Please see the this document and the official FAQ.

Additional Questions

Q: Will there by talks during the event?

A: Nope! All the talks are posted on YouTube (see the links above), whereas the gather.town event is a chance to network, hang out, and discuss control engineering.

Q: What are the student moderators' roles?

A: They are here to help guide conversation in the themed areas, and answer technical questions (or direct you to Shreyas, the webmaster).

Q: How do I find a particular speaker?

A: You can use gather.town's person-locator functionality by clicking their name in the participants panel on the left. However, if a speaker is not currently in the event, you can find their contact info in their talk.

Q: Do I have to create a gather.town account?

A: Nope! If you registered for the event, you should have received a link and a password to access the event.

Q: Does the "hand raise" feature only work in private spaces?

A: Nope! This is a global effect -- you can see everyone who has their hands raised in the participants list.

Q: How do I find an organizer during the event?

A: We will all have a role in parentheses after our name, and you can use the person locator function. For example, Shreyas will be labeled as "Shreyas (webmaster)" in gather.town.

Q: Gather gives me motion sickness / headache! What can I do?

A: Sorry to hear that! We recommend you stay in one place and use the chat feature to interact with people. Others can come to you, or you can set up a separate Zoom call to chat with specific folks if you need to get off of Gather.