On January 13th 2020, the inaugural Photonics Online Meetup (POM) brought together more than 1100 researchers to discuss the latest advances in photonics. Or rather, it didn't, because the meeting was completely delocalized with the speakers, organizers, and attendees scattered across six continents and hundreds of locations, connected via a video-conferencing tool and social media. Despite this "delocalisation," the meeting retained many characteristics of a traditional conference: invited and contributed talks with follow-up questions and discussion, and a poster session. However, unlike with traditional conferences, all attendees avoided air travel, high registration costs (it was completely free), CO2 emission, or visa issues. Surely the impact on families was minimized as well, though participants in inconvenient time zones had to wake up early or stay up late. In this Comment, we highlight the key steps that enabled this event, offering tips and advice, to aid the organisation of similar Online Meetups.
翻译：2020年1月13日,首次光子在线见面(POM)将超过1100名研究人员聚集在一起,讨论光子的最新进展。或者说,没有,因为会议完全与分散在六大洲和数百个地点的演讲者、组织者和与会者分散在各地,通过电视会议工具和社交媒体进行联系。尽管“迁移”了传统会议的许多特点,但会议保留了传统会议的许多特点:邀请和贡献了后续问题和讨论的会谈,以及海报会议。然而,与传统会议不同,所有与会者都避免了航空旅行、高注册费用(完全免费)、二氧化碳排放或签证问题。当然,对家庭的影响也最小化了,尽管在不方便的时区,参与者必须早睡或晚睡。在本评论中,我们强调了促成这一活动的关键步骤,提供了建议和咨询,以帮助类似在线会面的组织。
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