Conferences
A conference is a collection of meetings arranged in a program, with a number of people invited as speakers, and other information fields typical of large congresses or social events (registration, list of organizations that support or sponsor the event, etc.). A conference can be a relevant event for an organization and its members, or take place as part of a participatory process or follow a consultation.
Examples:
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A general assembly for an organization
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The annual meeting of a cooperative
As a real world example you can see the anual Metadecidim conferences:
Create a new conference
For adding a new conference, you need to:
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Sign in as admin
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Go to admin panel
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In the main sidebar, click in the button "Conferences"
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Click in the button "Create a new conference"
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Configure the conference by filling the form
Field | Type | Description |
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Title |
Required |
What is the title of this conference. For instance "Decidim Fest 2021" |
Slogan |
Required |
A subtitle for this conference. For instance, "Democracy, Technology and Global Justice" |
URL slug |
Required |
URL slugs are used to generate the URLs that point to this conference. Only accepts letters, numbers, and dashes, and must start with a letter. Example: if your domain is 'example.org' and your slug 'DecidimFest21' then your URL will be https://example.org/conferences/DecidimFest21 |
Hashtag |
Optional |
Hashtag for Twitter |
Highlighted |
Optional |
Should this conference be more prominent than others? For instance, is this an ongoing or a conference that has happened years ago? |
Short description |
Required |
A short explanation of what’s your conference about. |
Description |
Required |
A long explanation of what’s your conference about. |
Objectives |
Optional |
What are the objectives or goals for this conference? |
Location |
Optional |
Where will this conference take place? |
Home image |
Optional |
Preferrably a landscape image that does not have any text. The service crops the image. Maximum file size: 10MB. Allowed file extensions: jpeg jpg png |
Banner image |
Optional |
Preferrably a landscape image that does not have any text. The service crops the image. Maximum file size: 10MB. Allowed file extensions: jpeg jpg png |
Scopes enabled |
Optional |
Check if you want to have Scopes filtering in this conference |
Scope |
Optional |
Which Scope does this conference belongs to. |
Show statistics |
Optional |
Check if you want to show the Statistics section. |
Start date |
Required |
When will this conference start. Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy |
End date |
Required |
When will this conference end. Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy |
Registrations enabled |
Optional |
Check if you want to handle registrations on the platform. |
Available slots |
Optional |
Leave it to 0 if you have unlimited slots available. |
Registration terms |
Required if "Registrations enabled" is checked |
What are the terms of service or conditions that a participant must accept for registering in this conference? |
Related participatory processes |
Optional |
Select the processes that are related to this conference. Use the ctrl function to select more than one option. |
Related Assemblies |
Optional |
Select the assemblies that are related to this conference. Use the ctrl function to select more than one option. |
Related Consultations |
Optional |
Select the consultations that are related to this conference. Use the ctrl function to select more than one option. |
Creating the program
For creating the program of the conference you need to create a new Meeting component with the dates and times of the different talks, workshops, sessions, etc. After publishing the meetings, it will be visible in the landing page and there’ll be a special navigation for these meetings so they’re ordered by date and time.
Also if you they are "In person" meetings with a location then you’ll have a list of the venues.