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On March 25–26, 2022, the Sixth International Scientific and Practical Conference "Socio-Psycho-logical Adaptation of Migrants in the Modern World” was held. Penza State University became the organizer of the conference. The conference was held online on Zoom. Participants discussed topical ethno-psycholog-ical problems of migrant adaptation, problems of socio-psychological adaptation of migrants and refugees in Russia and other countries, methodological problems of socio-psychological adaptation of the individual in new conditions of life, problems of psychological and pedagogical assistance to migrants and refugees, adaptation of the individual to extreme conditions life activities, as well as the most acute psychological, anthropo-logical and philosophical challenges in science and society. A separate topic for analysis and discussion was the problem of the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on global migration processes. © 2022, Russian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Hybrid conferences are in-person events that have an online component. This type of meeting format was rare before the COVID-19 pandemic, but started to become more common recently given the asynchronous global progression of the pandemic, the uneven access to vaccines and different travel regulations among countries that led to a large proportion of participants being unable to attend conferences in person. Here we report the organization of a middle-sized (581 participants: 159 onsite, 422 online) international hybrid conference that took place in France in September 2021. We highlight particular organizational challenges inherent to this relatively new type of meeting format. Furthermore, we surveyed both in-person and online participants to better understand their conference experience and to propose improvements based on the feedback received. Finally, we compare the advantages and disadvantages of three types of conferences (onsite-only, online-only and hybrid) and suggest that hybrid events should be favored in the future because they offer the most flexibility to participants. We conclude by proposing suggestions and ways forward to maximize accessibility and inclusivity of hybrid conferences. Our study brings novel insights on the challenges and opportunities created by hybrid conferences, by reporting not only the organizing committee experience but also by considering the participants’ perspective. Copyright © 2022 Puccinelli, Zeppilli, Stefanoudis, Wittische-Helou, Kermorgant, Fuchs, Menot, Easton and Weber.
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The global scenario of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how quickly university libraries can respond to changes in the educational and research ecosystems of their institutions. The new (6th) issue of the journal “University Library at a New Stage of Social Communications Development. Conference Proceedings” is exactly about this. The papers discuss new behaviours / work of library staff based on digital communication technologies, our projects, our goals, our hopes, as well as our doubts and concerns for the maximum contribution of libraries to the development of university communities in a constantly changing world. Full-length articles about the most interesting world library and information practices and ideas were selected, reviewed and recommended by members of the international editorial board of the similarly-named conference (UniLibNSD-2021), which was held in a hybrid format on October 7-8, 2021 in Dnipro, Ukraine. The title “University Library at a New Stage of Social Communications Development. Conference Proceedings” has been accepted in Scopus (2021). © T. O. Kolesnykova, 2021.
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On March 19-20, 2021 the Sixth International Scientific and Practical Conference "Actual problems of mass consciousness research" was organized by Penza State University. The work of the forum was organized in the format of on-line broadcasting on Zoom platform and in the social network VKontakte. Participants discussed current problems of mass consciousness phenomenon: psychological and social mechanisms for the promotion of worldviews, socio-psychological aspects of cultural transmission, the impact of the global pandemic COVID-19 on mental health and many others. The issues raised at the conference are the most acute psychological, anthropological and philosophical challenges for science and society, and their discussion enabled the participants of the forum to affirm the positive experience of overcoming these problems.