Eleventh annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution

Abstract

Although originally planned as an in-person event in Aarhus, Denmark, the 11th annual meeting of the European Society for the study of human evolution took place once again as a virtual event. From September 22 to 24 2021, researchers from different parts of the world shared their work in the form of digital presentations. While the society currently counts 256 paid members, a total of 282 participants registered for the annual meeting with 135 submitted abstracts. Similar to the 2020 meeting, recorded videos of the talks and digital copies of the posters were available to view online before and after the meeting. During the conference itself, short, live elevator pitches were held by the presenters to enable discussions in the online meeting space. The poster sessions took place in gather town, this time with designated spaces for each presenter as well as uploaded posters, which improved the experience significantly compared with 2020.