CONFERENCE GUIDELINES

As with Distribute 2020, the Virtual Otherwise will be a pre-recorded conference structured around 90-minute panels along with keynote events and presentations. Each of the conference’s three days will contain 8 hours of content, screened three times so as to be available across time zones. Each session will also host a live, moderated hallway discussion, where people can discuss, meet, and mingle. Locally curated nodes will provide opportunities for face-to-face engagement with the conference.
 
We welcome panel submissions working across a variety of media – panels/talks, video, sound, animation, and other creative formats. Please note that we can only accept submissions of complete panels (90 minutes each). Submissions for the January 24 deadline should include participant names, contact information, and titles/descriptions for all offerings, along with the session title and abstract. Accepted participants will be notified in February, and complete recorded panels will be due in mid-April to ensure that they can be screened in early June. More submission details are available below!
 
We also encourage the formation of nodes for viewing, listening, discussing, eating and drinking, walking and talking, and other in-person ways of engaging (safely) with the conference materials. We are able to offer small amounts of financial support for local nodes. You can apply for financial support through the link below.
 
🔻IMPORTANT DATES
  • CONFERENCE DATES JUNE 2-4 2022
  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE JANUARY 31 2022
  • NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE FEBRUARY 15 2022

🔻SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

🔻PRESENTING OPTIONS

We strongly encourage creativity and experimentation in how you imagine “presentation” of the work in the panel. To support this, we will be offering a series of workshops in March. We will also offer some amount of “Office Hours” – targeted assistance with your presentation strategy and materials. Tentative workshops include: 

  • No boring powerpoint!
  • Easy and free infographics
  • Sound for beginners

🔻CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES

  • $25: Full time faculty
  • $15: Graduate students in the United States, adjunct or precariously or under-employed faculty in the Global North
  • Free: Graduate students, activists, and film-makers in the Global South

More registration details coming soon!

Feel free to ask questions! Contact us here thevirtualotherwise@gmail.com