Computer Vision News - September 2022

20 British Machine Vision Conference people to do it in real-time. We record the videos, but we advocate for people to be around to take questions after the session. We have a Zoom meeting with moderators monitoring online questions as they come in. For posters, sometimes it’s even better to put them online because people have time to look at them in detail and can leave questions and messages for the authors. ” What does he think the future holds for hybrid conferences? “ For the next BMVC in 2023, we hope to have a fully in-person meeting again! ” Guang is passionate about young people who are starting out in this community participating in conferences like this. He had his first paper published at MIUA around a decade ago while working on his PhD. as Gather Town , for virtual participants. “ Time zones can be a challenge, ” Guang points out. “ When people enter the Gather Town, sometimes there’s no one there, so we ask presenters to record videos going through their posters or use slides to help present their research online. ” Guang has some very recent experience in making this work. BMVA also hosts an annual Medical Image Understanding and Analysis Conference (MIUA) , which took place in Cambridge in July with Guang as co-Chair. You can read our interview with the Best Paper award winners on page 40. “ The Best Paper winners presented remotely, and we do our best to facilitate these things, ” Guang reveals. “ For oral presentations, we encourage