PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2020

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Vangerowstraße 33 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 [email protected] EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info [email protected] MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann [email protected] Johann Lange-Brock [email protected] phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner [email protected] PRINT Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH Werkstr. 25 67354 Römerberg Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 07+08/20 www.petpla.net Our first PETinar on rPET took place at the end of May with 216 people attending. Our second event had 248 participants. While the issue of rPET attracted global attention (almost half of the active 216 participants came from Europe, with nearly 40% from Asia including Australia and 15 from North America), tethered caps were of particular interest to the 80% of attendees who came from Europe. 10% of those taking part were from America or Asia. This was followed by a lively internal discussion. How should the PETinar be structured? How long does it keep you glued to your monitor? Are you distracted by e-mails, questions from staff or telephone calls? Is having a lot of speakers in groups like a normal conference or focusing on two or three experts giving short presentations the right way to go? We decided on the latter. Participation was constant throughout the first PETinar which lasted for an hour. The same was true for the first hour of the second event. However, just 30 minutes later there were around 200 attendees online compared to the original 248 which suggests that an hour is a reasonable amount of time to set aside for such events. The worldwide response has shown that our approach was the correct one. Questionnaires issued after the event to attendees elicited a constructive yet diverse response for which we are very grateful. However, all were agreed on one point, namely that they would be taking part in the next PETinar. The PETinar’s conclusions can be found on pages 42-43 & 48-49. Yours sincerely Alexander Büchler Dear readers,