Mathematical (online) meetings reimagined?

Abstract

In our daily professional lives, we have become accustomed to – or wearied by – changes brought on by restrictions that started in the spring of 2020. Many of our mathematical research meetings have been transferred directly online, with varying degrees of success. Could we imagine other, better ways of doing things? In this note, I discuss an experimental initiative launched to investigate this question, and call on others to embrace the challenge.