The third annual R/Medicine conference was planned as a physical event to be held in Philadelphia at the end of August 2020. However, a nationwide lockdown induced by the COVID-19 pandemic required a swift transition to a virtual conference. This article describes the challenges and benefits we encountered with this transition and provides an overview of the conference content.
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Atkinson, et al., "The R Journal: R Medicine 2020: The Power of Going Virtual", The R Journal, 2021
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@article{RJ-2021-1-rmed2020, author = {Atkinson, Elizabeth J. and Higgins, Peter D. and Esserman, Denise and Kane, Michael J. and Schwager, Steven J. and Rickert, Joseph B. and Mark, Daniella and Alexeev, Mara and Kadauke, Stephan}, title = {The R Journal: R Medicine 2020: The Power of Going Virtual}, journal = {The R Journal}, year = {2021}, note = {https://journal.r-project.org/news/RJ-2021-1-rmed2020}, volume = {13}, issue = {1}, issn = {2073-4859}, pages = {642-647} }