While 2020 (and probably a huge part of 2021 still) introduced online conferences to an immensely huge audience, future on-site meetings should keep in mind the lessons learnt from online meetings such as CYSS. Digital socializing hubs such as Mattermost can be implemented irrespective of the format to promote socializing between participants and help in the dissemination of organisational details, while offering the possibility of online participation, such as remote poster sessions, at the same time. Hopefully, funding bodies and research associations will create more safe (with regards to data privacy) and, potentially, OSS digital infrastructures, as to avoid using commercial, closed applications such as Zoom, in the future.