Thanks for organising this Unconference! I really enjoyed both presenting and attending.
It seemed there were a lot of interested attendees, a lot of applications to present, and some applications that came in after the deadline. (Meaning there were some cool-sounding things I didn’t get to see, like alexrjl and JuanGarcia’s ideas!) And it seemed like this is a cool opportunity for people to raise some awareness of their ideas/projects and get feedback, and for attendees from across the world to make connections during the Q&As and icebreakers.
So I wonder if it might be worth doing something like this every month or two? There could be either this post or a new post where people can apply on a rolling basis by commenting, and each month or two the 4-8 applications with the highest karma that haven’t already been done go ahead. And then new people can apply for the next time, and the prior applications can continue to gain karma. And maybe there’d just be one “track” for each time slot, as there’s always next time to do presentations that couldn’t be gotten to this time.
I imagine the EAGxVirtual team would do a great job of this, but also that someone else could pick it up if they’ve now done all the virtual conference organising they’d like to do for a lifetime?
I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this (and to attend future Unconferences, if someone does pick this up). I guess perhaps interest could be gauged with a poll on the main EA Facebook group, and/or a new post/”question” on the Forum?
I also think there could me more Unconferences in the future. Every month might be a bit much, but every quarter or every 6 month might work. Currently we (or at least I) have no plans to organize another event but that might change soon. In case you are interested, please feel free to start planning.
Thanks for organising this Unconference! I really enjoyed both presenting and attending.
It seemed there were a lot of interested attendees, a lot of applications to present, and some applications that came in after the deadline. (Meaning there were some cool-sounding things I didn’t get to see, like alexrjl and JuanGarcia’s ideas!) And it seemed like this is a cool opportunity for people to raise some awareness of their ideas/projects and get feedback, and for attendees from across the world to make connections during the Q&As and icebreakers.
So I wonder if it might be worth doing something like this every month or two? There could be either this post or a new post where people can apply on a rolling basis by commenting, and each month or two the 4-8 applications with the highest karma that haven’t already been done go ahead. And then new people can apply for the next time, and the prior applications can continue to gain karma. And maybe there’d just be one “track” for each time slot, as there’s always next time to do presentations that couldn’t be gotten to this time.
I imagine the EAGxVirtual team would do a great job of this, but also that someone else could pick it up if they’ve now done all the virtual conference organising they’d like to do for a lifetime?
I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this (and to attend future Unconferences, if someone does pick this up). I guess perhaps interest could be gauged with a poll on the main EA Facebook group, and/or a new post/”question” on the Forum?
Thanks for the nice words.
I also think there could me more Unconferences in the future. Every month might be a bit much, but every quarter or every 6 month might work. Currently we (or at least I) have no plans to organize another event but that might change soon. In case you are interested, please feel free to start planning.