Re: [council] virtual conference -- Bret Faucett was only 10 years ahead of his time -- maybe this platform would work for ICANN?

[Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mikey,

while virtualization may be an option at some point, I do not see it 
replacing the ICANN meetings just yet, since I feel the socialization 
aspect of the meetings is too important to leave behind.
The unexpected meetings in the hallways, the beer at the bar, the shared 
experience of a bad or excellent hotel and venue are all hard to emulate 
online.
Volker

Am 01.03.2014 13:58, schrieb Mike O'Connor:
> hi all,
>
> i loved Bret’s idea of doing an ICANN meeting in 2nd Life — it didn’t 
> work, but mostly for technical reasons.
> there’s a domain conference coming up (right spang in the middle of 
> ICANN London, dang it) that’s being hosted on a really interesting 
> platform that may be part of a trend.  i *think* this is the platform 
> they’ve built their conference on;
> http://virtualconferences.com/index.html
>
> here’s a link to the conference that caught my eye
>
> http://domainindex.com/webfair3/home.html#
>
> i would die and go to heaven if ICANN had something like this 
> available and we could learn how to use it effectively in our work. 
>  note the tricky word “effectively” in there — i have no idea whether 
> there are show-stoppers in terms of connectivity or privacy or 
> language.  but the possibilities for “almost as good as face to face 
> meetings, without the cost/pain of travel” strike me as worth pursuing.
>
> mikey
>
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