Naive question: instead of establishing a new/sister conference - wouldn't it make sense to bump visibility of an existing format like e.g. ECML? Recordings could be provided for free to allow for content to be visible globally. One should even add a day or two of online only collaboration...
That would be nice, but I guess name recognition is easier to build starting from a giant event? All other things being equal, I also think we should break up NeurIPS thematically but that’s another issue
That's how you can guess my age: NIPS in my head always was more prestigious due to more math-y content, but otherwise similarly well known as ECML ;)
From my experience starting Berlin Buzzwords: one thing that's easier with a new name is building up your own format without influence from existing expectations. But that needs buy in from multiple influential ppl out of the community.
Like entirely new name, not even taking ECML.
(Not online streamed talks, more like moderated workshops for people to interact across continents.)