Innovative Approaches for Organizing an Inclusive Optics and Photonics Conference in Virtual Format

Author:

de las Heras Alba1ORCID,Gómez-Varela Ana I.2ORCID,Tomás María-Baralida3ORCID,Perez-Herrera Rosa Ana4ORCID,Sánchez Luis Alberto5ORCID,Gallazzi Francesca6ORCID,Santamaría Fernández Beatriz7ORCID,Garcia-Lechuga Mario8ORCID,Vinas-Pena Maria9ORCID,Delgado-Pinar Martina5ORCID,González-Fernández Verónica10ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Grupo de Investigación en Aplicaciones del Láser y Fotónica, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain

2. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultade de Óptica e Optometría, Campus Vida s/n, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

3. Instituto Universitario de Física Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologías, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain

4. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación, Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía s/n, Edificio Los Tejo, 31006 Navarra, Spain

5. Laboratorio de Fibras Ópticas, Departamento de Física Aplicada—ICMUV, Universitat de València, C/Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain

6. Photonics Laboratory, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, 33720 Tampere, Finland

7. Grupo de Óptica, Fotónica y Biofotónica, CTB. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Mecánica y Diseño Industrial de la ETSIDI, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28012 Madrid, Spain

8. Instituto de Optica Daza de Valdes (IO), CSIC, C/Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain

9. Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Partners Research Building, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

10. Grupo Complutense de Óptica Aplicada, Departamento de Óptica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Arcos de Jalón 118, 28037 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

The COVID pandemic is forcing the renewal of scientific conferences, offering opportunities to introduce technological and inclusive developments. Our analysis focuses on the implementation of inclusive practices for female and early-career researchers in a virtual scientific conference. This organization approach was applied in the XIII Spanish Optical Meeting (RNO2021), which was also characterized by avatars interacting in an online metaverse. The effectiveness of inclusive policies and novel technological tools was evaluated using the participation data and a post-conference survey. Our study reveals the high impact of inclusive actions and a strong interest in the scientific community to explore conference advances.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Medicine

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