JANA Annual Conference 2021

We’ve worked with the JANA team to deliver their annual conference since 2018, running a physical event in 2018 – 2019 and live streamed conferences in 2020 - 2021.

The JANA Annual Conference 2021 was streamed live over three days from 14 - 16 September from the home offices of the This is Creative team due to lock downs and COVID-19 restrictions. The stream was produced through individual remote Microsoft Teams sessions with all session chairs and session speakers. Each stream was produced in Teams, edited in Vmix and streamed to Vimeo where it was then embedded in the microsite to make access simple for attendees, while ensuring customisability of the look and feel to ensure high video quality. A moving background and Teams backgrounds were designed to include branding and layouts were produced for each session to reflect the number of speakers and presentations. Interstitial graphics with session titles, holding screens and end-of-session (outro) videos were also designed for each session.

We ordered microphones, stands and lighting for all speakers and session chairs who required them to optimise the visual and audio experience for attendees.

We conducted technical rehearsals with each remote speaker and session chair to ensure that everyone knew what to expect on event day. These technical rehearsals enabled us to set up each speaker to ensure they looked as good as possible in their space and enabled us to ascertain whether they required additional lighting for the time of day they were presenting. 

Presenters and session chairs were also supported through a re-cap of what to expect and a final check of their set-up before each session went live.