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标题：The future of scientific conferences in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Critical analysis and future perspectives
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作者：Antonio VALENTI ; Grazia FORTUNA ; Caterina BARILLARI 等
期刊名称：Industrial Health
印刷版ISSN：0019-8366
电子版ISSN：1880-8026
出版年度：2021
卷号：59
期号：5
页码：334-339
DOI：10.2486/indhealth.2021-0102
语种：English
出版社：National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
摘要：The global spread of COVID-19 pandemic forced the scientific community to identify new ways of exchanging and transferring the scientific knowledge, also considering that the measures taken to combat the pandemic, such as travel restrictions, closed borders and gathering bans, led to cancellations of many conferences, meetings and workshops. The enhancement of the existing digital platforms and the development of new systems to share scientific knowledge has allowed the scientific community to “meet” again in new virtual environments (e.g., Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Live Stream, Demio, GoToWebinar Seminar, Google Hangouts, Skype, Microsoft Teams, etc.), providing an unprecedented opportunity to reform methods of organizing academic conferences in all disciplines.Starting from the review of the existing literature, this study aimed at investigating the impact of the spreading of virtual conferences on the field of research. The SWOT analysis was used to identify strengths and weaknesses of the scientific conferences organized in the new format, as well as opportunities and threats created by the socio-economic and political context in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
关键词：enCOVID-19;Virtual Conference;Scientific community;SWOT Analysis;Networking;Planning needs;Accessibility