Schedule

ADC26 will have over 60 talks as well as up to 8 workshops from experts in the field

• Personal Agenda (ADC26 Only) - Build your own personal agenda which you can use at the event.
• Access To Slides - Access slides and other presentation material as and when they are uploaded by the speakers.
• Add To Google Calendar - If you have other commitments during the event, then you can add individual sessions to your Google Calendar and make sure you are free for the talks you want to see.

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Community Driven Meetups

Attendees will also have the option to attend informal meetup or group discussion sessions run by our community sponsors.

All of these sessions take place in Gather Town which utilitises a proximity based video chat system to allow attendees to interact with each other. In addition, attendees can also share material and interact with embedded content that may be used for these sessions.

In addition, during the ADC26 conference, impromptu meetup spaces and group discussion areas will be available within the virtual venue for any on-the-fly attendee driven engagements.

Online Posters

We are looking for people who would be interested in creating posters and presenting their latest audio work or project to attendees and experts in the field. This includes:

• Hosting a Variety of Multimedia Poster Materials which will be embedded in a custom built poster booth in our virtual venue for the entire duration of the event
• A dedicated 30 minute slot to present your poster to attendees through interactive video chat and screen share which will be added to the ADC26 schedule
• Free Online entry to the ADC26 Main conference

Virtual Poster Information

Online Open Mic Night

Finally we will also have our online open mic night in Gather for our online conference attendees on Wednesday 11th November at 18:30 UTC! This is a fun, informal online event with lightning talks, music performances, and some impromptu standup comedy.

Any attendees who are interested in contributing to the ADC Open Mic night will be able to apply by filling out our online application form.

Virtual Venue (Gather Town)

An exciting, interactive, online conference experience awaits you in our virtual venue.

• Watch Talks With Other Attendees - Like at an in-person conference, you can watch the online talks from presentation rooms in Gather Town.
• Interactive Group Video Chat - Use the Proximity-based Video & Audio Chat for spontaneous interaction with attendees like in a physical venue
• ADC Quiz Hunt - Take part in our virtual puzzle game by hunting down pub quiz questions hidden in objects around our virtual venue.
• Interactive Objects - Play piano (even as a duet), enjoy embedded games, materials and other fun activities

On Demand Access (ADC26 Only)

All sessions broadcast in Zoom will be available to watch on demand shortly after each session has finished.

• Discussion & Questions - If you have a question after watching a session on-demand, then you can use the session discussion channel in Discord to ask the speaker
• Exclusive Access - On-demand is ONLY available to conference attendees and can ONLY be accessed through this website.

Discord

Discord is a free-to-use text and audio based discussion app that is available as a website, mobile and desktop app. Discord will be used as the support and communication system for both the online and onsite portions of the conference.

• Hybrid Discussions - Use our selection of topic-based Discord channels to have live, relevant discussion with online and onsite attendees
• Announcements - Keep up to date with the latest news from the ADC Conference.
• Instant Live Online Support - Get live support for any technical difficulties and questions from one of our helpful volunteers!
• Access information and resources relating to Gather Town and the Conference Platform

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