Compilation of community-driven best practices
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the usual ways the networking research community operates. This article reviews experiences organising and participating in virtual conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020-2021. Thanks to the broader scope of the Dagstuhl seminar on 'Climate Friendly Internet Research' held in July 2021, here we focus the discussion on state-of-the-art in technologies and practices applied in online events such as conferences, teaching, and other meetings and identify approaches that are successful as well as others that need improvement. We also present a set of best practices and recommendations for the community.
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Taxonomy
TopicsConferences and Exhibitions Management
