Postponed, and now we move online
On Monday last week, we launched a survey on our database of earlier SP participants.
We received over 150 responses, and it turns out that 75% of you are in favor of a virtual online event for this 2020 edition of Sustainable Places. Given this, we have now taken the decision to hold a virtual event.
We realize that some attend SP specifically for the networking component, but we also received strong feedback to continue with the event (as opposed to cancellation) to facilitate project clustering and dissemination especially since many other events have been cancelled. Hence, we are committed to doing just that and we also have some innovative ideas to allow for networking sessions even if digital. To date at this early stage, we already have 13 workshops and over 50 projects making contributions to SP. That is a great start and now we can plan forward with confidence.
Benefits and key highlights of SP2020 online
An online event brings a lot of opportunities for new ways of knowledge sharing and networking. These are the key changes to remember :
1) Different Rate Structure:
- Speakers and Panelists: Early 150€ (before 30 June) – Normal 185€. Access to the full online series of events. These are likely 75% of our typical attendees presenting technical papers, showing project posters, organizing and participating in clustering workshops.
- Non-presenting Attendees: 50€. This rate is available to those that want to discover and participate in the event but are not presenting scientific contributions.
2) Facilitated workshops with technical platforms:
- We'll make the digital platform environment available.
- You'll have access to a recording that you can replay on the SP2020 website and embed into your own website after the event.
3) Less parallel sessions:
- We've extended the conference over 27-30 October 2020 to allow smoother technical organization and less parallel sessions.
- We do not anticipate anyone being at their computer all day. We instead anticipate that people will be able to map their own experience over the 4 days event.
4) All registered contributors get one entry as co-author for an Open Access non peer-reviewed technical paper (4-6 pages) to be published in the SP20 special issue of MDPI Proceedings. A select number of extended papers (up to 5) can be considered for publishing in Buildings free of charge.
5) A virtual Poster room is available for all registrants
6) A public plenary session chaired by the European Commission in which selected chairs will be invited to pitch an executive summary of their sessions and workshops.
Call for Contributions is still open
Our call for contributions remains opened until 13 September 2020.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to welcoming you to our digital SP2020 in October !
Sincerely,
The SP2020 Organisation Committee
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