This article explains what the experience is like for participants the day of the event on Fourwaves
Video Summary
Here's a video showing the experience the day of the event for participants.
Join the virtual venue
On the event website, you will see a waving banner inviting you to join the virtual venue. Click on Join Event Now.
If you're logged out, you will be redirected to the login page. Enter the email address used during the registration. You might need to activate your account or reset your password.
The Lobby
In the Fourwaves Live app, you arrive in the lobby:
Activity Feed and Live Chat
On the right hand side, there's an Activity feed to let you know in real time if someone asked a question on your presentation or added you in their connections.
There's also a Live chat so participants can send each other messages:
Real time overview of what's going on
At the bottom you get a real-time overview of the sessions, the virtual poster hall and the participants.
Navigation menu
From the left menu you can navigate to different sections:
Schedule
From there you can view all sessions. You can filter to see those that can be accessed virtually, those that are live now, or those you bookmarked.
You can click on a session to see the full details.
The Virtual Poster Hall
From that section you can view all posters that are presented virtually.
Under each, you'll see if there are any viewers or if there's an ongoing video conversation.
If the virtual poster session if live, you'll see a button to join the conversation.
Participants
The page lists all participants. You can filter to see those online now, your connections or use the search bar. Click on a participant to see the full profile details.
You can send a private message to a participant:
You can always access the messenger where private conversations live from the main menu:
