Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned from EDBT / ICDT 2020

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Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19 : Experiences and Lessons Learned from EDBT / ICDT 2020. / Bonifati, Angela; Guerrini, Giovanna; Lutz, Carsten; Martens, Wim; Mazilu, Lara; Paton, Norman W.; Vaz Salles, Marcos Antonio; Scholl, Marc H.; Zhou, Yongluan.

In: S I G M O D Record, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2021, p. 28-32.

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Harvard

Bonifati, A, Guerrini, G, Lutz, C, Martens, W, Mazilu, L, Paton, NW, Vaz Salles, MA, Scholl, MH & Zhou, Y 2021, 'Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned from EDBT / ICDT 2020', S I G M O D Record, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 28-32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3456859.3456866

APA

Bonifati, A., Guerrini, G., Lutz, C., Martens, W., Mazilu, L., Paton, N. W., Vaz Salles, M. A., Scholl, M. H., & Zhou, Y. (2021). Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned from EDBT / ICDT 2020. S I G M O D Record, 49(4), 28-32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3456859.3456866

Vancouver

Bonifati A, Guerrini G, Lutz C, Martens W, Mazilu L, Paton NW et al. Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned from EDBT / ICDT 2020. S I G M O D Record. 2021;49(4):28-32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3456859.3456866

Author

Bonifati, Angela ; Guerrini, Giovanna ; Lutz, Carsten ; Martens, Wim ; Mazilu, Lara ; Paton, Norman W. ; Vaz Salles, Marcos Antonio ; Scholl, Marc H. ; Zhou, Yongluan. / Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19 : Experiences and Lessons Learned from EDBT / ICDT 2020. In: S I G M O D Record. 2021 ; Vol. 49, No. 4. pp. 28-32.

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