Comments on: A Truly Gigantic Scientific Meeting — AGU

By: Peter Dimitriou

Peter Dimitriou — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:12:12 +0000

AAG (American Association of Geographers) is also a very large Organization, this years meeting will be in Seattle in April taking over the entire Washington State Convention center as well as the Seattle Sheraton. Numbers escape me but this one usually is large!!!

By: Eric the Leaf

Eric the Leaf — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:38:30 +0000

By the way, has anyone ever witnessed the setup and dismantling of the exhibit halls at a large conference? I have seen this on numerous occasions and the process is truly staggering. And to think this occurs weekend in and weekend out as meetings come and go. When large conferences become increasingly problematic, the economic consequences will certainly be significant.

By: Eric the Leaf

Eric the Leaf — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:35:57 +0000

I’m partial to small meetings. Back in the day I loved the International Symposia on the Mesolithic in Europe. There were only a few tens of us in the world and we generally occupied but a single lecture hall and mostly dined together. On the other hand, it was tougher to slip out unnoticed during the day in the event that the previous evening’s festivities caught up with you. We drank heavily and on one occasion in Scotland the east Europeans brought in shopping carts of vodka and meats, the latter of which were often scarce in their home countries. Nights were spent in small parties in the dorms of the host universities and singing around the piano–belting out songs in various languages. The occasional pianist among us would crank out some Brahms or Schubert. I miss those days. I hear they don’t party like they used to.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:51:31 +0000

Experimental Biology is usually around 13K, which is at least the same order of magnitude, but might not count because it’s a combination of 6 independent societies: The American Association of Anatomists, The American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutrition, and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

By: Rich W

Rich W — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:40:43 +0000

SIGGRAPH (a computer science conference focusing on graphics) attracted over 22K last year.

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