The live video grid, treated as a graphic texture
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Gender in research, assessing and producing knowledge

An entirely digital symposium, opened by the French Minister for Higher Education and Research.

The speakers, live
01 · The brief

What we had to get right.

As part of the European GenderSMART project, a symposium on the place of gender in the assessment and production of scientific knowledge. Designed for a room, it moved to an entirely digital format. Bring together French and European scientific figures around a demanding subject, with the participation of the Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

Client

The French National Research Agency and Cirad.

Our scope

Event platform and registrations, technical direction and video conferencing, speaker preparation, dedicated website, audiovisual production.

02 · The set-up

What we put in place.

  1. The programme moved to an entirely digital format
  2. Event platform and online registration management
  3. Video conferencing system with the talks projected: video return and slides
  4. Remote technical direction, so the day was directed rather than simply streamed
  5. Moderated chat throughout the day
  6. Speaker preparation and test sessions beforehand
  7. Dedicated event website and invitation campaign
  8. Audiovisual production across the day: interviews, video treatment
03 · The method

How we ran it.

Stage 1

Framing with the ANR and Cirad, rewriting the running order for digital

Stage 2

Speaker preparation, connection and projection tests

Stage 3

Technical direction on the day, moderation and broadcast

In pictures

One day, entirely remote.

5 photos
The eight symposium speakers, live on the platform
The panel, by video
A talk and its slide, shown side by side
A talk and its slides
The home page of the symposium website
The symposium website
The speakers in a grid during the live broadcast
The discussion, live
FormatFully digital
The symposium programme online
The programme online
Duration1 day
494connections during the live
The result

Four hundred and ninety-four connections during the live broadcast, peaking at two hundred and eighty-eight simultaneous users at 10.48 am. Two hundred and forty-three minutes of connection on average: participants stayed for the day. One hundred and seventy-eight questions were sent during the symposium, a sign that the digital format had not put out the debate.

DateDecember 2020
VenueFully digital
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