Meetings

1st Semi-Annual Virtual Meeting:  November 10th, 2020

2 P.M. - 5 P.M., EST

TOPIC: Vaccine Research and Development

 

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, many scientific meetings including the biennial IOM Congress were cancelled. USOM leadership has decided to host small, focused virtual meetings to maintain connections and foster further collaborations within the mycoplasmology community. Registration is free but requested.

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As useful as videoconferencing can be in some situations, and despite the efficiency it offers in terms of reducing the need for travel, it cannot replace the value of physical participation in a scientific conference. 

 

 

 

Keith Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director

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Conference attendees might hear a talk that catalyzes an 'aha moment.' It may come from sitting in on a session whose topics are purportedly tangential at best. But as most of us have learned, interesting ideas can spring from listening outside the box. 

 

 

Janet Raloff, Science Daily News

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Many other scientific societies and associations –particularly those in the basic sciences –feature a number of programs to get student involved in their disciplines. Although the advent of the e-mail has largely supplanted the necessity of face-to-face conversations, this cross-fertilization of ideas still takes place during academic conferences.

 

 

Yoo Jung Kim, PLoS Blogs

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