Anacademic workshop is designed for seminars on various topics and issues of a perennial
importance of those living in a human society whose main concern is the world's success. The scientists and organizers of the workshops generally pay attention to various scientific issues of a specific matter from a major firm's commercial interest up to the government's reaction to financial budget increase.
An academic workshop named "Bioprospecting in Antarctica" of the April 2003 in New Zeeland may serve as a bright example of a workshop as such. Taking a general look at it one could say that a workshop consists of the following steps:
The organizers must follow the plan to find a suitable building or Hall where all the visitors and invited guests could sit and feel themselves comfortable. While dealing with serious people discussing a serious problem the question of comfort should be of a great concern.
Those organizing a workshop must take into account an invited guest's preferences. This actually means that a person organizing a workshop may have to consider every single person's personality and take into account the origin, ethnicity and preferences of every single individual (e.g. Muslims generally do not eat pork, in Italy the word mafia' has a negative effect if a foreigner says it, etc.)
Knowledge on the issue itself must be increased to its highest peak. It is impossible to discuss anything a person's uncertain about or lacks to answer a single question that mainly is not that difficult. In other words scientific background and the research itself must be carefully arranged in order to avoid any imbroglio.
And finally an academic workshop has its usual coffee breaks and rests. So a person can relax here. This point concerns guests. As for organizers it would be a great idea to invite people who already know each other and could work perfectly together.