Hybrid Event Production for Fasano Longevity Conference Putting All the Pieces Together for Part Virtual, Part Remote Conference with Live Speakers
MTI recently got a call to produce a very tricky event. The job was the annual Fasano Longevity Conference, a full-day event put on by Fasano Associates in downtown Washington, D.C. The yearly event focuses on investments, mortality research, and life insurance settlements. This year’s program attracted 200 professionals, about half in person and half remotely. Because this was a hybrid production, with live speakers and both a live and online audience, extra care had to be taken to make sure that everyone was seen and heard.
MTI’s John Bogley monitors three laptops to keep the program both live and streaming.
And so MTI used Chatroll to handle the comments on the livestream and Dacast, the live-streaming and video hosting platform, to ensure end-to-end connectivity for the Q&A. Because there would be multiple speakers using Powerpoint presentations, we used picture-in-picture to show the graphics on the big screen, with the speakers in a smaller window.
Another challenge was that the client wanted “unique passwords” for all of the remote viewers. This meant that MTI partnered with Inplayer to supply the individual passwords.
Speakers at Fasano Associates live and remote conference included Dr. Barbara Stranger of Northwestern Univ.; Mike Fasano, President of Fasano Associates; Dr. Steven Rigatti, founder of Rigatti Risk Analysis, LLC; and Tony Roth, CIO of Wilmington Trust.
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