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Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences-An OHBM-Open Science perspective.
Levitis, Elizabeth; van Praag, Cassandra D Gould; Gau, Rémi; Heunis, Stephan; DuPre, Elizabeth; Kiar, Gregory; Bottenhorn, Katherine L; Glatard, Tristan; Nikolaidis, Aki; Whitaker, Kirstie Jane; Mancini, Matteo; Niso, Guiomar; Afyouni, Soroosh; Alonso-Ortiz, Eva; Appelhoff, Stefan; Arnatkeviciute, Aurina; Atay, Selim Melvin; Auer, Tibor; Baracchini, Giulia; Bayer, Johanna M M; Beauvais, Michael J S; Bijsterbosch, Janine D; Bilgin, Isil P; Bollmann, Saskia; Bollmann, Steffen; Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem; Bright, Molly G; Calhoun, Vince D; Chen, Xiao; Chopra, Sidhant; Chuan-Peng, Hu; Close, Thomas G; Cookson, Savannah L; Craddock, R Cameron; De La Vega, Alejandro; De Leener, Benjamin; Demeter, Damion V; Di Maio, Paola; Dickie, Erin W; Eickhoff, Simon B; Esteban, Oscar; Finc, Karolina; Frigo, Matteo; Ganesan, Saampras; Ganz, Melanie; Garner, Kelly G; Garza-Villarreal, Eduardo A; Gonzalez-Escamilla, Gabriel; Goswami, Rohit; Griffiths, John D.
Affiliation
  • Levitis E; Section on Developmental Neurogenomics, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
  • van Praag CDG; Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Gau R; Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
  • Heunis S; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK.
  • DuPre E; Institute of Psychology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve 1348, Belgium.
  • Kiar G; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5612 AP, The Netherlands.
  • Bottenhorn KL; NeuroDataScience - ORIGAMI laboratory, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada.
  • Glatard T; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada.
  • Nikolaidis A; Center for the Developing Brain, The Child Mind Institute, New York City, NY 10022, USA.
  • Whitaker KJ; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
  • Mancini M; Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada.
  • Niso G; Center for the Developing Brain, The Child Mind Institute, New York City, NY 10022, USA.
  • Afyouni S; The Alan Turing Institute, London, NW1 2DB, UK.
  • Alonso-Ortiz E; Department of Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RR, UK.
  • Appelhoff S; Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, UK.
  • Arnatkeviciute A; NeuroPoly Lab, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada.
  • Atay SM; Departement of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
  • Auer T; ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and CIBER-BBN, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
  • Baracchini G; Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK.
  • Bayer JMM; Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EB, Cambridge, UK.
  • Beauvais MJS; Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada.
  • Bijsterbosch JD; Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin 14195, Germany.
  • Bilgin IP; The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, VIC, Clayton 3168, Australia.
  • Bollmann S; Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
  • Bollmann S; School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
  • Botvinik-Nezer R; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada.
  • Bright MG; Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada.
  • Calhoun VD; Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Chen X; Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Chopra S; Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada.
  • Chuan-Peng H; Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
  • Close TG; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cybernetics, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK.
  • Cookson SL; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
  • Craddock RC; School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
  • De La Vega A; ARC Training Centre for Innovation in Biomedical Imaging Technology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
  • De Leener B; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
  • Demeter DV; Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
  • Di Maio P; Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
  • Dickie EW; Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Emory, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
  • Eickhoff SB; CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, 100101, Beijing, China.
  • Esteban O; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.
  • Finc K; International Big-Data Center for Depression Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, Beijing, China.
  • Frigo M; The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, VIC, Clayton 3168, Australia.
  • Ganesan S; School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210024, China.
  • Ganz M; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
  • Garner KG; National Imaging Facility, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
  • Garza-Villarreal EA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Gonzalez-Escamilla G; Department of Diagnostic Medicine, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
  • Goswami R; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
  • Griffiths JD; Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Gigascience ; 10(8)2021 08 20.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34414422
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.
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