LoadingLoadingLoadingLoadingVisa refusal is an academic inequality. This paper evaluates GMU-supported hybrid presentation standards so that a paper from Accra or Recife is not treated as a second-class poster. Session chairs who received a two-minute briefing on remote presenting reduced the ‘can you hear me’ tax. Asynchronous video-plus-live Q&A preserved discussion better than a 04:00 live slot. GlobalMind University should treat hybrid research presentation as institutional infrastructure. A global university that only funds flights has chosen its scholars.