Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences-An OHBM-Open Science perspective

Levitis, Elizabeth; van Praag, Cassandra; Gau, Remi; Heunis, Stephan; DuPre, Elizabeth; Kiar, Gregory; Bottenhorn, Katherine; Glatard, Tristan; Nikolaidis, Aki; Whitaker, Kirstie; Mancini, Matteo; Niso, Guiomar; Afyouni, Soroosh; Alonso-Ortiz, Eva; Appelhoff, Stefan; Arnatkeviciute, Aurina; Atay, Selim; Auer, Tibor; Baracchini, Giulia; Bayer, Johanna; Beauvais, Michael; Bijsterbosch, Janine; Bilgin, Isil; Bollmann, Saskia; Bollmann, Steffen; Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem; Bright, Molly; Calhoun, Vince; Chen, Xiao; Chopra, Sidhant; Hu Chuan-Peng, Hu; Close, Thomas; Cookson, Savannah; Craddock, R.; De la Vega, Alejandro; De Leener, Benjamin; Demeter, Damion; Di Maio, Paola; Dickie, Erin; Eickhoff, Simon; Esteban, Oscar; Finc, Karolina; Frigo, Matteo; Ganesan, Saampras; Ganz, Melanie; Garner, Kelly; Garza-Villarreal, Eduardo; Gonzalez-Escamilla, Gabriel; Goswami, Rohit; Griffiths, John; Grootswagers, Tijl; Guay, Samuel; Guest, Olivia; Handwerker, Daniel; Herholz, Peer; Heuer, Katja; Huijser, Dorien; Iacovella, Vittorio; Joseph, Michael; Karakuzu, Agah; Keator, David; Kobeleva, Xenia; Kumar, Manoj; Laird, Angela; Larson-Prior, Linda; Lautarescu, Alexandra; Lazari, Alberto; Legarreta, Jon; Li, Xue-Ying; Lv, Jinglei; Mansour, Sina; Meunier, David; Moraczewski, Dustin; Nandi, Tulika; Nastase, Samuel; Nau, Matthias; Noble, Stephanie; Norgaard, Martin; Obungoloch, Johnes; Oostenveld, Robert; Orchard, Edwina; Poldrack, Russell; Qiu, Anqi; Raamana, Pradeep; Rokem, Ariel; Rutherford, Saige; Sharan, Malvika; Shaw, Thomas; Syeda, Warda; Testerman, Meghan; Toro, Roberto; Valk, Sofie; Van den Bossche, Sofie; Varoquaux, Gael; Vasa, Frantisek; Veldsman, Michele; Vohryzek, Jakub; Wagner, Adina; Walsh, Reubs; White, Tonya; Wong, Fu-Te; Xie, Xihe; Yan, Chao-Gan; Yang, Yu-Fang; Yee, Yohan; Zanitti, Gaston; Van Gulick, Ana; Duff, Eugene; Maumet, Camille

doi:10.1093/gigascience/giab051

Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences-An OHBM-Open Science perspective

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Levitis E., van Praag C. D. G., Gau R., Heunis S., DuPre E., Kiar G., ...More

GIGASCIENCE, vol.10, no.8, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Review
Volume: 10 Issue: 8
Publication Date: 2021
Doi Number: 10.1093/gigascience/giab051
Journal Name: GIGASCIENCE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
Keywords: online conferences, diversity, inclusivity, open science, collaborative events
Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

As the global health crisis unfolded, many academic conferences moved online in 2020. This move has been hailed as a positive step towards inclusivity in its attenuation of economic, physical, and legal barriers and effectively enabled many individuals from groups that have traditionally been underrepresented to join and participate. A number of studies have outlined how moving online made it possible to gather a more global community and has increased opportunities for individuals with various constraints, e.g., caregiving responsibilities.