{"id":1797,"date":"2020-03-09T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2022-07-05T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:59:36","slug":"how-technology-can-limit-the-threat-of-coronavirus-at-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/how-technology-can-limit-the-threat-of-coronavirus-at-events","title":{"rendered":"How Technology Can Limit the Threat of Coronavirus at Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As coronavirus threatens to impact the events industry on a global scale, we\u2019ve taken the time to explain how technology &#8211; the exact kind you\u2019re deploying today &#8211; can limit the risk of infection for attendees.<\/p>\n<h3>The situation at present<\/h3>\n<p>As per guidance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/coronavirus-symptoms-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">medical experts<\/a>, hand hygiene is one of the best ways of avoiding infection. Coronavirus in particular is most likely to be spread via droplets when someone sneezes or coughs.<\/p>\n<p>While EventsCase is not a GP, it\u2019s logical to suggest that organisers could improve the safety of their attendees by limiting physical contact as a short-term measure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1800 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qr-code-tablet.png\" alt=\"-\" width=\"701\" height=\"368\" title=\"-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qr-code-tablet.png 1080w, https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qr-code-tablet-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qr-code-tablet-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qr-code-tablet-114x60.png 114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To this aim, there are several ways that technology can drive down the risk of infection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Facial recognition: <\/strong>For limiting any kind of connection between elements &#8211; even devices &#8211; use <strong>facial recognition<\/strong> to check attendees into the venue. Viewed as one of the big emerging technologies a few years ago, this is now a common feature of <a href=\"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/onsite-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on-site registration platforms<\/a>, including EventsCase\u2019s very own <strong>Kiosk solution<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mobile apps: <\/strong>Digitising key information (e.g. your agenda, speaker profiles) is made easy through a mobile app. This can also reduce the reliance on printed materials, which could be touched by multiple people over the course of a few hours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital networking: <\/strong>Gaining new contacts might prove difficult when physical meetings are not being encouraged. Thankfully, <strong>in-app chat<\/strong> functions can be used to facilitate the same conversations that would usually happen face to face. Attendees can even harness the power of technology to gather contact details via <strong>QR-code scanning<\/strong>, which should be safer than taking a business card.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gamification:<\/strong> Though exhibitors still need to gather information from attendees, they can do so remotely via <strong>gamification<\/strong>. Most games rely on extracting data from their players to pass over to its sponsors. When someone is in pursuit of a prize, they are often requested to leave their contact details to complete the value exchange. This gives both sides what they need and without a separate meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>To hear more ways of using technology as an extra layer of protection against coronavirus, contact us<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>today: enquiries@eventscase.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As coronavirus threatens to impact the events industry on a global scale, we\u2019ve taken the time to explain how technology &#8211; the exact kind you\u2019re &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,345,343],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventscase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}