Region Gotland - 998 digital events in 4 days (Almedalsveckan)
How do you run 998 digital events in 4 days? Well, through public procurement Univid was chosen by Region Gotland as the Official Play Channel för Almedalsveckan 4 years in a row - one of the largest political conferences in the world. Making it accessible, beautiful and engaging. Both for live and on-demand.
How Region Gotland engages their audience to win
How do you carry out 998 digital events in 4 days?
Through public procurement, Univid was entrusted by Region Gotland as the official play channel for Almedalsveckan 4 years in a row – one of the world’s largest political conferences. See how it went down below.
A digital Almedalsveckan
Almedalsveckan is held annually in Visby on Gotland, where representatives of both the Swedish political parties and all kinds of interest groups and companies gather to discuss politics and social issues. Almedalsveckan Play is the digital Almedalen.
Live broadcast by Region Gotland during Almedalsveckan – through Univid
It is the place where all digital events are gathered, live-streamed, and made available afterward. The place where participants can easily view and engage with what is happening during the democracy week of the year. Univid was appointed through public procurement by Region Gotland as the official provider of this digital platform 4 years in a row.
Let’s take a look at how the platform worked, why Region Gotland chose Univid, and what they thought of the experience.
A simple and accessible event platform: 4 requirements
On the digital platform, all events that have a digital broadcast during Almedalsveckan are presented. It is therefore important that it is a simple experience for organizers to enter and create events. At the same time, Play must be easy to navigate, graphically reflect Almedalen, and be accessible (according to WCAG requirements) for the visitors.
Overview of Almedalsveckan Play
With excellent feedback on the platform from organizers in previous years, Region Gotland believes they found exactly this in Univid, which for 4 years has been the official provider of the platform to Region Gotland.
✅ Responsive design
Through a modern interface, Univid makes the digital platform accessible on all mobile devices and screen sizes. No downloads required. And it works well on mobile, computer, and tablet.
✅ Accessible according to WCAG 2.1 AA
The interface was developed based on the law on accessibility to digital public service and follows the web guidelines WCAG 2.1 AA. Including contrasting colors, clear text, and correct HTML structure for keyboard navigation and screen readers.
In addition, it was clearly indicated which broadcasts offered which type of accessibility through clear icons in the interface – e.g. sign language interpretation, audio description, etc.
You can read more about the guidelines at webbriktlinjer.se.
✅ Listen function
For Almedalsveckan, Readspeaker was also integrated – to make navigating the platform an option even for visually impaired individuals.
✅ Automatic translation of the interface
Functionality for translating the interface into different languages was also available. And sign language interpretation, as well as subtitles, were offered during the larger live broadcasts.
During Almedalsveckan, in addition to the Play service, Univid could offer organizers the ability to stream their events held in Visby or host webinars directly via Univid’s webinar platform - built for the public sector. So that more people could participate and take advantage of all Univid’s interactive features.
An event experience in style – summer feeling digitally
Almedalsveckan and Region Gotland wanted to find a platform they could easily adapt to create a visual experience of real Swedish summer, Gotland, and Almedalen.
Univid was the obvious choice, where the graphic templates make it easy to adjust and really set up a professional and customized interface for an event, meeting, or a series of webinars.
With the Swedish summer knocking on the door, it shouldn’t be a compromise or feel boring to run digital events – it should be just as delightful an experience for the end user as a physical event.
A reliable event platform that scales – over 998 registered events
Univid is a completely web-based platform with a scalable and secure infrastructure.
Thus, Region Gotland could lean back and rely on Univid, which scaled to over 998 events, with more than 400 different organizers on the Play service over 4 days.
One of the largest political gatherings in the world. You shouldn’t have to choose between a secure platform or a modern platform – with Univid, Region Gotland got both. And your municipality, region, or authority can do the same!
A Swedish webinar platform 🇸🇪
Univid is a reliable Swedish webinar platform – which grew out of KTH Royal Institute of Techonology, Sweden.
Now with over 100 customers in the Nordics and around the world. Both in the public and private sector. And with satisfied customers like the City of Stockholm, Region Gotland, the National Agency for Public Procurement, and many more – who have created world-class webinars with Univid.
Are you also in the public sector and looking for a reliable streaming service?
Whether you’re at a regional, national, or municipal level – or looking for a platform for web meetings, digital events, or webinars. Then Univid might be exactly the right next step for you.
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