Accessible hybrid conferences are possible and affordable at large scale

Vanessa A. Moss; Ramasamy Venugopal; Kevin Govender; Aidan W. Hotan; Rika Kobayashi; Glen A. Rees; Elizabeth J. Tasker; Dominic G. Vertue; Alick Le Jeune; Emily F. Kerrison; Juliette Roux; Kelly Blumenthal; Ron D. Ekers; Mike W. Peel; Charles M. Takalana; Sumari Barocci-Faul; Zouhair Benkhaldoun; Anton Binneman; Hannes Breytenbach; James O. Chibueze; Daniel C. Cunnama; Duduzile V. Kubheka; Joyful E. Mdhluli; Sally A. Macfarlane; Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka; Lara van Zyl

doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02448-9

Accessible hybrid conferences are possible and affordable at large scale

Vanessa A. Moss^*, Ramasamy Venugopal, Kevin Govender, Aidan W. Hotan, Rika Kobayashi, Glen A. Rees, Elizabeth J. Tasker, Dominic G. Vertue, Alick Le Jeune, Emily F. Kerrison, Juliette Roux, Kelly Blumenthal, Ron D. Ekers, Mike W. Peel, Charles M. Takalana, Sumari Barocci-Faul, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Anton Binneman, Hannes Breytenbach, James O. ChibuezeDaniel C. Cunnama, Duduzile V. Kubheka, Joyful E. Mdhluli, Sally A. Macfarlane, Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka, Lara van Zyl

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In August 2024, the International Astronomical Union General Assembly was held for the first time on the African continent, as a fully hybrid and open-access conference. This opportunity to approach such a traditional and historical event from a new perspective encouraged a spirit of innovation enabled by emerging technologies.

Original language	English
Article number	7324
Pages (from-to)	6-10
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Astronomy
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02448-9
Publication status	Published - Jan 2025

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Moss, V. A., Venugopal, R., Govender, K., Hotan, A. W., Kobayashi, R., Rees, G. A., Tasker, E. J., Vertue, D. G., Le Jeune, A., Kerrison, E. F., Roux, J., Blumenthal, K., Ekers, R. D., Peel, M. W., Takalana, C. M., Barocci-Faul, S., Benkhaldoun, Z., Binneman, A., Breytenbach, H., ... van Zyl, L. (2025). Accessible hybrid conferences are possible and affordable at large scale. Nature Astronomy, 9(1), 6-10. Article 7324. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02448-9

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