Networking Opportunities

At the EACR, we know that conferences are about more than just hearing the latest research. Our events are well-known for providing excellent opportunities for networking, interaction and discussion, and our virtual events are no exception. Here are some of the features you can look forward to at The Structural Microenvironment 2022: 

• Virtual Poster Discussion Sessions
• Meet the Expert 
• Participant List
• Twitter

Virtual networking and Posters

Tuesday 22 February, 17:45-18:45 CET

An informal session, participants have the opportunity to meet via video chat with our sponsors, speakers and other participants in Gather (using the unique URL you will be sent by email). You can control your character to walk around the 2D virtual poster hall. – where you will find our exclusive virtual poster hall. You can personalise your avatar to look more like you, search for other participants by name, and even gather in groups for informal chat.

You will have the ability to browse posters and create new connections with fellow conference goers. The virtual poster hall will remain open for 24 hours for you to browse at your leisure. A guide on how to use Gather can be found here.

Wednesday 23 February, 12:30-14:00 CET

There is a dedicated 90-minute Poster Discussion Session in the programme at the beginning of the second day. At this time, participants are invited to join us again in Gather. Poster presenters can stand by their posters to discuss their work with other participants and invited speakers over video chat or message.

A recent participant described our 90-minute Poster Discussion Session as "The best e-poster experience I've ever had since the pandemic happened". 

An online abstract book will be available to logged-in participants for you to browse and click in to view each virtual poster at any time during the conference.

Meet the Expert

Wednesday 23 February 17:55-18:55 CET

This will be an informal session hosted by Scientific Programme Committee member Neta Erez who will be sharing personal and professional experiences of her path to scientific leadership.

This interactive session will be a great opportunity at the end of the two day event to speak informally and to gain advice from one of our outstanding line-up of speakers!

Participant List

Conference participants will be sent a list of the attendees who opted-in to sharing their details. You can use this list to contact fellow conference goers to start a discussion about their presentation, abstract or maybe a question they asked during a talk. 

Twitter

Follow us on Twitter for updates @EACRnews and engage with the conference with #eacrStructuralMicroenvironment. You could use this to promote your virtual poster, to comment on a talk you enjoyed or to continue the discussion with other participants.

Above: a screenshot of Gather, the platform used for the networking sessions