re:publica 21 – In the Meantime

Being Europe’s largest internet and digital society conference, for the past fourteen years, re:publica has hosted their yearly conference where participants came together to discuss current issues of digital society at the three-day festival. re:publica participants represent a cross-section of (digital) society, which include professionals from economics, politics, business, hacker culture, NGOs, media, and marketing, as well as bloggers, activists, artists, and social media experts. In the year of 2019 re:publica joined together around 25.000 people.

Client

re:publica

Year

2021

Event

In the mean time

Challenges

Taking all this into a purely digital conference was no easy feat. Despite already having an online event on the year of 2020, re:publica 2021 was not an only a broadcasting event, but one where participants engagement took a big stance. One of the main aspects of re:publica 21 was to take this long-standing physical event to a completely new virtual setting. Despite already having an online event on the year of 2020, re:publica 21 was not an only a broadcasting event, but one where participants engagement, design and an all-in-one platform was necessary.

Johnny Haeusler - republica GmbH

"We had spent weeks of intensive research before choosing a platform for our multi-day, multi-channel online conferences re:publica and TINCON. In the end, our decision for Scoocs proved to be the right one. With options for customisation and user interaction, Scoocs delivered a truly unique experience for more than 3,000 live participants. Combined with transparent, fair pricing and fast, reliable and flexible support by an always friendly team of experts, our visitors were impressed and happy with what they had paid for. Make no mistake: Planning, setting up and running a live streaming event is hard work. But if you’re serious about online experiences that stand out from the usual video conferencing look and feel, make sure to talk to the great people at SCOOCS"

Project Goals

Design

One of the biggest aspects of re:publica21 – In the Meantime, was not only to have a platform where all event attendees were able to come together but also to recognize re:publica’s identity. To make this the happen, a fully customizable environment was necessary. With the use of SCOOCS, all the colours, fonts, images, all in all re: publica signature design was now available for the event participants not just recognize but enjoy.

Big Numbers

As a very content heavy event, re:publica21 was able to get together close to 4000 participants from all over the world. During the three-day conference nearly 300 speakers joined the event to discuss in over 100 sessions.

A lot of connections

Engagement and networking were one of main goals during the three days of re:publica 21 – In The Meantime. This was possible by using features such as participant matches, networking tables and both public and private chats. As a content heavy event with sponsors to showcase, information to share tools such as the event hub and the virtual booth came into play making re:publica21 even better!

Attendee Feedback

"Thank you for your hard work and your support. We had a great event and everyone was happy. Your team was very responsive, especially during the event. "

Head of IT

Participant

"Thanks to everyone who produced, generated, discussed and organized three days of highlights of the year 2021 in front of and behind the cameras. You were great!"

Lecturer

Participant

"Told you. An absolute firework of a digital conference. re:publica is the benchmark. Couldn't be happier for the re:publica team."

Performer

Participant

re:publica 21 – In the Meantime

Challenges