I understand that in person has a lot going for it. I understand that the hallway track was great. I get it. But hear me out. My counteroffer is this:
Fuck your hallway track.
"But my unscheduled meeting with no goal, no plan and random strangers, that's important", how about no. If I put that on your calendar you'd decline it and try to get me fired. Let's be real about what that was: it was socializing. That's what you miss, and "meeting people on the internet"? We know how to do that.