Even if having the chance to hear great talks, and enjoy each other's company is reason enough for a conference, it might benefit our participants - especially people new to the scene - to have a matchmaking platform at DINAcon. For the past couple of years our team used a conference app (the details of which escape me) where I believe it was possible to contact fellow participants. Perhaps eventfrog has some recommendations in this area.
To give another example, our neighbours at Startupdays use such an event networking platform:
B2match enables the organization and hosting of in-person, virtual, or hybrid events and communities. It offers a comprehensive event management software for organizing inspiring and engaging events. B2match offers various features, including AI-powered profile recommenders, personalized agenda builders, mobile event apps, and check-in apps. It also offers an online platform for reaching a global audience and a fully integrated video meeting solution for virtual events. Hybrid events combine the excitement of in-person events with the global reach of virtual events, allowing for easy event setup and AI-driven, intuitive matchmaking and meeting management. The platform also features rich content that creates opportunities, AI-driven matchmaking, and simple B2B meeting features. B2match's mobile app offers easy access to the full event agenda, participants, and company lists, flexible meeting management, and real-time messaging. Since 2013, B2match has hosted over 260,000 B2B meetings and facilitated over 8,000 events.
Even if having the chance to hear great talks, and enjoy each other's company is reason enough for a conference, it might benefit our participants - especially people new to the scene - to have a matchmaking platform at DINAcon. For the past couple of years our team used a conference app (the details of which escape me) where I believe it was possible to contact fellow participants. Perhaps eventfrog has some recommendations in this area.
To give another example, our neighbours at Startupdays use such an event networking platform:
The only open source alternatives I know of are: