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User guide
This guide covers the common attendee tasks in the OpenVMS Bootcamp app.
Before the event
- Review your registration from My Registration.
- Complete your profile and preferences from your account avatar menu.
- Install the app so agenda and event information can sync before you arrive.
- Allow notifications when you want reminders, event updates, and networking alerts.
Agenda and sessions
- Use Agenda to browse the published schedule and your personal choices.
- Use session pages to read descriptions, speakers, tracks, and topic tags.
- Use the Agenda view options to switch between your agenda, available choices, and the full agenda.
Networking
- Create a networking profile to appear in the attendee directory and use networking tools.
- Request meetings from attendee profiles and choose times from the agenda grid.
- Use chat balloons for in-app messages with contacts and groups.
During the event
- Use Agenda for event-day planning.
- Offline agenda data syncs back when your connection returns.
- Check-in and merchandise pickup are handled by event staff.
- Birds-of-a-feather sessions can be proposed and joined from their event page.
After the event
- After the event, feedback and archive resources appear when organizers open them.
- Session materials, recordings, and approved photos appear after organizer review.
- Your inbox keeps a copy of email messages sent to your account.
Speakers
- Use the speaker dashboard to review your accepted sessions.
- Review organizer messages and requests in your inbox.
- Presentation materials should still be uploaded even when they are not meant for publication.
- The materials page has Publishing, Slides, Supporting Materials and Attendee Preparation Instructions sections. Add new material opens a file-and-reviewer-note dialog; select the file, then click OK to upload or Cancel to discard. Notes for reviewers are optional for new items; replacing materials or instructions requires explaining what changed and why. Slides allow one deck; supporting files can be added separately. Replace material updates the selected item. Preparation is optional: Add instructions/Replace instructions opens its text/optional-PDF dialog. Only the latest version is shown; + Show revision history includes all reviewer, speaker and replacement notes. Approved preparation remains available while an update awaits approval, and archive visibility follows publication consent.
OpenVMS Ambassadors
- OpenVMS Ambassador registration uses a personal invitation link from the organizers.
- The invitation link registers the user as an OpenVMS Ambassador automatically and can be used only once.
- After registering, ambassadors use the normal attendee tools for registration details, agenda, networking, and event messages.
Sponsors
- Use the sponsor dashboard from your account avatar menu to track applications and confirmed sponsors.
- The sponsor dashboard shows submitted applications, sponsor records linked to your account, and sponsor attendee registrations after confirmation.
- Sponsor applicants and sponsor contacts can maintain company description, logos, and slogan from the dashboard.
Bootcamp Fund
- Review Bootcamp Fund information from the event page when organizers make it available.
- Each user can submit one Bootcamp Fund nomination per event.
- Bootcamp Fund grants include conference admission; nominations can also request travel, hotel, or other event-related assistance.
- Organizers review nominations and follow up by email or in-app message.