July 28, 2006
Research Condensed
A dry mouth. A fluttering heart. Sweaty palms. When the Society for Conservation Biology adopted a speed-dating format for its 20th-anniversary meeting last month in San Jose, first-date symptoms were endemic.
Thirty-one researchers — 15 in one session, 16 in the other — sat onstage in a line and got three minutes each to hurry through presentations that normally take 15 minutes. Meeting organizers say they know of no other conferences using such a brisk format.
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