RootsTech announced the schedule for 13 sessions that will be streamed live during the conference, allowing people to attend virtually. This is how I will be attending the conference this year.
Below is the schedule. Note that time is listed in MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME.
Thursday, March 21
| 8:30 AM (Mountain) | Keynote – Dennis Brimhall, Syd Lieberman, and Josh Taylor |
| 11:00 AM (Mountain) | The Future of Genealogy – Panel |
| 1:45 PM (Mountain) | Tell It Again (Story@Home) – Kim Weitkamp |
| 3:00 PM (Mountain) | The Genealogists Gadget Bag – Panel |
| 4:15 PM (Mountain) | Finding the Obscure and Elusive: Geographic Information on the Web – James Tanner |
Friday, March 22
| 8:30 AM (Mountain) | Keynote – Jyl Pattee and Tim Sullivan |
| 9:45 AM (Mountain) | Researching Ancestors Online – Laura Prescott |
| 11:00 AM (Mountain) | FamilySearch Family Tree – Ron Tanner |
| 1:45 PM (Mountain) | Google Search…and Beyond – Dave Barney |
| 3:00 PM (Mountain) | From Paper Piles to Digital Files – Valerie Elkins |
Saturday, March 23
| 8:30 AM (Mountain) | Keynote – David Pogue and Gilad Japhet |
| 9:45 AM (Mountain) | Using Technology to Solve Research Problems – Karen Clifford |
| 11:00 AM (Mountain) | Digital Storytelling: More Than Bullet Points – Denise Olson |
I haven’t seen any concrete instruction, but I believe that you go to the RootsTech website at the scheduled time and look for a webcast window. Even though I attended the conference last year, I did watch the Saturday keynote from my hotel room because I was running behind, so I watched it while I got ready. But I don’t really remember how I accessed it.
I also believe that, like last year, these will be recorded and available at the RootsTech website sometime after the conference. Last year I took advantage of this because there were two sessions that I wanted to attend during the same time slot. One of them was going to be streamed and recorded, so I attended the other one, then watched the recording after the conference.
I attended RootsTech entirely virtually last year. The broadcast link was right on the home page at rootstech.org I like your idea about watching from your hotel room. I will be there “in person” this year, and the doors to the keynotes open at 7:30am each morning, so I might be running a bit late, too!
Thanks for confirming my suspicion about viewing, Heather. I’m not a morning person and it was an hour earlier for me, so I was always running late. But I did want to see that Keynote presentation, so I thought I’d watch it while I got dressed, ate breakfast, etc. Worked out quite nicely! Sorry we won’t get to meet this time. I’ll be at FGS though, you?
Thanks, Julie, for the info! I will be doing what you did as well–going back and watching one of the live-streamed sessions later because I can’t be in two places at once (bummer!).
I’m sad to hear you won’t be there this year, I was hoping I could meet you in person! Oh well, next year?
You’re welcome, Lisa! Hope you have a great time!!