VIRTUAL/HYBRID EVENT CASE STUDY: SMITHBUCKLIN
ABOUT THE VIRTUAL/HYBRID EVENT
Event Key Facts:
- 95 countries represented
- 20.5% increase from representation in 2019
- +10,000 professionals joined the conference’s completely virtual offering
- 400,000 streams worldwide
- 75% of participants very likely or likely to attend SIGGRAPH 2021
ACM SIGGRAPH 2020
Date: 17-28 August 2020
INCON Partner: SMITHBUCKLIN
Event website: s2020.siggraph.org
ACM SIGGRAPH holds its annual in-person conference, SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) each summer and brings together over 18,000 researchers, artists, and professionals specializing in computer graphics and interactive techniques from around the world to share research, learn about the latest industry advancements, and to get inspired from one an other.
The 2020 event, which typically requires an 18-month planning cycle, was scheduled to take place in July in Washington, D.C., but as COVID-19 cases continued to rise around the world the host city designated the convention center to be used as an alternate care facility for the CDC. As the situation continued to unfold and the team was left without a physical location, they knew the health and safety of their attendees was their top priority and that SIGGRAPH 2020 would have to quickly pivot to a virtual experience in less than four months.
SIGGRAPH designed this year’s conference as a two week virtual experience. During the first week, attendees had access to hundreds of pieces of on-demand content that corresponded to live Q&A sessions during week two of the event. Other live sessions during week two included a keynote presentation, hands-on labs, and panel conversations. Accompanying the completely live content was nearly 70 semi-live sessions, where speakers prerecorded their content, but were still able to engage with the attendees in real-time. In addition to the live and semi-live sessions, there were nearly 70 vendor and exhibitor sessions. Attendees had access to all of the conference sessions for two months after the event, adding longevity to the learning experience.
SIGGRAPH 2020 - Official YouTube Playlist
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INCON Partner: Smithbucklin
HQ: Chicago, USA
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