Meetings: instructions for participants

You will be able to see a list of other attendees and their information about who is present at the event. You can select another attendee among those at the event to connect with and open a group room to begin a private or public discussion.

Using the Meetings feature

To network with other attendees, scroll to the bottom of the Virtual Lobby homepage. On the right-hand side, active attendees will be listed under Networking. To see all online attendees or search for an attendee, press View all .

Attendees can also see all other attendees - online or offline, who have made their profile visible by navigating to the Networking page (if made available).
Networking in Virtual Lobby

When you have found the person you wish to connect with, click on their name. A pop-up will display the attendee's details, and allow you to connect with them via message or a video call.

Attendee's detail in Networking

When you select Ask to meet (camera icon), you will be taken to a screen that will ask you if you would like to Meet now or Schedule Meeting.

The video icon will not appear if event organizers have enabled the Instant Meeting lock tool. You will then have to schedule meetings from the Networking tab.

Meet now or schedule meeting

Meet now

Click here for further information on this kind of video request.

Schedule meeting

  1. If you select Schedule meeting, you will be taken to a new screen for you to select the best day and time for your meeting. The times will be shown in your local time zone.

Schedule meeting in the calendar

  1. Once you select the best day and time, you will be taken to a screen where you should define the meeting's topic and press Confirm Booking.
Schedule meeting

If your event mode is in-person, you will need to select a place from the dropdown menu instead of adding a topic.
Confirm booking meeting

  1. Once you confirm your booking, you will see the screen shown below.
Booking meeting successfully scheduled

Schedule a meeting with multiple participants

You can select multiple guests for your meeting when booking it. To do it, follow these steps:

  1. Click on View all in the Networking section
  2. Select all the participants you want to invite to your meeting
  3. Click on the video icon > click on Schedule meeting
  4. Choose the meeting time > Press Confirm meeting

You will see this message: Booking successfully scheduled!

Schedule a meeting with multiple participant

Will the person I invite for the meeting receive a notification?

Yes, both you and your invitee should receive emails with the meeting details.

Email with meeting details

The .ics file will be attached to the confirmation email if the event admin has enabled the ics file on meeting confirmation tool, allowing the participant to save the meeting on their calendars.

Your invitee should also receive a notification in the Virtual Lobby.

Meeting notification in the Virtual Lobby

If they click on View meeting, they will see the meeting's details with information such as the meeting's topic, date, and information about the person who created the meeting.

If I invite multiple people to a meeting, will all of them receive a notification?

If you invite multiple people to a meeting, you and all guests invited will receive an email with the meeting details such as time, list of guests, topic and the link to join the meeting.

Participants will only receive emails if the event organizer enables the Meeting email tool under Settings >​ Tools.

All invited participants will also receive a notification in the Virtual Lobby under the bell icon and by clicking View meeting they will see the meeting details and cancel their participation if they wish to.

View meeting under bell icon

If participants were registered to the event without an email, they will not receive an email about the meeting but they will still receive the notification in the Virtual Lobby.

How do I view all my meetings?

All your meetings will be displayed on the main page of the Virtual lobby or Web app.

Meeting in the main page of the Virtual Lobby

But you can also visualize your meetings by going to My Agenda > Meetings.

My Agenda Meeting
Inside the meeting's room, all participants will be able to enable their camera and microphones to begin a discussion, besides having the capability to screen share.

Dedicated page for meetings

If you wish to have a dedicated page for scheduled meetings in the Virtual Lobby, you should make sure that the correspondent tab is set to visible in order for the option to be displayed on the left-hand side menu.

Click here for further information.

How do I cancel a meeting?

You can cancel a meeting by doing either of the following:

  • By pressing the Cancel Meeting button in the email you received with the meeting details.
Cancel meeting through email

  • By pressing the Cancel meeting button at the My Agenda dedicated space for Meetings. To see the Cancel meeting button, click on the meeting Details and then click the option from the Actions field. A confirmation box will appear, you can type in a reason for your cancellation (optional) and then click Cancel to confirm your action.
Cancel meeting through My Agenda
If you were invited to a meeting with multiple people you can cancel your participation without canceling the meeting for the other participants. To do this, press Cancel participation either on the email you received or at the My Agenda > Meetings page.
Ways to cancel meetings

How can I set restrictions?

You can set restrictions for when you won't be available for meetings. To do so go to My Agenda > Restrictions > New restriction. A new window will appear for you to fill in the Restriction details. Choose the type of restriction: Date and time rangeRecurring times or Entire date, and fill in the necessary details. Press Create.

Meeting restriction and preference

To remove a restriction, simply click on the cancel (x) button beside the restriction. A confirmation box will appear, click on Remove to confirm the action.

Removing a restriction

Instructions for event organizers

If you are an event organizer and you wish to learn how to create a meeting, places, feedback forms, and more, click here.


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