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.
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.