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| author | Russo, Daniel Storey, Margaret-Anne |
| author_facet | Russo, Daniel Storey, Margaret-Anne |
| contents | Our conferences face a growing crisis: an overwhelming flood of submissions, increased reviewing burdens, and diminished opportunities for meaningful engagement. With AI making paper generation easier than ever, we must ask whether the current model fosters real innovation or simply incentivizes more publications. This article advocates for a shift from passive paper presentations to interactive, participatory formats. We propose Liberating Structures, facilitation techniques that promote collaboration and deeper intellectual exchange. By restructuring conferences into two tracks, one for generating new ideas and another for discussing established work, we can prioritize quality over quantity and reinvigorate academic gatherings. Embracing this change will ensure conferences remain spaces for real insight, creativity, and impactful collaboration in the AI era. |
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| spellingShingle | From Passive to Participatory: How Liberating Structures Can Revolutionize Our Conferences Russo, Daniel Storey, Margaret-Anne Computers and Society Software Engineering Our conferences face a growing crisis: an overwhelming flood of submissions, increased reviewing burdens, and diminished opportunities for meaningful engagement. With AI making paper generation easier than ever, we must ask whether the current model fosters real innovation or simply incentivizes more publications. This article advocates for a shift from passive paper presentations to interactive, participatory formats. We propose Liberating Structures, facilitation techniques that promote collaboration and deeper intellectual exchange. By restructuring conferences into two tracks, one for generating new ideas and another for discussing established work, we can prioritize quality over quantity and reinvigorate academic gatherings. Embracing this change will ensure conferences remain spaces for real insight, creativity, and impactful collaboration in the AI era. |
| title | From Passive to Participatory: How Liberating Structures Can Revolutionize Our Conferences |
| topic | Computers and Society Software Engineering |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07046 |