On 07/Jan/11 05:26, rajesh rajesh wrote: > Poster sessions at IETF meeting sounds quite meaningful considering > fact that thoughts are written and author available for discussion and > will give way for fresh subject. > > Rajesh > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Alessandro Vesely <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I've never attended an IETF meeting. Why? Because it seems to me > quite > unlikely to have a chance to say something useful by going there. > I mean > useful with respect to a problem that I consider important. That > is, not > just a minimal contribution to an already scheduled session that I > may happen > to attend. Perhaps, I should request a session... > > Problems are often expressed in the form of tentative solutions. Such > solutions may occasionally happen to be discussed, refined, and > agreed upon > by a group of individuals. Implementation, standardization, and > adoption may > eventually follow --not necessarily in this order. Isn't this > how the IRTF > and the IETF should work? > > A poster session would be a sort of plenary, lasting a couple of > hours or so, > with posters hanged on numbered hardboard panels arranged along a > walkway. A > poster may be sized A0, or ~50 in, or consist of an equivalent > number of > smaller sheets. Posters may stay exposed for a few hours > before/after the > scheduled time period. During the session time, however, authors > should > stand beside their posters and thus have their chance to talk to any > interested ietfers, one by one or in small knots, informally. A > few dozens > of posters per session may provide for adequate gathering. > > IME, this way of participating is easier and less binding for both > authors > and attendees. A poster would suit subjects for which it's > difficult to > carve a niche within a hosting WG's session, but it may also work > as a means > to achieve consensus on a given topic before raising it in a more > official > discussion. > > Opinions/suggestions? > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > >
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