Whova Conference App Instructions

1.

Download the Whova App from the App Store. Open the app. You will be prompted to Sign In or Setup a password for your profile.

Updating your profile is optional. Click continue to bypass updating your profile.

IMPORTANT: When registering, you MUST use the email address that your conference registration is

under (i.e., your NCBCweb account email address).

2.

You should see the NCBC Boston logo. If not, search NCBC.

3.

Create your own Agenda by selecting the + sign next to each event you will be attending.

4.

You will be prompted to be reminded. If you do not want a reminder for any event, select the Remember my choice box before selecting the No reminder (or it will pop up for each selection).

5.

Once all of your selections are made, select the My Agenda tab at the top to only view your selected agenda.

Attendee List

1.

To view the list of conference attendees, select Attendees from the bottom menu.

2.

You are able to message an attendee within the app by clicking on their name.

1.

Select your profile from the top left corner (you may see the letter of your first name).

2.

Click on Settings. Slide the toggle switch next to Other attendees can see me.

(you will still have full access within the app but are invisible to other users).

Resource Buttons and Menu Items

1.

Photos

We will also have a Most Liked Photo contest. Each attendee can

“like” photos that are uploaded and at the end of the conference the photo with the most likes will win the contest.

Attendees have the ability to add photos from the conference. Once a photo is selected, there are options to add an NCBC frame to the photo as well.

Note that photos are not reviewed prior to posting, but any inappropriate or offensive photos will be removed immediately by the administrator and the attendee

posting may be subject to further adverse actions.

2.

Speakers

Lists all of the presenters in addition to their session information.

3.

Floormap

The agenda displays the rooms for each session. Tap on the room name to see its location. Note there are 3 separate levels: Lobby level, Concourse level and

Mezzanine level.

4.

Documents

Includes all presenter documents for each session. There is also a direct link to the specific document in the agenda.

5.

ThingsToDo and Eat&Drink

Links to the conference webpages

6.

WhovaGuide

App specific user information and FAQs (understand that some features shown in the guide are not available in our

version of the app).

7.

Community

This is a forum for connecting to other attendees. There are a few basic topics, but attendees have the ability to create and post new topics.

8.

Messages

Allows attendees to message each other within the Whova app.