Techniques for planning a conference using location data

An apparatus for scheduling a conference among multiple persons, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a network for communicating one or more packet flows therewith;
• a processor;
• and
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform:
• receiving quorum data that indicates a quorum for a particular conference;
• receiving availability data that indicates availability of a plurality of persons who satisfy the quorum for attending the particular conference;
• determining a proposed plurality of locations that support remote conferencing among the plurality of persons for the particular conference based on the availability data and the quorum data;
• and
• configuring a network node based on the plurality of locations that support remote conferencing among the plurality of persons who satisfy the quorum.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions operable to:

• receive quorum data that indicates a quorum for a particular conference;
• receive availability data that indicates availability of a plurality of persons who satisfy the quorum for attending the particular conference;
• determine a proposed plurality of locations that support remote conferencing among the plurality of persons for the particular conference based on the availability data and the quorum data;
• and
• configure a network node based on the plurality of locations that support remote conferencing among the plurality of persons who satisfy the quorum.