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Hybrid DLAC

Combining online, onsite, and live-streaming options

When COVID-19 began to impact the United States in spring of 2020, we first responded by moving DLAC from its planned February 2021 dates, to June 14-16, 2021.

Now we have announced a further response: DLAC 2021 will be hybrid—both onsite and online.

DLAC Online
DLAC Online will take place in three segments:

  • On June 8 we will have an online conference opening and sessions, from 1:30 - 4:15pm CT.

  • On June 14-16, we will offer online programming during most of the hours of the onsite conference. Onsite attendees are welcome to join online sessions.

  • On June 30 we will present a final DLAC Encore, from 1:00 - 2:45pm CT.

DLAC Online will include presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities. We are planning for extensive use of break-out rooms to allow for small group video discussions. Other sessions will be presentations in which attendee participation will be via text chat.

The topics to be similar in both the onsite and online formats.

We are also planning to live-stream several sessions from Austin, to give online attendees a connection to the onsite conference. We anticipate streaming the opening and closing general sessions, plus at least one session during most break-out periods. We will have a moderator onsite in these rooms to be able to interact with online attendees to make sure that they can have questions and comments addressed as well. We are also planning interviews to be live streamed from Austin with presenters, sponsors, DLAC advisors, and others.

All Access DLAC
All Access DLAC provides both onsite and online participation. Onsite in Austin, DLAC will start mid-day on Monday, June 14, and end mid-day on Wednesday. We are making some changes to session times, but overall the conference will be similar to 2020’s schedule, which you can view here. The program will be similar to previous years, although social distancing requirements may lead to some changes.

Based on the current hotel capacity as required by social distancing measures, we are limiting onsite registration to 500 people. We may or may not be able to increase that number as we get closer to June. We are currently sold out and maintaining a waiting list. To get on the waitlist, see our registration page.

Registering for DLAC
As explained on our registration page, registration is now available for DLAC Online (only) or for DLAC All Access, which includes onsite sessions and events plus all online sessions. We anticipate that onsite attendees may wish to join some online sessions, and the All Access pass (at the same rate as the previous on-site rate) allows attendees to do so.