Abstract
Events, events! …a perspective from the British Mass Spectrometry Society
Highlights
The rollout of efficacious vaccines and the social imperative bodes well for the resumption of conventional meetings
The unknown unknowns of new COVID-19 variants coupled with the tightening of public and private sector budgets may allow only a modest revival of events in the latter half of this year
Since its foundation in 1964, the British Mass Spectrometry Society has progressively developed a programme of charitable disbursements
Summary
There is a human propensity to be wary of change. In this instance we think that that predilection will prevail, and that the overriding social imperative will triumph in the short term. The pandemic has stimulated a multiplicity of innovations for the virtual hosting of major events (e.g. iVent,[3] vFairs[4] etc.). These solutions are fantastic but will not, in our opinion, replace the roar of the bar and smell of the crowd. The social imperative will prevail when public health restrictions abate, and so major traditional events will revive in the short to medium term. Small virtual events (e.g. SIG meetings via Zoom), lasting no more than a couple of hours, have and are being adopted as positive enhancements to the scientific landscape and are likely to become enduring fixtures in our diaries long after the pandemic has been brought under control
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