Environmental issues officer

Main goal: Work on how to reduce the environmental footprint of the NIME community

Tasks:

• Support local chairs in how to run a more environmentally-friendly physical conference

• Develop strategies for alternative conference organization

• Develop guidelines for reducing the environmental footprint in NIME design

Officers:

• Adam Pultz Melbye

• John Sullivan

• Raul Masu

Alternative conference organization

• The semi-virtual academic conference (a short documentary) - YouTube

• Virtual socializing at academic conferences

• An analysis of ways to decarbonize conference travel after COVID-19

• Virtual ISMIR 2020

Examples of Virtual conferences:

• CIM19

• Neuronline