The first online-only meeting in photonics, held on 13 January 2020, was a resounding success, with 1100 researchers participating remotely to discuss the latest advances in photonics. Here, the organizers share their tips and advice on how to organize an online conference.
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We thank G. Ragusa and A. Sladek for post-event interviews and feedback. We once again thank the University of Southern California Viterbi DEN team for their invaluable support and all the volunteers that assisted us and inspired us along the way. O.R. acknowledges support from the NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, I.A. from the ARC, A.M.A from ONR (N00014-16-1-2851), S.G. from the ERC (ERC; H2020, SMARTIES-724473), R.G. from the ERC (Grant 714837 Chi2-nano-oxides) and the Swiss NNSF (Grant 179099), M.A.K. from the NSF (ECCS-1750341, PHY-1839176, CHE-1839174), and R.S. from EPSRC (EP/M013812 and EP/P033431) and the European Commission.
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Reshef, O., Aharonovich, I., Armani, A.M. et al. How to organize an online conference. Nat Rev Mater 5, 253–256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-0194-0
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