Re: Extro Idea

CurtAdams@aol.com
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:28:30 EDT

In a message dated 9/29/99 15:39:14, lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net(none) wrote:

>Here's the setup: The speaker, instead of being required to
>create a 60- or 90-minute presentation, creates both a 10-minute
>presentation and a more detailed but unconstrained paper with
>more details on the same topic. This is published before the
>conference on the web where all attendees can see it, mail the
>author comments and questions, etc.

This is within spitting distance of what goes on in scientific conferences. Researchers frequently talk about their stuff in advance or circulate/web publish preprints.

In spite of that, question periods are often short.