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So what if the novelty of traveling to a new city, was there a place with meeting people who are really adjacent to your professional network ?

For example what if we had a open source and open science conference running concurrently?

I think this already happens in terms of streams within a conference like #pyconau.

I'm just wondering what would happen if you chain adjacent or completely different conferences together?

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I mean it could be things people like to do eg. they like to travel.

I think I saw a post on Mastodon that talked about someone enjoying it in the past when they were traveling to different conferences.

That's excitement to meet new people and go to new places I can totally understand.

So how do you create hooks for people to be motivated and to engage before during and after online conferences or events?

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Ok, everyone, I'm curious. Those of you who attend academic or corporate conferences, symposiums, or expos that involve international people flying in to attend or present I have to ask:

How many of your attendees and speakers from outside the US...

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