Online experience - YMCA WORLD COUNCIL 2022

ONLINE EXPERIENCE

For the first time in our history, attendees from around the world will be able to take part in YMCA World Council remotely through a dedicated programme of hybrid and exclusive online sessions. The programme will consist of all plenary sessions being streamed in real-time, with translation available into Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Korean, and available instantly afterwards to catch-up on-demand*, making every session available to every timezone.

In addition to live-streamed ceremonies and plenaries from Aarhus (plenaries with a red dot will be hybrid sessions), online participants will have access to live chat, remote speakers, and opportunities to put forward questions and comments. To create a vibrant online experience, World Council will also have a dynamic Online Host, offer exclusive online-only content, digital exhibition booths showcasing YMCAs around the world, collaborative sessions and interactive networking opportunities.

*translated on-demand sessions will be available after a short delay.

Co-Labs are small group interactive spaces where attendees will come together through a facilitated process to learn about and address issues and solutions related to the themes of YMCA Vision 2030 (Community Wellbeing, Meaningful Work, Sustainable Planet and Just World).

There will be three 90-minute sessions in total for online participants, that will be run twice to allow every time zone to participate, Track 1 will be run on Tuesday, July 5, Wednesday, July 6 and Thursday July 7 at 20:00 CEST/Aarhus time. These sessions will have translation provided. Track 2 will be run on Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 and Friday 8 July at 09:00 CEST/ Aarhus time - these sessions will not have translation provided.

Attendees pick which Track they would like to participate in according to their time zone, and then remain in that Track for all three sessions.

Join us for an opportunity to get real one-to-one face time with YMCA global leaders, speaking exclusively to World Council online participants. Join this moderated conversation where you will have your opportunity to have your questions answered. All times are CEST/Aarhus time, with the material thereafter available on-demand. Translation available.

18:00, Tuesday 5 July - World YMCA President, Patricia Pelton
11:30, Wednesday 6 July - World YMCA Secretary General, Carlos Sanvee
17:00, Thursday 7 July - Youth-Led Solutions in Action
12:30, Friday 8 July - Incoming World YMCA President

There will be plenty of opportunity to meet and get to know other participants around the world, as we make space for different ways to connect.

1-2-1 Speed Networking - our event platform will match you to colleagues around the world to have short conversations that you can then take offline.
Vision 2030 matching - do you have a particular subject matter interest around the pillars of Vision 2030? We’ll be hosting facilitated group sessions on Community Wellbeing, Meaningful Work, Sustainable Planet and Just World for you to meet like-minded individuals and learn more about how other YMCAs are tackling these issues.
Regional gatherings - we’ll be bringing together groupings from Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, the Americas & Canada and Australia so you can meet with your Area Alliance and National Movement colleagues.