📣 Program now LIVE 📣 & Last Push for Volunteers- LD4 2024 Conference: Building Community for Linked Open Data

[Jessika Davis]

 📣 Program now LIVE 📣 

Head on over to Sched to register (if you haven't already) and see the full virtual program posted for the LD4 2024 Conference: Building Community for Linked Open Data being held October 7-11. You can now build your schedule with over 55+ workshops, lightning talks, presentations, panels, and networking opportunities given by over 91 speakers.

Last Push for Volunteers

We warmly welcome some additional help in the form of covering a couple of open volunteer shifts to help facilitate the conference as Zoom Backup Hosts, Co-moderators, Tech/ accessibility support, and Social support. 

• Zoom host (back up): Set up Zoom meeting (including livestream setup received from co-chairs); start Zoom meeting; record session (if applicable); start captions; monitor Zoom waiting room; start recording; introduce speakers and sessions; co-moderate Zoom chat with co-moderator; save recording, chat, transcript and share with co-chair. Shifts open:
             Date             Time (Eastern US / UTC -4)
• 2024-10-07 9AM-12PM
• 2024-10-07 12PM-3PM
• 2024-10-08 9AM-12PM
• 2024-10-08 2:45PM-6PM
• 2024-10-11 12PM-3PM
• 2024-10-11 3PM-6PM 
• Co-moderator: Check that YouTube live streaming is working for sessions; co-moderate Zoom chat with Zoom host; keep time for the sessions; moderate Slack discussion, including announcing the session on Slack. Shifts open:
             Date             Time (Eastern US / UTC -4)
  
• 2024-10-10 3PM-6PM
• 2024-10-11 12PM-3PM
• 2024-10-11 1:15PM-2:45PM
• Tech / accessibility support: Monitor the Zoom session, 2024-conf-help Slack channel, and dedicated Google group for tech / accessibility questions. Shifts open: 
             Date             Time (Eastern US / UTC -4)
• 2024-10-08 2:45PM-6PM
• 2024-10-10 1PM-2:30PM
• 2024-10-11 9AM-12PM

• Social support: Manage social programming in Zoom and Slack (2024-conf-social); monitor (via anonymous Qualtrics survey) and reports of code of conduct violations.  Shifts open: 
             Date             Time (Eastern US / UTC -4)
  
• 2024-10-07 12PM-3PM
• 2024-10-07 3PM-6PM
• 2024-10-08 2:45PM-6PM
• 2024-10-09 9AM-12PM
• 2024-10-09 2:45PM-6PM
• 2024-10-10 9AM-12PM
• 2024-10-10 1PM-2:30PM
• 2024-10-10 3PM-6PM
• 2024-10-11 1:15PM-2:45PM

Please reach out to the co-chairs @  2024-ld4...@googlegroups.com with the role name and time slot you are interested in helping out with by Oct. 3. The co-chairs will then provide you with run sheets and role documentation to help you fill the role you volunteer for + invite you to our (optional) tech checks within the next day or so.

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Sincerely,

2024 LD4 Conference Co-Chairs

Mohammed Awal Alhassen, Dagbani Wikimedians User Group 

Jessika Davis, Semantic Lab @ Pratt 

Timothy Ryan Mendenhall, Columbia University

2024-ld4...@googlegroups.com

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