Is it possible to set up DConf Asia?

[bauss]

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?