I thought the distinction was that Lightning talks are very short and more informal.
Carol On Jul 7, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Ed Summers wrote: > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Stern, Randall <[email protected]> > wrote: >> This will be a great opportunity to meet your peers at local institutions >> and generate conversation on code4lib related topics in which you are >> interested! Please add your proposals now (please, by August 1) for >> >> (a) Prepared talks (20 minutes) >> (b) Lightning talks (5 minutes) >> (c) Posters > > Maybe it's just me, but doesn't It seem a bit odd to submit proposals > months in advance for lightning talks? My experience of lightning > talks is that people can sign up for them at the event, so they can be > more spontaneous and of-the-moment. > > //Ed Carol Bean [email protected]
