also sprach Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org> [2014-09-21 18:53 +0200]: > I know you have argued for smaller and larger time slots. I do > feel, however, having regularity in the scheduling tends to help > us. When all talk slots start at the same time, and we have 45-min > talks aligned to 1hr-slots (allowing for some post-session chat, > video rearranging, attendees jumping between rooms), the > conference schedule is regular and easy to understand+follow.
Even with shorter and longer slots, the generic grid must be kept, I agree. My suggestion for 25 minute slots would involve coordination by both speakers beforehand so that these can take place in the same 1hr slot as a regular 45 minute session. And a 2–3 workshop would just run across 2 or 3 of those slots. The main changes in the rooms would still occur at the same time every day. > I think we have settled on this model as "quite good" after trying > somewhat different incantations over the years. Do you have any references? I don't remember such experimentation. Was there discussions about the pros and cons? The benefit of having two 25 min. slots in one 1hr block over accepting a 45 minute slot end after 30 minutes because the speaker ran out of things to say is that we can accomodate twice as many proposals and hence provide more free time — time in which those interested in pursuing the ideas presented in those 25 min. slots ad-hoc, while others can hack… -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@debconf.org> @martinkrafft : :' : DebConf orga team `. `'` `- DebConf15: Heidelberg, Germany: http://debconf15.debconf.org DebConf16 in your country? https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16
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