The article was originally published on LinkedIn- and can be seen in it's entirety on that platform at this link Article about AusCERT's first virtual conference [NOTE you need to be logged into the LinkedIn platform to view the article.]
The folowing is an excerpt of that article
AusCERT Innovates with its first ever Virtual conference
This year really needed some normality, and the loss of so many industry conferences due to the pandemic, was taking even more of that away. Also conferences are a good way to learn new skills and understand other perspectives, so the lack of industry conferences (for any profession) due to this virus adds to the general malaise the world is blanketed with. In comes AusCERT, swooping in like a super hero (but minus the badly fitting tights and improbable costume changes) to bring us an amazing four day event in cyberspace.
Overcoming the challenges of delivering workshops remotely without the class physically present, the AusCERTconference tutorial days saw great success. Some attendees had feedback that the facilitators could have improved their offerings by communciating with participants prior to the workshops to ensure any virtual machines or downloads were done ahead of time, but that is all a learning experience, and the facilitators will know how to improve if they are ever faced with virtual workshops in the future - and odds are they will be!
The presenters and topics were diverse and there were enough variations on topics to be of use and of interest to a variety of people from a variety of professions. The sheer diversity of presenters and presentations added so much richness to the conference and the fact that the whole conference was played to people not geographically located together was amazing.
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