AUTOMATICA.IT 2021

The AUTOMATICA.IT 2021 congress will take place in virtual mode by the Zoom platform. In accordance with the program, on September 8th and 9th two scientific parallel sessions will be scheduled in the virtual rooms. The Stanza 1 and Stanza 2 will host the conference sessions, see the Program at Glance.

The Round table, the award ceremony, and the SIDRA annual meeting will be held on September 10th in Stanza 1.

Participation is free of charge. To participate, it is requested to:
- Download and install Zoom on your own computer or mobile device [DOWNLOAD ZOOM];
- Sign-in to Zoom with a personal account or create a new one [FREE SIGN-UP].

TO PARTECIPATE
The participant can play one of the following roles:
- Attendee: Attendees is a simple listener. S/he can comment in the public chat or ask for the floor through the “Chat” channel. Participants that want to pose a question to the speaker will write in the “Chat” and the Chair/Co-Chair will schedule the questions order and time.
- Panelist: The Chair/Co-Chair and speakers of a session will play the role Panelist for that session, then will be downgraded to Attendees. A Panelist has the privilege of being able to share its voice, screen, or multi-media contents from their own devices.

The sessions will be scheduled as follows:
- 15 min before the session – The Technical staff opens the virtual room.
- 10 min before the session – The session Chair/Co-Chair and speakers must access to the room hosting the session. Speakers will declare into the “Chat” channel their role in order to be given the “Panelist” privileges.
- Beginning of the session – All participants are invited to turn off their camera except for the session Chair/Co-Chair who introduces the session and the speakers.
- Presentation of the contribution in the scientific sessions (8 min)– The speaker will have to activate the camera and microphone, share the slides and start the presentation.
- Discussions at the end of the first presentation (2 min) – The Chair turns his/her camera on and starts the discussion. Attendees that want to pose a question to the speaker will write in the “Chat” channel that they intend to ask something. The discussion should end accordingly to the program schedule before the time indicated for the next presentation.

SIDRA ANNUAL MEETING
During the assembly all participants have the possibility to ask by the chat the panelist privileges to activate their own microphone and webcam, share their audio and video as well as multi-media content, and take the floor by participating in the ongoing discussion.