Abstract
It is a cliché of self-help advice that there are no problems, only opportunities. The rationale and actions of the BSHS in creating its Global Digital History of Science Festival may be a rare genuine confirmation of this mantra. The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 meant that the society's usual annual conference - like everyone else's - had to be cancelled. Once the society decided to go digital, we had a hundred days to organize and deliver our first online festival. In the hope that this will help, inspire and warn colleagues around the world who are also trying to move online, we here detail the considerations, conversations and thinking behind the organizing team's decisions.
Highlights
Festival may be a rare genuine confirmation of this mantra
We hosted over 1,500 participants from fifty-nine countries, who took part in fiftyfour different sessions across five days
The programme blended formal academic meetings with social activities and provided opportunities to informally socialize at a distance with colleagues from around the world
Summary
Festival may be a rare genuine confirmation of this mantra. The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 meant that the society’s usual annual conference – like everyone else’s – had to be cancelled. The rationale and actions of the BSHS in creating its Global Digital History of Science * Sam Robinson, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, UK.
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