Make sufficient photocopies for participants. Repeat steps 1 to 6 as necessary throughout the conference process. It may be used as a common messaging link between plenary and workshop sessions. Participants and speakers are now in a position to interact in an additional mode. Whether in spoken or written mode, participants can pick up on the numbered written comments when and if appropriate.
Panelists can choose to respond in writing to some points, or initiate their own comments.
And yet insight capture and cross-fertilization of ideas are principal objectives of the event. A second consideration is to maximize the use of the intellectual resources assembled, namely the many conference participants who will only get a limited opportunity to speak. Within the usual conference framework, at any one time most participants are obliged to adopt a passive mode. This fails to exploit the ability of intelligent people to listen and be productive at the same time. The experience can be very frustrating for the more creative participants who cannot be offered much opportunity to contribute or respond to speakers.