Organizing a Consortium Meeting
Wiki Pages
Create Logistics and Agenda Pages
Registration
- Arrange registration and receipts so people can get reimbursed
- Institutions require certain fields for reimbursements to go through: (please add)
- If possible, arrange to allow payment by credit cards
- Arrange direct billing for EBI
Venues
You will need
- projection: make sure you have appropriate connectors/dongles for different types of computers.
- extra computer for Go2Meeting with an internet connection needs:
- current version of Powerpoint
- terminal
- other? (Protege?)
- wifi for attendees. If your venue supports the eduroam system some, but not all, consortium members can use it.
- power strips
- some way to deal with parking
Meals
Remember that GO participants include people who are:
- vegetarians
- vegans
- gluten intolerant
- lactose intolerant
Other notes:
- orange juice is popular in the AM