Behind the scenes of a big hybrid conference

Nat Rev Mater. 2022;7(3):153-154. doi: 10.1038/s41578-022-00414-3. Epub 2022 Jan 12.

Abstract

The 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting was a hybrid event for the first time, featuring both an in-person meeting in Boston and a virtual meeting held separately. Nature Reviews Materials speaks to Gopal Rao, Chief Editor of Technical Content for MRS and Editor of MRS Bulletin, to find out what pandemic-era conference planning is like.

Keywords: Conferences and meetings; Materials science.