| 1 | Jun 29, 2009 9:32 PM | Instead of a "debate", I suggest that, following each general topic (e.g. "seizure prediction", a panel of those presenting talks be constituted to sit as a group and respond to questions from the audience, allowing sufficient time (not, for instance, just 15 or 20 minutes) to cover the issues raised. |
| 2 | Jun 30, 2009 6:19 AM | well organized, good to see that the schedule was kept |
| 3 | Jun 30, 2009 8:44 AM | It was entertaining, and maybe worked well because there was no vote at the end. Most of the issues are not as black and white as the proposals suggested, and mostly ended with some convergence if not consensus |
| 4 | Jun 30, 2009 9:21 AM | Was very interesting. The fact it always ended with draw is quite important. Either we are all friends or there is no clear answers ;) |
| 5 | Jun 30, 2009 2:07 PM | The debates were a novel and interesting addition. But I'm not completely convinced they would work as well a second time. Perhaps a different event -- a quiz, or word association game, twenty questions, etc. -- could be tried. |
| 6 | Jun 30, 2009 5:28 PM | NA |
| 7 | Jun 30, 2009 5:37 PM | NA |
| 8 | Jul 1, 2009 3:13 PM | VERY VERY interesting. |
| 9 | Jul 1, 2009 5:44 PM | No. |
| 10 | Jul 4, 2009 6:13 AM | I think it was a little hurry. |
| 11 | Jul 6, 2009 9:47 AM | should be a real debate session and not just presenting my recent research findings |
| 12 | Jul 6, 2009 8:34 PM | Very informative and effective. A key to the success of the debates was the planning and preparation as well as execution by the debaters. |
| 13 | Jul 8, 2009 12:28 PM | I'd move it to the beginning of the workshop. By the end we all know most folks' stance on the issues and the debate is less exciting. |
| 14 | Jul 8, 2009 7:50 PM | It was nice, I hope this session is to be continued. |
| 15 | Jul 9, 2009 6:59 PM | fewer topics, more in depth discussion |
| 16 | Jul 10, 2009 5:36 AM | I liked the open forum format. Keep this a part of the workshop. |
| 17 | Jul 10, 2009 9:08 PM | more time for discussion |
| 18 | Jul 22, 2009 2:05 PM | At first I was very skeptic about this idea, but I in fact liked it very much. |
| 19 | Jul 24, 2009 6:04 PM | It was not very useful. The theses and contr-theses are somewhat artificial. There is not really real scientific controversies in this field which would produce interesting debate. As the this debates shown the differences are usually in semantics. |
| 20 | Jul 24, 2009 7:00 PM | No |
| 21 | Jul 25, 2009 8:35 AM | It was an excellent idea. |
| 22 | Jul 27, 2009 6:24 AM | Please don't debate for debate. If a person doesn't have strong opinions on this, never assign him/her the topic to debate with another scholar just for watch. |