OK so now the May HiNZ conference is cancelled, we need to decide what is happening with the CiLN meeting. It seems to me options are:
- Cancel the meeting altogether.
- Continue with a virtual digital meeting
- Continue with in-person meeting.
I suggest we plan for option 2. and make the focus on what informatics can do for the COVID response. The Discourse discussion threads are a good starting point.
As pointed out in the disucssion threads, one thing IT needs to be doing now in response to COVID -19 is to help connect people without relying on an in-person presence (workplace remote access, video conference links etc). Planning for a virtual conference meeting in itself would be a worthwhile learning exercise. If anyone can do this we should be able to!
What do others think?