Redesign of a Conference from In-Person to Online. Case Study: ICCCC

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Abstract“Intelligent Methods for Computing, Communications and Control” volume, published by Springer in “Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing” Series, is in fact the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computers Communications and Control (ICCCC) 2020. The ICCCC has been founded in 2006 by Ioan Dzitac, Florin Gheorghe Filip and Misu-Jan Manolescu, and was organized every even year by Agora University of Oradea, under the aegis of the Information Science and Technology Section of Romanian Academy. The first seven editions were organized face to face (in-person, traditional). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 8th edition, ICCCC2020, which was designed initial to be in-person, we had redesign it as an online event (remotely). In this article we will present our study and conclusions regarding a parallel between the two types of conferences, traditional vs. online, each with advantages and disadvantages.KeywordsConference organizationICCCCIn-personCOVID-19OnlineRemoteAccessibilityCostsComfortSocializationZoom Pro