<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Just starting. Qiqochat is something I have long suggested to the IGF-USA and other conveners as some thing that might be used to get around travel limitations. Essentially there is a lobby, which is a webpage + zoom call, and a bunch of "tables" which are also zoom calls. Each table has an associated etherpad.  If you are in the lobby you can see who is at each table, and jump from one to another. I'm going to cherry pick a few sessions for the livestream. Hopefully a few more will be recorded and I'll restream them later. Actual participation does cost $3, since it uses the zoom api, which is not free.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_5184011125855809304m_-6478477112511234017subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:673.636px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_5184011125855809304m_-6478477112511234017subscribe-body" style="width:653.636px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_5184011125855809304m_-6478477112511234017subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="gmail-m_5184011125855809304m_-6478477112511234017subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_5184011125855809304m_-6478477112511234017the-post"><div class="gmail-m_5184011125855809304m_-6478477112511234017post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-10914 gmail-jetpack-lazy-image gmail-jetpack-lazy-image--handled" src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/opengov2019.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;">Today, <strong>Thursday February 21 2019</strong>, from <strong>12:30pm-3:30pm ET</strong> (17:30-20:30 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://qiqochat.com/e/civictech" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">2019 OpenGov and CivicTech Online Conference</a></strong> is convened – a multitrack event with the theme: “<strong>What are the challenges and opportunities you see in civic tech and/or opengov in 2019?</strong>“. Based on the <strong><a href="https://qiqochat.com/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">QiqoChat</a> </strong>platform (“Quality In, Quality Out” ) this fast-moving conference utilizes a number of P2P communication tools such as Zoom, Slack, Etherpad, Google Drive and more. Attendees easily move between virtual ‘tables’ to participate. Portions of the event will be webcast live on the <strong><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a>.</strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>View on Livestream: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/civictechlive" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/civictechlive</a></strong><br><strong>Agenda: <a href="https://bit.ly/ogctlive" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://bit.ly/ogctlive</a></strong><br><strong>Participate: <a href="https://qiqochat.com/e/civictech" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://qiqochat.com/e/civictech</a></strong><br><strong>TWITTER: #civictechlive <a href="https://bit.ly/civictechlive" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://bit.ly/civictechlive</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef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