Re: Poster sessions

I like the idea of using break time for these conversations, much better 
than either burning a regular meeting slot or expecting poster authors to 
hang around all day waiting for interested parties to surface ... if this 
goes forward, that's what I would suggest.
Thanks,

Spencer

> On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:
>
> > On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote:
> >
> > > The costs for a poster session are almost 0.  Isn't this something we
> > > can just try?
> > I don't agree that the costs are zero. You can't have the poster session 
> > last all week long, because the presenter may want to go to other 
> > sessions. So we need about 2 hours reserved for this. Maybe a morning 
> > session.
> What I would suggest (if this goes forward) is
>
> - some space is set aside, ideally in or near the break area / room
>
> - posters SHOULD be put up in the AM, starting at breakfast.
>
> - the last refreshment break of the day, the authors are supposed to be at 
> their posters. (They can be at other times, but they SHOULD be at this 
> time.)
> People could then read posters at any time during the day, come back at 
> the break and ask questions, raise issues, etc.
> ADs could also quickly judge the interest in a poster, by how many people 
> are haranguing the author.
> As the "session" would last one full day, different days could accommodate 
> different areas.
> Regards
> Marshall
>
> > But then scheduling a WG meeting at the same time is like scheduling a TV 
> > series episode opposite the superbowl (substitute your country's favorite 
> > sport finals here). And all the ADs would want to go to the poster 
> > session, because that's where the action is. So this reduces the amount 
> > of time slots that we have in an IETF week.
> > Also, this puts another constraint on choosing a venue.  You need an area 
> > with room for lots of people, and space to put the "booths" or "desks" 
> > all around. For example, Anaheim did not have a good area to hold a 
> > poster session. Maastricht did. No idea about Beijing.
> > It may be a cost we agree to bear, but it is not zero.
> >
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