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

• 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
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Technology; T; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2021.1988541; https://doaj.org/article/6695b5cab91048a2a8b2ba6a7a216d8d

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.