Virtual Conferences and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Missing Out with an Online Only Platform?

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2021.03.019

Editorial

. 2021 Aug;80(2):127-128.

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

Virtual Conferences and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Missing Out with an Online Only Platform?

Phillip Woodruff¹, Christopher J D Wallis², Peter Albers³, Zachary Klaassen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada.
² Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Department of Urology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁴ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zklaassen@augusta.edu.

PMID: 33840557
PMCID: PMC8006189
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.03.019

Editorial

Virtual Conferences and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Missing Out with an Online Only Platform?

Phillip Woodruff et al. Eur Urol. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;80(2):127-128.

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

Authors

Phillip Woodruff¹, Christopher J D Wallis², Peter Albers³, Zachary Klaassen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada.
² Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Department of Urology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁴ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zklaassen@augusta.edu.

PMID: 33840557
PMCID: PMC8006189
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.03.019

Abstract

Virtual conferences rapidly became the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although necessary, there are shortfalls to strictly virtual meetings, including less enthusiasm for submitting abstracts. An approach that combines in-person attendance and virtual platforms may be an optimal compromise both during the ongoing pandemic and moving forward.

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Pie chart depicting results of an @EUplatinum Twitter poll on December 16, 2020 assessing the impact of strictly virtual conferences on the likelihood of submitting research abstracts.

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