The Global Youth Engineering Climate Conference 2021 (GYECC21) online virtual event took place on 7th and 8th September 2021 with exhibits and facilities being available thereafter until 12-Nov-2021. Over 4,000 attendees for some 100 countries joined the event. Use #GYECC21 in social media posts. Access facilities via https://gyecc21.onbeehive.global/
The virtual event platform used is “Beehive” (https://liveunion.co.uk/beehive/).
See also https://liveunion.co.uk/our-work/national-grid-global-youth-engineering-conference/
A few observations on the Beehive platform:
- The animated “Eco-Park” orientation approach and entry to the various areas works well and is easy to use and navigate. Watch out for “Nessy”.
- The “Points” system encourages exploration of the exhibits and galleries as well as use of the collaborative aspects of the platform.
- When an attendee tries to set up a 1-1 meeting, there was no means I could see to message them to better arrange mutually convenient times, or discuss in advance the topic of the proposed conversation.
- When trying to suggest an alternative time for 1-1 meetings for someone who had previously suggested a meeting, the time slot selector briefly flas