Virtual attendance aka remote participation will be supported during the meeting, however, in-person attendance is strongly encouraged.  Virtual attendance cannot replicate many of the benefits Face to Face attendance provides.  Registration is required for virtual attendance and a meeting fee will be charged.  To register for the meeting please go to: 2024 Summer Meeting - June 17-20 

Below please find some instructions that will help you to prepare for remote participation.   If you should have any questions please contact help@broadband-forum.org.

How To Prepare to Participate in the Meeting Virtually: 

1. Download/setup/update zoom on your preferred device
2. Please ensure the Zoom software is updated to the latest version
3. If you cannot use Zoom, please notify us via email at help@broadband-forum.org. 
4. If you haven’t used Zoom before, please utilize this open meeting to Test Zoom
5. Join the Broadband Forum Slack Workspace for real-time informal chats and individual voice calls between participants. (This is NOT a mandatory tool. It's optional as we understand some companies cannot access it.)
6. Review the general schedule on the Meeting wiki page and the Detailed Agenda wiki page (zoom links for each session are on this page) 
7. To get a calendar reminder for each session, register for the sessions you are interested in and click on the add this to my calendar option. This will also make joining the sessions quicker/easier.
8. Please DO NOT link your Zoom account to another service, such as Facebook or Google, if you choose to create an account.

NOTE: You do not have to register for each meeting session ahead of time. All Zoom links will allow you to join immediately; some may ask you to enter your name and email address first. Registering with Zoom is just an option to enter your information ahead of time, making things more efficient. All links will still work to join at the meeting time, even if you haven’t registered ahead of time.

Please also, review: 

How to participate in the meeting 

And practice good meeting etiquette

If presenting, please see: Zoom Guidelines for Presenters

How to Participate via Zoom

(This is a summary, for the full instructions please see the Zoom Participation Guidelines wiki page.)

1. Register for the meeting, the link is above → (Please note that you'll need to Login or Signup to view/access the meeting registration link.)
2. Download/set up Zoom on your preferred device or update your Zoom software to the latest version and keep it current as new versions are released.
   1. Please do Test Zoom (using this open meeting, login is required)
3. To join the Broadband Forum Slack Workspace for real-time informal chat and individual voice/video call between participants please email a request to help@broadband-forum.org. (This is NOT a mandatory tool it's optional as we understand some companies are not able to access it.)
4. How to find session information: The detailed agenda provides the most information per session and per Work Area.  Once it's populated the permissions will change so that everyone has access.
5. Please review how to participate in the meeting and practice good meeting etiquette
6. Register for the sessions you are interested in ahead of time (or create a free Zoom account) to make joining the sessions quicker/easier. Please DO NOT link your Zoom account to another service, such as Facebook or Google, if you choose to create an account.

NOTE: You do not need to register for each meeting session ahead of time. All Zoom links will allow you to join right away; some may ask you to enter your name and email address first. This is just an option to enter your information ahead of time, making things more efficient. All links will still work to join at the meeting time, even if you haven’t register ahead of time.

• Please join the sessions 5 minutes early
• Need help… email or slack us at: help@broadband-forum.org