welcome to a one-day digital Biennial
Riga, Berlin, Haparanda, London, Potsdam, Warsaw, the Baltic Sea, and this year… your living room.
Due to COVID-19, a traditional Biennial is not possible.
Adapting to new situations is part of this time.
We do not cancel, we adapt.
While it is true that COVID-19 has caused immense health, social and economic effects, we are fortunate that technology allows us to continue communicating and working with one another.
Digital meetings bridge the distance between cities, countries, and continents.
However, they will never fully replace face-to-face meetings.
To shake hands, chat over a coffee, and be able to better perceive colleagues' body language, is invaluable.
The networking, cultural events and the travel experience of former Biennials have left us with many warm memories.
Hopefully, we can all meet face-to-face soon again, and create new memories together.
When this is not possible, the decision is to not skip the Biennial.
Digital events also bring joy and are definitely better than nothing.
I hope that this digital Biennial will give you new insights, inspiration, joy and the feeling of being connected.
Welcome to the digital Biennial 2021,
Ralf Spann, CEO
register
Register before 2021-05-13 to be able to post questions to the Board and management in advance and to participate in the step competition.
Registration is open until 2021-05-25.
Where?
The Biennial is digital this year.
Choose the place that suits you best at the moment.
On your sofa, at your desk, or on your balcony.
When?
Thursday, 2021-05-27, full day.
The agenda will be presented on the web within short.
The global session is broadcasted through a live stream from 15:00 CET to 17:30 CET.
Make sure to log in well in advance before the event starts.
join the step challenge
One of the key features of the Biennial is exercise.
London and Haparanda had a half-marathon, Potsdam had a cultural walk, Mariehamn had cycling,
and this year will be no different.
Sign up to join the Biennial 2021 step challenge.
Working from home can greatly affect your daily incidental exercise.
Currently your walk to work might be less than a meter, and the trips to the coffee machine may no longer exist if you work from your kitchen.
These little reductions in exercise add up.
Boost your average step count with the Biennial’s week-long competition.
The rules are simple.
You record your daily steps in the event app.
When you sign up you are assigned to a team.
You compete as a collective.
The team with the highest average step count during the week wins.
The competition runs from 2021-05-20 to 2021-05-27.
To join the challenge, you need to register before 2021-05-13,
and download the event app.
The app is the tool for recording your steps.
If you are unable or do not want to download the app, please email
akelius.biennial@creativemeetings.com.
the event app is for interaction
Find updates on the program and other useful information in the app.Use the app to interact with your colleagues, share photos or movies, or just leave a comment.
Also, the app is a tool for registering your steps in the step competition an to follow the leaderboard.
It is voluntary to download the event app.
how to download the event app
- install the event app “Creative Meetings” from the app store on
your mobile device
- when requesting permission to send notifications, select “Allow”
- accept the GDPR policy
- enter your email address
- you will receive a code to the registered email address, from
MeetApp
- enter the code in the event app
- enter the event code “biennial2021”
- select “Join”
- enter your profile details under the profile symbol at the top of
the screen, first name, last name, and which office you belong to
under “company”
check your connection before the live stream
Choose a place with high speed internet connection.
Deactivate VPN for better viewing quality.
Google Chrome is usually the most stable browser for the live stream.
Any questions?
For questions about the event or technical issues,
please email akelius.biennial@creativemeetings.com