Tips for next ChemCuration

[schymane]

This is an issue track for suggestions for next ChemCuration

@egonw @chemcuration/chemcuration-2019-organizers @chemcuration/chemcuration-2019-scientific-committee please add points as necessary

From my side / from twitter conversation:

• recommend poster deposition as PDF (not e.g. pptx) for cross-system compatibility and better previews
• make poster evaluation criteria more transparent (e.g. poster, good introduction tweet, active discussion on twitter, availability of data and code, contribution to open/FAIR)
• do we require registration in advance or just on the day?
• update description (what is curation? what posters are in scope, what are not?)
• recommend use of hashtag and to e.g. keep conversation connected to opening tweet for better traceability (or cross-link)
• do we explicitly encourage side conversations not directly related to posters?
• does the conversation continue on the hashtag to raise awareness outside the event?
• invite contributions?

Interim summary from @egonw :

• 6 posters, 112 unique tweets (not counting replies, questions, answers without hashtag) and a 14 % rejection rate

[ChemConnector]

1. Yes, agree that PDF would be better
2. I think that advance registration would be advantageous as it pre-commits people to participate. Also an upfront short abstract helps people know what's coming?
3. Updated description I think is beneficial...the term curation has multiple uses and I think one of our primary areas of focus is improving data QUALITY
4. Guidance on side conversations re. posters definitely of value...I think it's a chance to expand on the issues to an interested audience but yes, it can distract too.
5. I vote for YES we continue the conversation but the #chemcur2019 limits to the 2019 conference so maybe the tag is #chemcuration and #chemcur2019 and #chemcur2020 are the conferences?
6. We should DEFINITELY invite contributions. Most people should have a poster they can repurpose and reformat?