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CN learns how The QEII Centre hosted both in-person and delegates he QEII Centre welcomed the return of large events by hosting one of seven two-day live events for the
Cardano Summit .
The summit took place virtually from 25-26 September 2021 and welcomed 100,000 delegates from the crypto community and those with an interest in blockchain and finance .
The objective
The QEII Centre was asked to provide a meeting space for 1,000 delegates attending the Cardano Summit in person . The summit is traditionally held in the US with delegates flying in from across the globe . However , travel was still restricted in some regions due to the pandemic . Therefore , the event organisers , Input Output , were responsible for finding a way to bring delegates together without them travelling outside their nations .
It was therefore decided to hold the event virtually , attracting 92,000 attendees , while also providing a live element . This allowed seven locations around the world – London , Wyoming , Miami , New York , Berlin , Cape Town and Tokyo , to each host 1,000 people . The event also resulted in a further 50 community meet-ups which each hosted approximately 100 people .
As well as supplying conference and breakout spaces , QEII was required to provide AV support and serve refreshments and lunch for the delegates attending the presentations from Cardano leaders . The speakers included Charles Hoskinson , CEO of Input Output , Gillian Tett , chair of editorial board at the Financial Times , and Misan Harriman , chair of the Southbank Centre .
Execution of the event
The centre ’ s third floor Fleming and Whittle rooms , which overlook Westminster Abbey , were set up for the main conference space . This allowed the delegates attending in-person and virtually to view the same content simultaneously around the globe .
QEII ’ s in-house AV team , QEII Live , provided the AV support and a bandwidth to ensure virtual content was streamed to delegates with ease .
The QEII Live team also worked with a gaming company , which Input Output had commissioned , to provide a gaming component to the conference . Each delegate was offered the chance to create a turtle avatar which appeared on screen at a certain point in the day . www . conference-news . co . uk