Why lightning talks?
At this meeting one option is for a presenter to consider the lightning talk more or less like an ad for a poster. Although you can do either one without the other if you wish. Rather than dividing up into multiple small concurrent sessions, this meeting is structured with many very short talks that are presented to the whole multi-disciplinary audience. The idea is cross-disciplinary exposure so that surprise connections can arise rather than pre-selection of focal topics that people already know they are interested in. There are long coffee breaks and communal meals for follow up discussions.
At this meeting one option is for a presenter to consider the lightning talk more or less like an ad for a poster. Although you can do either one without the other if you wish. Rather than dividing up into multiple small concurrent sessions, this meeting is structured with many very short talks that are presented to the whole multi-disciplinary audience. The idea is cross-disciplinary exposure so that surprise connections can arise rather than pre-selection of focal topics that people already know they are interested in. There are long coffee breaks and communal meals for follow up discussions.