The drive to Virtual Events is real

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

A little later today I am attending a virtual event being hosted by the Centre of Innovation at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

The event is entitled Edtech for Sustainability: designing for digital conferences. In the brief for the event they make this observation:

“There are several urgent matters that drive us to consider digital and other solutions for digital conferences & meetings. The most important are:

● Environment – reducing your C02 Carbon footprint for instance (#flyingless), or reducing food waste and use of plastics, as well as promoting biodiversity
● Inclusivity – making sure the same opportunities are there for young families, marginalized groups etc to participate without high cost
● Academic Work Pressure – reducing the time involved with travelling to various administrative requirements
● Coronavirus and other emergencies – this speeds up earlier necessities for digital collaboration, eg. Hong Kong University is now 100% online after campus closed.”

There is *no question* that the future of events and meetings will be more virtual as mobility is restricted (especially flying) If you have a service offering remember to design with this in mind.