Is it possible to set up DConf Asia?

[鲜卑拓跋枫]

On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 18:54:40 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 17:04:46 UTC, 鲜卑拓跋枫 wrote:
>> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 11:54:48 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 11:32:13 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Friday, June 29, 2018 10:50:52 Joakim via Digitalmars-d 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I coincidentally just read this blog post, that summarizes 
>>>>> a lot of my thoughts against conferences and meetups:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://marco.org/2018/01/17/end-of-conference-era
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe a good first step would be a mostly online DConf 
>>>>> geared towards Asian timezones? I could help out with 
>>>>> arranging those online talks.
>>>>
>>>> That article seems to pre-suppose that the only benefit from 
>>>> conferences is the talks. A _lot_ of good comes from having 
>>>> a bunch of the key developers in the same place for a few 
>>>> days where they can talk in person.
>>>
>>> It "pre-supposes" nothing, points like yours are specifically 
>>> addressed:
>>>
>>> "But all of that media can’t really replace the socializing, 
>>> networking, and simply fun that happened as part of (or 
>>> sometimes despite) the conference formula."
>>>
>>>> Some communities (e.g. the BSD community) even have 
>>>> developer meetings connected to conferences where they 
>>>> specifically put a bunch of developers in a room together to 
>>>> discuss stuff. The talks are valuable, but in some ways, 
>>>> those face-to-face interactions are worth far more than the 
>>>> talks. So, while there's certainly value in finding ways to 
>>>> get more talks online, I think that it would be a huge 
>>>> mistake to try and push for online stuff to replace physical 
>>>> conferences where developers actually interact with each 
>>>> other in person.
>>>
>>> I don't, I think it would be a huge improvement. There are 
>>> very few benefits to getting people together in person in our 
>>> hyperconnected age, and while "key developers in the same 
>>> place" may be one of those, that excludes almost everybody 
>>> else at DConf.
>>>
>>> Honestly, getting everybody together in a room and having 
>>> them stare straight ahead at a speaker is a blindingly stupid 
>>> waste of time these days. The only advantage of everybody 
>>> being together in a room is the heightened communication 
>>> bandwidth, and then you all sit next to each other staring 
>>> straight ahead silently. The conference format made sense 
>>> when pretty much everybody attending didn't have high-speed 
>>> internet and connected video displays decades ago, but they 
>>> make no sense now, as that blog post notes.
>>
>> Actually the network speed in China is not satisfied in some 
>> extent, and that of Korea and Japan are much better.
>
> What about Hong Kong?

Actually Taiwan is preferred when compare with Hong Kong:).