Re: [DIYbio] Excellent article on Biology Hacklabs in The Scientist

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
> I would suggest to look into mixed virtual/physical conferences

Maybe we could have a day where we co-locate as cheaply as possible
(drive/fly/train to closest regional group), setup projector screens
at the locations for the folks who can't make it physically, have a
1/2 - 1 day long wet-lab or bioinformatics
hackathon/workshop/brainstorm...

I liked the FBI sponsored events, they put together some pretty
interesting (though sometimes TV-drama-like) bioterror scenarios and
challenged the group to think about how they'd respond in a situation
like that. It was a lot like the 'Ask a Biosafety Officer' on steroids
and all day long. My only complaint was that the conference rooms were
too cold, though a sweater helped that out.

I was thinking about this last night, and while it would be OK to just
teleconference, but physical presence is a lot higher bandwidth and
resolution.

I'm interested in hearing more!

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-Nathan

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