On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 04:11:29PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > I'm all for encouraging first-time speakers, but Q&A at the end of a > > session are valuable too; as such, to me, outlawing Q&A is a bit like > > throwing the kid out with the bathwater. > > Just to be clear, I would agree with this and am not even strongly > advocating the weaker proposal of permitting it to be optional on a > per-talk basis.
Maybe it would help if a speaker could ask explicitely to have a chairperson who will act as a moderator if necessary? This is less visible than just not allowing for questions at all. And knowing to have a moderator by your side (figuratively speaking) is certainly reassuring. -Ralf.
