The Meeting Venue

Typically, the meeting venue I have been to were a long room with chairs and tables arranged in rows. So, when I attended the talk in Singapore this week, I was quite surprised by the arrangement. It was a rectangular room, but rather than the screen being at the long-end, it was at one of the sides.

The seats were then arranged in semi-circle, appearing as if I was attending a lecture at university or a meeting at the United Nations. They had screens on either sides of the stage, but during the video conference, you might have to strain your eyes to look at the projection at the opposite end while looking at the other screen at the presenter.

A bit strain to the neck as the screen and the video was a a different ends of the hallAlmost wrapped upThe venue itself was great. And since the arrangement were as such, I suspect that the room was purpose-built for small conferences such as this. I think the maximum they could fit into the hall was 100.

The other novelty about the place was it was located on the 35th floor of the hotel I stayed in, the Mandarin Orchard. Interesting.