
Videos & Talks
Members’ Consultation re Virtual Conference JANE - 27th May 2020
How does a community built on face-to-face dialogue move its annual conference online? In May 2020, as the pandemic reshaped every assumption about gathering, AofPD members convened to consult on exactly that question.
Recorded on 27th May 2020, this session captures the Academy in a moment of genuine organisational uncertainty: the annual conference, a cornerstone of community life, needed to become virtual, and members were invited into the decision-making process rather than simply informed of it. The consultation reflects a principle the Academy holds consistently, that governance and planning should themselves embody dialogue rather than bypass it. For anyone tracing how the AofPD community navigated the disruptions of 2020, or how a dialogue organisation applies its own methods to internal challenges, this recording offers a concrete example of the process in action.