Find other attendees
Use the Directory to search all attendees:
Go to the Directory in the navigation bar.
Search for someone by typing their name. Or filter people by interest tags.
Click on someone. A pop-up window opens with their profile preview.
Click Send a message. If you don’t see this option, that attendee didn’t give permission for people to contact them.
Or, spontaneously meet people around the site. Wherever you see someone’s photo, click it to open their profile preview and contact them.
Send a message
From someone’s personal profile, click Send a message.
Chat invitation sent appears at the bottom of your screen as a temporary notification. Then your Conversations window opens automatically.
Type a message and click the Send icon.
The other person only sees your message once they accept your request.
Accept a message request
When someone else sends you a message:
You get a pop-up notification in the top left corner of the site.
Go to your Conversations window by clicking the Speech bubble icon in the navigation bar.
Accept or Decline their request. If they already sent a message, it appears when you accept.
Continue the conversation by typing a message and clicking the Send icon.
