Social (online) event

The conference will hold an online social event on Wednesday starting at 17:30 local time. The event will use the platform Gather.Town and only requires a web browser (no installation is necessary). To join the event, you have to use the following link that you will receive by email (eventually).


Note that the space will open only at the time of the event tomorrow. Once you open this website, please write your name and give permission to access the camera and microphone of your computer so that you can interact with other participants. We recommend that you click skip the tutorial to join the space. We kindly ask you to use your full name as the username so that people can identify you. This platform is very easy to use, but you can see an introductory video here:

https://youtu.be/89at5EvCEvk

You will appear on a map with the other participants and can move around by using the arrows on your keyboard. As in real life, you can interact with other participants only when you are close to them (5 spaces or less). On the map, you will be able to find a castle with a courtyard and two beach locations.  There are several rooms (Room 1-8) that you can enter to talk with other people, a Plenary room with two whiteboards as well as a lounge/bar in the main building. Note that the Poster rooms are not in use for our conference. Please feel free to move around and explore the different areas and talk to the other participants.

Some further information about how it works:

- Whenever you see a carpet, all the people standing on the carpet can talk without the restriction of the distance. When you sit on a bench, you can only talk to other people in the same bench. These are called private spaces.

- If you want to locate a particular person, right-click on the name in the participants' list and select Locate on map. You can also choose to Follow a person but please make sure you have that person's permission to do so. 

- There is a chat in the left menu bar where you can message a particular person or everyone near you.

- There are two interactive whiteboards in the Plenary room at the right-hand side of the courtyard. Up to four people can use each of the whiteboards at the same time. To see the whiteboard, press "x" when you are next to it.

- In the bar, there is a table where you can play a boardgame called Codenames with other participants. To play, press "x" when you are next to them. You may also coordinate with other users to play boardgames online using other websites such as 
* Boardgame Arena: https://boardgamearena.com/welcome
* Codenames: https://www.horsepaste.com/yourroomnamehere
* Avalon: http://avalon.fun
* Spyfall: https://www.spyfall.app

- If you want to walk through other people that may be blocking you, press "g" (ghost mode) and walk.

- You can change the look of your avatar by clicking on it in the menu at the bottom of your screen.

That's all, we hope you will all have a good time!

The organizers