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Attendee User Guide2021 SID Virtual Meeting May 3-8, 2021

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• Welcome to the 2021 SID Virtual Meeting!

• As a meeting attendee, you will be able to enjoy a unique, interactive learning

experience from the comfort and convenience of your home or office.

• You can find everything you need to access the event in the Registration

Confirmation email you received upon registration. Once you log in, we

encourage you to fill out your profile (look for the circle with your initials in it on

the upper right-hand side of your screen). Then head to any one of the “spaces”

(Theater, Concurrents…) and start to fill in your agenda.

• There will be a Special Guest Lecturer (Michael Osterholm, PhD/MPH), 5 Named

Lectures, 6 State-of-the-Art Lectures, 16 Plenary talks, 188 Concurrent talks, 505

ePoster talks, and 116 Poster-Only presentations.

• For the live sessions, don’t forget that the speakers will be answering your

questions at the same time as their talk. Please reach out and connect with

them!

• Be sure to visit both the Poster and Exhibit Halls where you can meet and chat

with presenters and Exhibitor personnel.

• Don’t forget to fill out the surveys that can be found in the Resources tab and to

claim your CME credits at the conclusion of the meeting.

• Content will be available until May 31, 2021.

• To make sure your computer, internet connection, and sound are ready to go,

take a moment to test your system or device in advance.

You can enter the event beginning on May 3, 2021

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Your Profile

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The Profile is where you can customize your information, access documents, and view your connections.

To edit your profile, begin by clicking “Profile” in the upper navigation at any time. Your profile contains your name and several other fields that you may have filled out upon registering.

You may choose an image to help identity yourself during the event (select from a list of stock images or upload your own photo). Filling out your profile completely and accurately will help you while networking with attendees in the event.

The briefcase is located within your profile under the third tab. This is where you may retrieve documents and links that you have saved from the Resource Center, sponsor spaces, presentations, meetings….

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Communication Center

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If you receive an email, vCard, chat request, connection, or announcement, you will be notified via a communication bubble that will display in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. By clicking on the communication notification, you will be taken to the indicated item.

There are 3 types of private communication:

1. Email messages –The notification will display you have an unread email. Click on the notification window to view.

2. Chats – If you receive a chat request you will be able to accept or decline the request. You may also send a short message to the chat requester when declining a chat.

3. vCards – The notification will display you have a new vCard. Click on the notification window to view.

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*Agenda Builder

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This tool allows you to add sessions that you are interested in attending to your agenda.

Text Actions / Options that may appear in Agenda Builder

• Add to Agenda – Add sessions to your agenda up until 30 minutes prior to their start time• Add to Calendar – After adding a session to your agenda, download a calendar reminder• Remove from Agenda – Remove sessions from your agenda up until 30 minutes prior to their start time• Live Now – A session is currently live• Archiving – A live session has finished and is archiving• On Demand – A session is available to view• Starting Soon – A session will be beginning shortly (displays 30 minutes prior to Early Entrance)• Early Entrance – The session is beginning shortly - you may click into the session

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Home/Lobby

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After logging into the event, you will be taken to the Home/Lobby area.

From the Home/Lobby, you can visit the main areas of the event by clicking on their listing or utilizing the navigation bar.

1. Search: You can use the search feature to find documents/links and presentations/webcasts within the event.

2. Navigation: Access the different spaces in the event.

3. Lobby/Home: You can return to the lobby by clicking on “Home” on the top toolbar.

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Theater

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Navigate to the Theater tab to view the sessions, live and on-demand.

Clicking on a session you will see more detail on content & speakers.

There are many different Theater spaces…including:

• Special Guest Lecture• Named Lectures• State-of-the-Art Lectures (pictured left)• Plenary Lectures• Symposia• Educational Sessions• Stephen Rothman Award• President’s Welcome• Business Meeting for Members• Mary Kay Research Grants

Use of “My Agenda” will help to save talks that you want to see (without having to click through each space)

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Concurrents

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Navigate to the Concurrents tab to view the 16 concurrent categories and select talks on-demand.

When clicking on a session, you will see more detail on content & speakers.

Once you’ve clicked a category you’ll be directed to the up-to-12 talks that are featured within that category. You can then click on an individual talk and be able to access their talk.

These talks are pre-recorded and available on-demand.

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Poster Hall

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By clicking on Poster Hall tab on the top navigation, you will be taken to the Poster Hall, where you can visit booths, download/view content and engage with abstract authors.

Once you’ve entered a booth, you may click through the content tabs on the right-hand side to view collateral and other assets and information provided by the presenters.

The Speaker listed in the “Staff” tab will be standing by in the space to chat with you and answer your queries.

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Exhibits

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By clicking on Exhibit's tab on the top navigation, you will be taken to the Exhibits Hall, where you can visit booths, download/view content and engage with booth staff.

Once you’ve entered a booth, you may click through the content tabs on the right-hand side to view collateral and other assets and information provided by the Sponsors.

The Exhibitor personnel listed in the “Staff” tab will be standing by in the space to chat with you and answer your queries.

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Networking Lounge

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The Networking lounges are a great place to communicate and network with attendees, speakers and sponsors.

Join the public chat and network with various staff and guests.

There are 16 abstract category lounges and 4 general ones to use for catching up with and meeting new attendees.

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Resources

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The Resource Center is your digital library to browse content by subject across the different areas of the event.

Select the content for immediate viewing or save to your briefcase for review or download at your convenience.

Filter: Categorize resources by subject matter.

View/Save: View a document. Or save a document to your briefcase for review at your convenience.

Briefcase: Saving to your briefcase is not the same as saving the document to your computer. Please click on ‘Download’ in your briefcase to do so.

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Badge Leaderboard

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Here you can view all achievement badges, the top point earners, your points, and participants for each achievement badge.

There are many great ways to achieve points for activity inside the environment through the Achievement Badges.

Badges with assigned point values can be earned by interacting with different event spaces and attendees and sponsors within the event. The more points, the greater the opportunity to win prizes that are available!

The SID Office will contact the top 10 (and ties) to review the prize offerings.

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Trivia

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Here you can have a moment of fun and test your knowledge of SID Trivia.

Answer fast, as the quicker the answer the more points you get!

The Trivia Challenge can be found under the Engagement tab (along with Badges and the Social Media Wall)

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Help Desk

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The Help Desk is available for any technical support issues you have while interacting in the virtual event. There are helpful resources available to you such as guides, FAQs, and support documentation to aid in troubleshooting support requests.

Chat: Will allow you to chat with Intrado support staff available to help assist with any questions you may have.

Email: If you have additional concerns after live support has ended, you can email the Intrado support box at INXPOEventSupport@west.com.

Computer Tips: Available to view helpful resources in troubleshooting potential issues such as chat or communication problems, security prompts, FAQs, etc.

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Sounds of the Event

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The event uses audio to notify you when certain events occur.

This is especially helpful if you are logged into the event but are working in another application.

Communication ReceivedChat Accepted

You will hear this sound when you receive a new Email, chat request or VCard

When someone responds to a chat request that you initiated, you will hear this sound.

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…and the SID thank you for participating in the 2021 Virtual Meeting