Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences-An OHBM-Open Science perspective.

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E. Levitis, C. G. Praag, Remi Gau, Stephan Heunis, E. Dupre, Greg Kiar, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, T. Glatard, A. Nikolaidis, K. Whitaker, M. Mancini, Guiomar Niso, S. Afyouni, E. Ortiz, S. Appelhoff, A. Arnatkevic̆iūtė, M. Atay, T. Auer, G. Baracchini, Bayer Jmm., Beauvais Mjs., J. Bijsterbosch, I. Bilgin, S. Bollmann, Rotem Botvinik-Nezer, M. Bright, V. Calhoun, X. Chen, S. Chopra, H. Chuan-Peng, T. Close, S. Cookson, C. Craddock, A. D. L. Vega, B. Leener, D. Demeter, Paola Di Maio, E. Dickie, S. Eickhoff, Oscar Esteban, Karolina Finc, M. Frigo, S. Ganesan, M. Ganz, Kelly G. Garner, E. Garza-Villarreal, G. González-Escamilla, R. Goswami, J. Griffiths, Tijl Grootswagers, Samuel Guay, Olivia Guest, D. Handwerker, P. Herholz, K. Heuer, D. Huijser, V. Iacovella, Michael J. E. Joseph, A. Karakuzu, D. Keator, X. Kobeleva, M. Kumar, A. Laird, L. Larson-Prior, A. Lautarescu, A. Lazari, J. Gorroño, J-H Lv, Sina Mansour, David Meunier, Dustin Moraczewski, T. Nandi, Samuel A. Nastase, M. Nau, Stephanie Noble, M. Nørgaard, J. Obungoloch, R. Oostenveld, E. Orchard, Ana Luísa Pinho, R. Poldrack, Anqi Qiu, Pradeep Reddy Raamana, Ariel S. Rokem, S. Rutherford, M. Sharan, T. Shaw, W. Syeda, M. Testerman, Roberto Toro, Sofie L. Valk, S. V. D. Bossche, G. Varoquaux, F. Váša, M. Veldsman, J. Vohryzek, Adina Wagner, R. Walsh, Tonya White, X. Xie, Yan C-G., Yang Y-F., Y. Yee, G. Zanitti, A. V. Gulick, E. Duff, Camille Maumet
GigaScience, 2021

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Levitis, E., Praag, C. G., Gau, R., Heunis, S., Dupre, E., Kiar, G., … Maumet, C. (2021). Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences-An OHBM-Open Science perspective. GigaScience.

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Levitis, E., C. G. Praag, Remi Gau, Stephan Heunis, E. Dupre, Greg Kiar, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, et al. “Centering Inclusivity in the Design of Online Conferences-An OHBM-Open Science Perspective.” GigaScience (2021).

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@article{e2021a,
  title = {Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences-An OHBM-Open Science perspective.},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {GigaScience},
  author = {Levitis, E. and Praag, C. G. and Gau, Remi and Heunis, Stephan and Dupre, E. and Kiar, Greg and Bottenhorn, Katherine L. and Glatard, T. and Nikolaidis, A. and Whitaker, K. and Mancini, M. and Niso, Guiomar and Afyouni, S. and Ortiz, E. and Appelhoff, S. and Arnatkevic̆iūtė, A. and Atay, M. and Auer, T. and Baracchini, G. and Jmm., Bayer and Mjs., Beauvais and Bijsterbosch, J. and Bilgin, I. and Bollmann, S. and Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem and Bright, M. and Calhoun, V. and Chen, X. and Chopra, S. and Chuan-Peng, H. and Close, T. and Cookson, S. and Craddock, C. and Vega, A. D. L. and Leener, B. and Demeter, D. and Maio, Paola Di and Dickie, E. and Eickhoff, S. and Esteban, Oscar and Finc, Karolina and Frigo, M. and Ganesan, S. and Ganz, M. and Garner, Kelly G. and Garza-Villarreal, E. and González-Escamilla, G. and Goswami, R. and Griffiths, J. and Grootswagers, Tijl and Guay, Samuel and Guest, Olivia and Handwerker, D. and Herholz, P. and Heuer, K. and Huijser, D. and Iacovella, V. and Joseph, Michael J. E. and Karakuzu, A. and Keator, D. and Kobeleva, X. and Kumar, M. and Laird, A. and Larson-Prior, L. and Lautarescu, A. and Lazari, A. and Gorroño, J. and Lv, J-H and Mansour, Sina and Meunier, David and Moraczewski, Dustin and Nandi, T. and Nastase, Samuel A. and Nau, M. and Noble, Stephanie and Nørgaard, M. and Obungoloch, J. and Oostenveld, R. and Orchard, E. and Pinho, Ana Luísa and Poldrack, R. and Qiu, Anqi and Raamana, Pradeep Reddy and Rokem, Ariel S. and Rutherford, S. and Sharan, M. and Shaw, T. and Syeda, W. and Testerman, M. and Toro, Roberto and Valk, Sofie L. and Bossche, S. V. D. and Varoquaux, G. and Váša, F. and Veldsman, M. and Vohryzek, J. and Wagner, Adina and Walsh, R. and White, Tonya and Xie, X. and C-G., Yan and Y-F., Yang and Yee, Y. and Zanitti, G. and Gulick, A. V. and Duff, E. and Maumet, Camille}
}

Abstract

As the global health crisis unfolded, many academic conferences moved online in 2020. This move has been hailed as a positive step towards inclusivity in its attenuation of economic, physical, and legal barriers and effectively enabled many individuals from groups that have traditionally been underrepresented to join and participate. A number of studies have outlined how moving online made it possible to gather a more global community and has increased opportunities for individuals with various constraints, e.g., caregiving responsibilities. Yet, the mere existence of online conferences is no guarantee that everyone can attend and participate meaningfully. In fact, many elements of an online conference are still significant barriers to truly diverse participation: the tools used can be inaccessible for some individuals; the scheduling choices can favour some geographical locations; the set-up of the conference can provide more visibility to well-established researchers and reduce opportunities for early-career researchers. While acknowledging the benefits of an online setting, especially for individuals who have traditionally been underrepresented or excluded, we recognize that fostering social justice requires inclusivity to actively be centered in every aspect of online conference design. Here, we draw from the literature and from our own experiences to identify practices that purposefully encourage a diverse community to attend, participate in, and lead online conferences. Reflecting on how to design more inclusive online events is especially important as multiple scientific organizations have announced that they will continue offering an online version of their event when in-person conferences can resume.