 Good morning and welcome to this participant orientation session ahead of the Alt annual conference next week I hope you've been participating already in some of our pre-conference sessions led by a member groups and six But if you haven't been able to engage with ALT-C yet We'll take you through a brief tour of the sort of spaces that you'll be engaging with over the next week or so First of all, I have to say a big thank you to all of our sponsors exhibitors and partners Vvox is our headline sponsor this year And I'll talk a little bit more shortly about the offers and interactivity that they'll be providing during the conference And we'll also have all of our exhibitors available for you to engage with on our discord social space But if you're joining us in Manchester, they'll also be in the exhibition hall for you to talk to and to meet during the conference So a big thank you to them as ever Without their support many of the things we are able to achieve with the conference won't be possible So this is a very brief tour of the spaces that you'll be engaging with during the conference And I will show you around the online program our social space and the website and just make sure that you know where to go to get help as well During the session if you're joining us on YouTube live and you have a YouTube channel account You can ask questions directly on YouTube live and that will come through to me here in the broadcast studio If you're not using YouTube, you can also post questions to me and I'll pick them up at the end of the session on our Jamboard So I'll give you just a second to Open that link if you want to ask any questions, and I'll have a look at those at the end of the session So that's go to alt ac.uk forward slash alt c 22 underscore q s So do join us there if you'd like to ask any questions at the conference itself You will be Provided with a room finder if you're joining us in Manchester, it'll also be available to download online the venue is University place in Manchester We're on the ground floor the first floor the second floor and the third floor and it's very easy to navigate Well signed and there'll also be conference helpers throughout the venue to help you find where you need to go The rooms will also be listed on the program that you've already had access to but they'll also be available on the interactive program as well If you're not sure what sessions to go to or where they are There's several places for you to go and look and of course you can come and ask us at the help desk on the ground floor of University place if you're not sure where to go as well. I mentioned earlier that b-box is our headline sponsor and they are Doing a number of activities during the conference The main thing that they will also be offering is some live interaction during the conference for people who are coming in person and for those who are online to join in together during the keynotes and the live stream sessions If you're a speaker as well, they are actually offering you a complimentary pro pro plan as well that you can use after the conference and there's details there about how to contact them to receive that and throughout the conference they'll be Delivering lots of different activities as well as the interactive polling and Q&A during the sessions If you haven't visited our conference website yet I'm sure you have given you've registered to come to the conference and you're watching this today But if you haven't I'll just give you a brief tour of the conference website and just make sure you know Where all of the useful information is so on the conference website There's obviously details about registration. There's guidance for participants here as well You there's information about staying safe at all see and we know that people are still concerned about Measures that are in place to protect them against COVID-19. So please do have a read of that before you come and You know, please adhere to the advice there There's also information about the venue and travel information So if you haven't already familiarised yourself with where University place is in Manchester Do you have a look at that information and it provides other information about the types of travel and the easiest ways to get there? And if you haven't arranged your accommodation yet, of course, we have our accommodation list here and we have a deal with a partner for Reduced prices on accommodation that they recommend. So do take a look if you haven't got that sorted already Of course, you may have already seen our program because you're watching this here today But I'll just talk you through some of the information on our program page. So obviously, there's the pre-conference program That's happening started on Wednesday going through to Monday and Then we have our online program and the in-person program the two programs Are separate for ease of viewing so people who are joining us in the different modes can see that But I'll show you the interactive program shortly, which shows both And just to note as well that if there are any last-minute changes Sometimes people have to drop out at the last minute or perhaps people Have had to change room or anything like that. We will Promote that information in the program addendum here. We'll post that on our discord social space and also in any of the Morning sessions, we will also share that as part of housekeeping. There's also information on here. If you are a Speaker as well, but there's also our social program. So if you are joining us in Manchester or online There are different activities for you in the evenings if you'd like to join us We've also got details of our sponsors exhibitors and our partners so you can familiarize yourself or who with who will be at the conference As well and under the help of more info area. There's some more information if you are a speaker, you'll find the guidance for speakers here There's also some tips for online Participation the code of conduct and etiquette. We want everybody who comes along to alt C to feel safe and comfortable So please familiarize yourself with those and if you are interested in any merch from The conference we also have the alt C shop here Available for you to order various bits of merchandise as well We'll be showing off some of the merchandise that you can purchase as well during the conference But if you want to get ahead you can order directly from here the main activity that you will or the main platform that you'll interact with during the Conference will be our interactive program. So this is our online Program that shows both the online in-person and those sessions that are also live-streamed from the venue I'll give you a quick tour of this as well. So you should have received joining instructions yesterday and they should include the link to the Online program the interactive program as well So this is the interactive program as you can see at the top here. We've got all the various days Listed at the top at the moment. We're in the pre-conference sessions here and you can see the pre-conference sessions all listed Here on the program for you to go and join or watch if they've been recorded and you've missed them I'll go across to day one. You can see all of the sessions are Color-coded, but we've also got whether they're online or in-person just underneath the time that it starts and How long the session is as well? and if you open up the Box by clicking on it, you'll see it tells you where that is It will also tell you who speaking and what type of presentation it is and also the description of that particular session as well Pop through today to you can see a bit better the different color coding and the different types of sessions So for example the nine o'clock keynote being both online and in-person as I'll be live streamed from the venue And we've got some online sessions and also some in-person sessions and again depending on Where that is in the venue you'll also find out where it is here and you've got the full Abstract just below it I'll take a look at the online program If there is a video available to watch or to join a live session Then you'll have a watch button at the bottom here that will take you straight to that session So for example, this is one of the pre-recorded sessions. So