[I run the EAGx conference series] - I think there are significant benefits to local coordination - It’s very expensive to fly everyone from around the world to one location - I think attending 1-2 conferences a year is probably the right amount (I’m aiming to eventually have 1 conference per region per year, with lots of overlap with other regions)
EAGxVirtual does kind of solve the problem Scott is bringing up, and I’m very excited about it.
Just flagging that in my view the goal to have just 1 EAGx per region, and make the EAGx regionally focused, with taking very few people from outside the region, is really bad, in my view. Reasons for this are in the effects on network topology, and subsequently on the core/periphery dynamic.
I find the argument about the cost of “flying everyone from around the world to one location” particularly puzzling, because this is not what happens by default: even if you don’t try to push events to being regional at all, they naturally are, just because people will choose the event which is more conveniently located closer to them. So it’s not like everyone flying everywhere all the time (which may be the experience of the events team, but not of typical participants).
EAGx events are primarily for people in that region, but not exclusively. We do invite some speakers and contributors from outside the region and some others.
the effects on network topology, and subsequently on the core/periphery dynamic.
Sorry, could you spell these out? I don’t know what you mean.
even if you don’t try to push events to being regional at all, they naturally are, just because people will choose the event which is more conveniently located closer to them
Yes, that’s what I expect too, though we do see lots of people apply for conferences very far away from them.
Sorry, I think “flying everyone from around the world to one location” was a bit of a strawman. I expect they’ll mostly look like EAGxPrague did this year, which had a strong continental European swing but wasn’t exclusively for continental Europeans.
[I run the EAGx conference series]
- I think there are significant benefits to local coordination
- It’s very expensive to fly everyone from around the world to one location
- I think attending 1-2 conferences a year is probably the right amount (I’m aiming to eventually have 1 conference per region per year, with lots of overlap with other regions)
EAGxVirtual does kind of solve the problem Scott is bringing up, and I’m very excited about it.
Just flagging that in my view the goal to have just 1 EAGx per region, and make the EAGx regionally focused, with taking very few people from outside the region, is really bad, in my view. Reasons for this are in the effects on network topology, and subsequently on the core/periphery dynamic.
I find the argument about the cost of “flying everyone from around the world to one location” particularly puzzling, because this is not what happens by default: even if you don’t try to push events to being regional at all, they naturally are, just because people will choose the event which is more conveniently located closer to them. So it’s not like everyone flying everywhere all the time (which may be the experience of the events team, but not of typical participants).
EAGx events are primarily for people in that region, but not exclusively. We do invite some speakers and contributors from outside the region and some others.
Sorry, could you spell these out? I don’t know what you mean.
Yes, that’s what I expect too, though we do see lots of people apply for conferences very far away from them.
Sorry, I think “flying everyone from around the world to one location” was a bit of a strawman. I expect they’ll mostly look like EAGxPrague did this year, which had a strong continental European swing but wasn’t exclusively for continental Europeans.