DroidKaigi 2024 Ticket Sales: New Initiatives

Hi, this is kuwa from the DroidKaigi Committee.

This article is about the tickets for DroidKaigi 2024, which will be held from Wednesday, 11 September 2024 to Friday, 13 September 2024, as we have some updates from last year’s DroidKaigi 2023.
To ensure a more enriching experience for all participants and to make DroidKaigi a better event, we are introducing several new initiatives this year. Please check the following information before purchasing your tickets to ensure a fulfilling experience.

1. The online viewing experience will change at DroidKaigi 2024

At DroidKaigi 2024, we plan to release the archives of all sessions at the earliest. If there are no problems with the recording, most sessions will be available for viewing within 2–3 hours after the presentation (this may be delayed depending on the circumstances).

Therefore, ticket applications for DroidKaigi 2024 will be changed to In-Person (offline venue) tickets only. There will be no online attendee tickets. Of course, we will have a live stream so that online viewers can enjoy the event together with the in-person venue, but it will not be a real-time stream of the sessions on the day as it has been in the past.

We are considering real-time streaming (live streaming) of panel discussions and other content that is designed for interactive communication that can be enjoyed from both online and in-person venues.

Due to the significant impact, the DroidKaigi Committee has been discussing it carefully.

We concluded that there were the following issues with the previous real-time streaming, and that it would be difficult to solve them with the existing approach. These issues include surveys and hearings of online participants, and operational problems.

• [Quality] Could not watch sessions I wanted to watch because the number of sessions available for streaming was limited.
• [Quality] Due to simultaneous interpretation contracts, we are unable to provide Japanese translations of English sessions.
• [Cost] Soaring streaming equipment and labor costs (support for up to 5 tracks and 50 sessions)
• [Cost] Staff work at the in-person venue is overwhelming and not sustainable.

We considered various options again this year, but it is realistically difficult to solve the problem of providing real-time streaming of multiple tracks.

Therefore, we decided that it would be more acceptable to many people to have an archive streaming that releases the sessions immediately, rather than having the experience of being disappointed that the sessions they want to see are not available for streaming. Please note that in the event of equipment trouble, etc., we will not be able to provide immediate video streaming because we will need to recover from the backup recording.

At the in-person venue, we hope you will enjoy a deeper experience and communication through conversations with speakers, meetups, collaborations with sponsors who support DroidKaigi and the community, and more.

2. Workshop Day will be held on Wed, 11 September

DroidKaigi 2024 will hold a Workshop Day on Wed, 11 September 2024. We are planning to have Codelab to deepen your knowledge of mobile development and content to help you make new acquaintances and friends. Please join us for the Workshop Day and the Conference Day from Thu, 12 September to Fri, 13 September.

In the past DroidKaigi, hands-on events such as Codelab were held on the last day, but due to their popularity, we have renewed them.

We will announce how to participate in Workshop Day and the content of the workshops at a later date, so please wait for further news on X and Medium.

3. “DroidKaigi Superfan ticket” will be added to ticket types

DroidKaigi celebrates its 10th anniversary this year thanks to your warm support and cooperation. To mark this milestone, we have decided to look for those who agree with and support the activities of the DroidKaigi Association. The support we receive as DroidKaigi Superfan tickets will be used to operate DroidKaigi.

We plan to add a special mark to the name badges of DroidKaigi Superfan ticket attendees that will be different from those of other attendees. Other benefits are the same as Regular tickets, so this is a symbolic ticket type. Thank you for your support for DroidKaigi!

These are the main changes for DroidKaigi 2024. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
At DroidKaigi 2024, we are preparing a variety of programs to promote communication, including sessions, sponsor booths, and scholarship programs. We look forward to creating another great conference with you this year!