The joint EDBT/ICDT conference (International Conference on Extending Database Technology / International Conference on Database Theory) is a well established conference series on data management, with annual meetings in the second half of March that attract 250 to 300 delegates. Three weeks before EDBT/ICDT 2020 was planned to take place in Copenhagen, the rapidly developing Covid-19 pandemic led to the decision to cancel the face-to-face event. In the interest of the research community, it was decided to move the conference online while trying to preserve as much of the real-life experience as possible. As far as we know, we are one of the first conferences that moved to a fully synchronous online experience due to the COVID- 19 outbreak. By fully synchronous, we mean that participants jointly listened to presentations, had live Q&A, and attended other live events associated with the conference. In this report, we share our decisions, experiences, and lessons learned.

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由于 Covid-19，在线和现场举行会议

EDBT/ICDT 联合会议（扩展数据库技术国际会议/数据库理论国际会议）是一个完善的数据管理会议系列，每年 3 月下半月召开会议，吸引 250 至 300 名代表参加。在 EDBT/ICDT 2020 计划在哥本哈根举行的三周前，迅速发展的 Covid-19 大流行导致决定取消面对面的活动。为了研究界的利益，决定将会议转移到网上，同时尽可能多地保留现实生活中的体验。据我们所知，由于 COVID-19 爆发，我们是首批转向完全同步在线体验的会议之一。完全同步是指参与者共同聆听演讲，进行现场问答，并参加了与会议相关的其他现场活动。在本报告中，我们分享了我们的决定、经验和教训。