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Based on the blog post linked here in the comments, the talk themselves are actually already prerecorded. The live aspect will only be the Q/A with the speaker

by belorn 6y ago

Based on the blog post linked here in the comments, the talk themselves are actually already prerecorded. The live aspect will only be the Q/A with the speaker and a host. Does that change how people will perceive the conference?

detaro 6y ago
IMHO that's generally a good model: it reduces issues with the setup or speakers internet connections, and allows the speaker to stress-free answer questions in chat during the talk.
- ghaff 6y ago
  It can make sense to have a real-time portion so that attendees get more of a sense of attending a live "event." But I agree that my experience as someone helping to run some events is that it makes sense to pre-record most sessions. There's a lot less sense of working without a safety net, fewer problems, and more time to focus on making those parts that are live go as smoothly as possible.
notagoodidea 6y ago
Not a lot. At FOSDEM (at least for the last 10y, I have been attending), you have four kinds of talks: * Lighting talks/short talks: Most of the time, you may not have Q/A if the speaker talks too long but you can catch they off stage to talk about it. So you keep the live aspect. * Big/Popular talks/Main roam (Janson): You don't ask Q/A during those presentations so it would not change a lot. * Mid-sized talks/roams: It depends on the speaker how much interaction, he wants. * Tiny roams: There you will loose the jokes and the fun going on with well-know speakers in their communities. I think we will see less informal/fun talks because the streaming format does not easily allow the spur of the moment joke/question. The quality of the speaker will really during those Q/A moments but on a time management side, the good news is that you have less time-keeping to do with a prerecorded streaming event if each talks has his channel.
Schalter 6y ago
Of course and it will not be the same; For the ccc conference rc3, linus said something in direction of 'lets not do that again'. At least for me, i go to Fosdem for all the talks of course but also to see people, dring belgien beer, eat, freeze, have wet shoes and enjoy the sun on the second day for 1-2 hours.

by belorn 6y ago

detaro 6y ago

IMHO that's generally a good model: it reduces issues with the setup or speakers internet connections, and allows the speaker to stress-free answer questions in chat during the talk.

ghaff 6y ago
It can make sense to have a real-time portion so that attendees get more of a sense of attending a live "event." But I agree that my experience as someone helping to run some events is that it makes sense to pre-record most sessions. There's a lot less sense of working without a safety net, fewer problems, and more time to focus on making those parts that are live go as smoothly as possible.

notagoodidea 6y ago

Not a lot. At FOSDEM (at least for the last 10y, I have been attending), you have four kinds of talks: * Lighting talks/short talks: Most of the time, you may not have Q/A if the speaker talks too long but you can catch they off stage to talk about it. So you keep the live aspect. * Big/Popular talks/Main roam (Janson): You don't ask Q/A during those presentations so it would not change a lot. * Mid-sized talks/roams: It depends on the speaker how much interaction, he wants. * Tiny roams: There you will loose the jokes and the fun going on with well-know speakers in their communities. I think we will see less informal/fun talks because the streaming format does not easily allow the spur of the moment joke/question. The quality of the speaker will really during those Q/A moments but on a time management side, the good news is that you have less time-keeping to do with a prerecorded streaming event if each talks has his channel.

Schalter 6y ago

Of course and it will not be the same; For the ccc conference rc3, linus said something in direction of 'lets not do that again'. At least for me, i go to Fosdem for all the talks of course but also to see people, dring belgien beer, eat, freeze, have wet shoes and enjoy the sun on the second day for 1-2 hours.