CW21 Venue

Zoom was used as the main workshop venue, please see CW21 Infrastructure for an extensive list of the platforms used to organise and run CW21.

  • Capacity
    • The main plenary Zoom room’s capacity was 300, sufficient to fit the limit of 150 registrants.
    • Five additional Zoom accounts with a minimum capacity of 100 were used for the parallel sessions.
    • The facility to easily create and manage breakout rooms supported the event requirements.
    • Additional platforms with sufficient capacity to support virtual networking were used as part of the social programme (RemotelyGreen, GatherTown and Mozilla Hubs).
  • Areas that support additional event requirements
    • Zoom breakout rooms were created to facilitate the Icebreaker session, Discussion session, Collaborative Ideas session, Networking session, and Hack Day.
    • Zoom breakout rooms were additionally created for break spaces, quiet spaces, sponsor booths, video interviews, and side conversations/meetings.
  • Location
    • Having a virtual meeting allowed people to attend from locations around the world.
  • Infrastructure
  • Accessibility
    • Having a virtual meeting allowed for greater accessibility.
    • Otter.ai integration with Zoom allowed for live transcription and captioning.
  • Environmental sustainability considerations
    • Having a virtual meeting allowed for greater environmental sustainability due to the lack of travel, printed materials, and catering.