Maximising environmental sustainability on the return to in-person conferencing: Report from a 2500-person anaesthesia meeting in Sydney, Australia.

IF 1.1 4区 医学 Q3 ANESTHESIOLOGY Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-05 DOI:10.1177/0310057X241264576
Fran Lalor, Shanel L Cameron, Tanya Selak, Stefan Jm Dieleman
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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted medical conferences, where restrictions on public gatherings resulted in the postponement or cancellation of in-person meetings. Virtual events emerged as a substitute, providing a mechanism for scientific collaboration and continuing medical education with the additional benefit of low environmental impact. However, digital events may not meet all the needs of delegates, such as professional networking and social connection. In this report, we describe the methods used to minimise the carbon footprint of the 2023 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists' Annual Scientific Meeting, a conference with approximately 2000 in-person and 500 virtual delegates. A core group led the initiative, with all conference participants invited to contribute to this goal. A prospective prediction of carbon generation was undertaken, followed by the implementation of strategies to minimise and then measure the total carbon footprint of the event. Post-event calculations assessed the conference as better than carbon-neutral; however, delegate travel was not included in the analysis and therefore this result is tempered. Off-site workshops including virtual offerings were also not included in the analysis. We encourage medical conference organisers to collaborate with all stakeholders to embed low carbon-generation choices for their meetings where education, networking and social needs are also met.

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在恢复现场会议的过程中最大限度地实现环境可持续性:澳大利亚悉尼 2500 人麻醉会议报告。
COVID-19 大流行扰乱了医学会议,对公众集会的限制导致现场会议推迟或取消。虚拟活动作为一种替代出现,为科学合作和继续医学教育提供了一种机制,并具有对环境影响小的额外优势。然而,数字活动可能无法满足代表们的所有需求,如专业网络和社交联系。在本报告中,我们介绍了为最大限度减少 2023 年澳大利亚和新西兰麻醉师学院科学年会的碳足迹而采用的方法,该会议约有 2000 名亲临现场的代表和 500 名虚拟代表。会议由一个核心小组领导,并邀请所有与会者为这一目标做出贡献。会议对碳排放量进行了前瞻性预测,随后实施了将碳排放量降至最低的战略,并对会议的总碳足迹进行了测量。会后的计算结果表明,会议的碳排放量优于碳中和水平;但是,代表们的差旅并未包括在分析中,因此这一结果有所减弱。包括虚拟产品在内的场外研讨会也未纳入分析范围。我们鼓励医学会议组织者与所有利益相关者合作,在会议中选择低碳发电,同时满足教育、网络和社交需求。
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150
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care is an international journal publishing timely, peer reviewed articles that have educational value and scientific merit for clinicians and researchers associated with anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, and pain medicine.
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