When you speak during the meeting, we kindly ask you to turn on your camera. This will help create a more ‘familiar’ atmosphere in the Zoom room. But we do understand if your bandwidth doesn’t support video or if you have privacy concerns.
This event will be streamed on YouTube and Facebook Live. During the meeting, you can find direct links to the live streams on the homepage.
If you have any accessibility challenges, please let us know as soon as possible, so we can try to accommodate you during the meeting if possible. Your feedback, including suggestions, is welcome at seedig@diplomacy.edu, as we continuously work to improve our systems.
To ensure an open, inclusive and friendly environment during the SEEDIG meetings and events (in situ and online), as well as in the context of all other SEEDIG activities, participants are expected to:
Failure to adhere to the above guidelines and principles may result in exclusion from our meetings, events and activities.
[Based on the Code of Conduct of the Internet Governance Forum]
Many of us are overwhelmed with online meetings. This is why we are working to build SEEDIG 6 in a manner that makes it more than just another online meeting. We will play with session formats and digital tools, and place interactivity at the core of our event. Our aim is to push forward both the quality of discussions and the way in which issues are discussed.
We would be honoured to have you on board in this endeavour, as a contributor to or a moderator of a SEEDIG 6 session. In this role, we kindly ask you to observe the following guidelines.
Because attention spans are even more limited in an online setting than in an in-situ one, sessions at SEEDIG 6 will be kept short, varying between 45 and 60 minutes.
SEEDIG 6 sessions will be framed as debates engaging all participants. They will focus on interactive discussions around specific questions, and will be supported by visual elements and interactive tools.
We do not envision speeches or presentations during the session. Should you wish to deliver a statement, you can record it and send it to us in advance; we will publish it on the meeting website.
Your role as contributor is to help start the discussion and engage in debates with everyone else in the session. Your experience and expertise will be very much useful in this regard.
You may be given 2-3 minutes at the start of the session to set the scene. Please make sure you prepare your intervention to fit this timeline.
Using visualisations, statistics, interactive surveys, live polls during the session is strongly encouraged.
The session lead(s) and moderator(s) will contact you and other contributors to discuss the content, format and the overall plan for the session in depth.
Because attention spans are even more limited in an online setting than in an in-situ one, sessions at SEEDIG 6 will be kept short, varying between 45 and 60 minutes.
SEEDIG 6 sessions will be framed as debates engaging all participants. They will focus on interactive discussions around specific questions, and will be supported by visual elements and interactive tools.
Each session will feature 3-4 contributors. Their role will be to help start the discussion and engage in debates with everyone else in the session. We do not envision speeches or presentations during the session. The contributors may be given 2-3 minutes at the start of the session to set the scene, but the session should NOT be just a discussion among contributors.
Sessions should not be split into two parallel discussions: one among contributors and one among chat participants. The role of the moderators is extremely important in this regard, as they will need to ensure the flow of discussion with the engagement of all participants. This is why each session will have two moderators, to ensure a high level of interactivity.
Participants should be actively encouraged to contribute to the discussion, via voice or chat. Under no circumstances should the sessions simply have a short Q&A slot at the end of the scheduled time.
Using visualisations, statistics, interactive surveys, live polls during the session is strongly encouraged.
The moderators will work with the session lead(s) and the contributors to plan the content, format and the overall plan for the session in depth.
In order to ensure a high level of interactivity during SEEDIG 6, these guidelines will be strictly followed.