there's already a video available for you to watch there If I go across to say day three where in the afternoon we've got some of the Live sessions and go to watch you'll see it'll take me to a holding page Where once the session starts and is broadcasting it will show up here automatically and also there's the chat area here as well So if you are using YouTube live chat you can Comment here and that will come through to the presenters during the session You can also see the sessions for an entire day as well So if I wanted to see everything that's happening on day three I can click on the arrow on the right-hand side here and see everything that's happening for that day You can also Filter by the speakers as well So if there's a colleague or a friend or somebody's whose work you're particularly interested in You can look and see all of the sessions that that particular person is delivering during the conference There are also shortcuts here to our discord social space to our help page and to our sponsors page as well If you haven't joined already this was sent out yesterday in the joining instructions If you haven't joined our discord social space, then there's still time to get involved and sign up and join our discord server The invitation link would have been sent in the joining instructions yesterday And we asked that people don't share that discord link more broadly or more widely because this is just a space for people Who are participating in the conference? I'll just give you a tour of the discord space if you've not used discord before it can be a little bit intimidating But I will take you through how it all works So on the left-hand side here, you've got more than one server that you're a member of you'll see your list here If you've only joined the alt conference one, you'll probably just have one on the side here then we have our channel list here and The announcement channel, for example, will be messages from us So for example, if there are any last-minute cancellations any changes anything that we need to alert everybody to We will post it here as well as during our help housekeeping sessions every morning The help desk channel is also here. So if you need any assistance during the conference do please Message us here. You can just type in the box at the bottom here and type your message And we will get back to you as quickly as we can There's also a space for you to introduce yourself and you can see people have already started joining and are introducing themselves and saying hello So if you do join the server just say hello, perhaps you'll see people that you know that you want to say hello to as well And you can do that here. So for example If I wanted to say hello to Mel, then I can click on the reply button here and I can reply directly to Mel We've also got the Hashtag channel, which is is an aggregated view of our YouTube and YouTube our Twitter Hashtag as well so you can see the conversation that's going on on Twitter The cats and dogs channel is just a little bit of fun if you've got time And you you know You've got to the point where you need a little bit of a break perhaps from the conference And you want something just to cleanse your your timeline Then you can share or look at some pictures of some lovely pets And if you've got more exotic pets than cats and dogs, that's absolutely fine post them here as well We we love seeing people's pets You'll also see the exhibition hall here as well where you can chat to exhibitors and sponsors The hallway chat is just a general space where people can come and chat And then we have particular channels For each day as well so that people can share their resources on there So if you haven't joined up yet do join us on the discord channel the Pre-recorded sessions include a live Q&A at the time that the sessions start So if you do want to discuss with other delegates or ask the presenters any questions Then that's available through discord. We want everybody to enjoy the conference this year So what we will do we have a commitment to open this as part of our values and our principles And so after the conference We will make all of the sessions that were recorded available openly, but if a session has been Recorded so for example the session that I'm doing now and any of the live sessions will be recorded as will the pre-recorded sessions and the keynotes As well Then they will be available on the interactive program as quickly as possible after the session as well And then we will make them all openly accessible to everybody a few weeks after the event itself And as I mentioned earlier do familiarise yourself familiarise yourself with the net kit and code of conduct It's important that everybody feels safe and welcome the alt conference So if you've not seen that before and not come to one of our conferences before do take a look at that as well so If you want to engage in the conversation use the hashtag alt c22 on twitter or linkedin instagram wherever you Wherever you social media Use our website as well There's lots of information in there and join the ozzie 22 discord social space As that's a really great place to network and chat to other delegates and share resources and other things And if at any point you need any help during the conference then You can message us on our helpdesk channel on discord or you can email us helpdesk out And if you're coming to Manchester We will have our helpdesk on the ground floor, but there will also be conference helpers throughout the venue You can go to and ask for assistance So that's all I wanted to show you around today So I've shown you the main spaces that you'll be engaging with during the conference We've looked at discord. We've looked at the interactive program And we've looked at the website So there are any questions that you'd like to ask me if you're using youtube chat then you can Type them directly into the youtube chat if you're not using youtube chat I have a jam board that you can use to ask me questions as well And I'll just wait here for a couple of minutes to see if you've got any questions before I Close this participant orientation session And just to mention as well and a reminder if you are a speaker and you've not used Our platforms before to deliver a online talk or you want to ask any questions about presenting live in Manchester We have Speak orientation sessions as well later on this morning and on monday as well for you to come along to And get some assistance So I'll just wait a few minutes to see if you've got any questions For me If you've just joined us on this session, I've covered all of the information that I'm going to cover And now I'm just waiting to see if people have any questions You can ask your questions on youtube live chat or on the jam board the link on the screen This session has been recorded So it'll be made available after the session as well if you need to rewatch it or you've missed any parts of the session You can rewatch it But do ask me any questions on the jam board Or on youtube live chat and I will just wait here for a couple of minutes to see if there are any questions I haven't seen any questions come through from youtube live or on the jam board So I'll assume there aren't any questions at the moment But if you do have any questions ahead of the conference email helpdesk at alt.ac.uk Or you can post on our help desk discord channel And one of the team will help you as quickly as they can during the conference Of course as I said in Manchester, we will have our conference helpers throughout the venue as well as our help desk on the ground floor To assist you during the live parts of the conference I'm going to assume that there aren't any questions. I'll give it another couple of minutes another few seconds Otherwise I will end the broadcast In a moment the recording will be available Straightaway so anybody that joins this session late will have the recording to view afterwards Okay, thank you very much for joining us. We're really looking forward to seeing everybody either online or in person In Manchester, we're really looking forward to having a conference the first since 2018 Of the annual conference, so it's fantastic and we're really looking forward to seeing you all Take care everyone and see you at the conference