10.01.2022 | Editorial Commentary
ESPN2021: Interactive hybrid—the future of medical congresses?
verfasst von:
Arend Bökenkamp, Michiel Schreuder, Jaap Groothoff
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 4/2022
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Excerpt
The COVID epidemic has had a profound impact on social life. In the absence of widespread vaccinations, the need for social distancing and travel restrictions prohibited gatherings such as seminars and congresses. From March, 2020, all medical congresses were cancelled or held as fully virtual meetings. Often, the program was shortened to invited presentations only (e.g., ESPN meeting 2020), or the entire program was held virtually with pre-recorded or live presentations (e.g., ERA–EDTA meeting, ASN Kidney Week). Many participants missed the interaction between speakers and audience and it turned out to be very demanding to attend a fully virtual congress lasting several days. …