Forming

Context

The VIVO Conference is the major annual event for knowledge exchange and networking in the VIVO Community. Regarding the current situation with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic being a threat to large parts of the world, it seems reasonable to switch to a virtual conference for this year. In this task force we will organize this virtual event.

By hosting a virtual event, we hope to engage people who would not typically be able to attend a VIVO Conference.

Objectives

Find a program committee that organizes high quality presentations for the 11th VIVO conference
Organize the technical framework for a virtual conference
Find a suitable format for this event
Establish technical and organizational support before, during and after the event.

Deliverables

a virtual VIVO conference with an attractive program

Suggested schedule

Perhaps the conference can be in mid/late June?

Develop charter	2020-04-07
Solicit members and schedule first meeting	2020-04-14
Develop action items, assign to team members	2020-04-21
Schedule the conference; communicate save the date	TBA
VIVO 2020 Conference	TBA

Members

Mike Conlon(University of Florida, facilitator)
Christian Hauschke (TIB)
Anna Guillaumet(SIGMA)
Ralph O'Flinn (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
Michele Mennielli (LYRASIS)
others to be solicited from the VIVO Community

Meeting Times

US morning, European afternoon. Doodle to come.

Communication Channels

Distribute proposed charter and solicit participation from community via vivo-community@googlegroups.com
Slack channel #vivo2020. Join VIVO Slack here: http://bit.ly/vivo-slack
Conference communication through Twitter (VIVO LG), conference web site (http://vivoconference.org), email lists.

Agendas and Notes

Notes will be linked here