Delegate Perspectives on Transitioning the 41st Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing to a Virtual Event Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The 41st Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS) was a unique event, originally planned to be hosted as an in-person event in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories but ultimately delivered 100% online due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. As the 41st CSRS represented an unprecedented departure from...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
Main Authors: Chris Hopkinson, Craig A. Coburn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
French
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2021.1988541
https://doaj.org/article/6695b5cab91048a2a8b2ba6a7a216d8d
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Summary:The 41st Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS) was a unique event, originally planned to be hosted as an in-person event in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories but ultimately delivered 100% online due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. As the 41st CSRS represented an unprecedented departure from the CRSS-SCT’s long history of annual in-person symposia, this note summarizes the transition from an in-person to an online event. In particular, delegate feedback on some of the challenges encountered, as well as positive and negative perceptions of the event delivery. It is important that a record of these collective experiences is preserved and considered for future symposia, and our experience is shared with the global research community.