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As the organisers of the Bristol conference, we will endeavour to create
an exciting and wonderful occasion, and we look forward greatly to welcoming
all our colleagues and friends. However, there were a few points that we
would like to explain in advance:
- We will be providing a single abstract/conference book rather than a
conference bag with separate insertions. This is partly because we believe
that this is an elegant and contemporary way to solve the problem of
providing portable information about the conference. It is, however, also
much more economical in terms of actual cost, and damage to the
environment. This means, for instance, that publishers' advertisements
will appear as integral leaves rather than separate sheets. It goes
without saying that those who do not wish to carry any book at all, will
find all the information on the web, along with any more detailed
information that the workshop conveners may have chosen to provide.
- One of the largest costs of an academic multi-stream conference is the
audiovisual equipment rental. For each room the daily cost is
approximately 300 euros, or approx 33 euros per paper. PowerPoint has
become a pervasive part of the ritual, but while many question whether it
really aids comprehension, it is worth considering the cost. Clearly some
presentations necessitate the sharing of images, and hence projection. But
if your presentation isn't particularly visual, is it worth 1€ per bullet
point? Bearing all this in mind we will be asking workshop conveners to
discuss this with their paper-givers and provide laptops and data
projectors where possible, if their workshops require them.
- We will ask all delegates to return their badge holders when they
leave, so that these can be reused for future conferences, again allowing
us to keep future costs down.
- We also suggest that all take public transport if they can, which is
much less damaging in terms of emissions per capita than private
transport.
We are sure that all our members will support these efforts to provide an
efficient and environmentally friendly conference. We realise that we have
only just begun to consider these measures and of course as always welcome
suggestions as to how we can improve. We equally believe, however, that a
major anthropology conference should be at the forefront of taking measures
to avoid excess consumption if at all possible. |
