SynBioBeta Virtual Event
Virtual event and remote conferences live stream production
Pre-production, speaker onboarding, remote production, post-production.
About SynBioBeta
SynBioBeta is the premier innovation network for biological engineers, investors, innovators and entrepreneurs who share a passion for using biology to build a better, more sustainable universe.
Project brief
The challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for SynBioBeta, an innovation network for synthetic biology, to hold its annual convention in a live arena.
However, SynBioBeta still wanted to host a conference, so with a very short timeline of less than a month, the company partnered with EPEAK Studio to make SynBioBeta 2020 an online event, featuring hundreds of speakers and sessions.
What we did
SynBioBeta 2020 is an annual synthetic biology conference sponsored by prominent brands like Unilever, Procter and Gamble, Bayer, etc.
EPEAK Studio managed the event end-to-end, overseeing key elements, from speaker preparation, session pre-recording to live streaming.
All SynBioBeta 2020’s content was pre-recorded due to the large amount of material EPEAK Studio and SynBioBeta had to work with. The pre-recorded content was edited for the event using a design layout created by EPEAK Studio’s team, and then smoothly streamed across three live concurrent tracks during the event, ultimately producing a flawless simulive experience.
The conference featured sessions from CEOs, startup founders, executives from sponsoring companies, and researchers in the synthetic biology field, including George Church, a professor at MIT and Harvard.
EPEAK Studio’s extensive technical expertise, well-organized processes, and successfully-timed content delivery were key factors in the event’s success.
Results
Overall, SynBioBeta 2020 was a complete success. During its three day schedule, three concurrent streams were used, 270 speakers presented a variety of topics, 110 sessions were held, and 26 hours of video content was produced.
Since this event, SynBioBeta has renewed its partnership with EPEAK studio twice, including its next event in early 2021.
270 speakers
110 sessions
26 hours of content
3 concurrent tracks
Testimonials
Every year we run an in-person event with high end production and we were concerned with what will happen to the level of production we and our attendees are accustomed to. In doing a virtual event, we wanted to make sure that we went beyond the drab zoom type meetings.
We were introduced to EPEAK as the best in the business in audio/video production. They weren’t wrong. We have now run two very successful events virtually and have another coming up.
They handle everything from speaker preparation, session recordings to post production. It was a huge relief to know we wouldn’t have the stress of all these logistics. While I do look forward to the days we can go back to in-person events, its nice to know we are in good hands until then.
