2023 ffconf details
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Contents
- Directions
- Registration - 9am
- Refreshments and lunch
- Lunch with future friends
- Reduce, reuse, recycle
- Tweets, toots, chat and blog posts
- Technology
- Post conference social
- Pre conference
- Health and Safety
- Accessibility and COVID
- Contact
Directions
How to get to our venue from the station: ffconf.org/directions
The conference is being held at the Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton, less than 15 minutes walk from Brighton train station. We recommend using traintimes.org.uk for up to date train timetables.
At the moment there are no planned engineering works, but you can check up to date changes here.
Hotel recommendations can also be found on our website.
Registration - 9am
Doors open at 9am for registration and the conference starts at 9:40am sharp! There are no tickets for the conference, but you must bring a form of identification (bank card, driving licence etc) to pick up your delegate programme which also acts as your pass. Please keep your lanyard with you at all times as you will need it to get back into the venue.
The day will finish by 6pm. The schedule will be in your programme and online, and if your device supports Service Workers, the site will also work offline.
Note that by attending our events, you are agreeing to our code of conduct.
If see or hear our code of conduct being breached, or have any other concerns or questions, please contact a member of staff (wearing ffconf t-shirts), our @ffconf DMs are open.
Refreshments and lunch
Tea, coffee, danishes and fruit will be available from 9am in the upstairs bar and the ground floor. Further refreshments will be available from the same locations at the mid morning and mid afternoon breaks. We serve cow, soya and oat milk for the tea and coffee plus vegan and gluten free snack options.
Please note lunch is not included but we have a few recommendations here, and a collection of places that Remy & Julie particularly like (with lunch, coffee, sweet and dinner suggestions).
Lunch with future friends
If you are coming to ffconf for the first time, travelling alone or just want to meet new people, we have tables reserved at Alcampo Lounge or vegan food at Worlds End for our Lunch with Future Friends.
Reduce, reuse, recycle
The coffee cups we use are compostable but please do bring your own travel mug and water bottle too.
Tweets, toots, chat and blog posts
Yes to all. Hashtag all the things with #ffconf.
Feel free to follow the @ffconf Twitter account and/or on Mastodon for the latest info on the event.
Please feel free to also join our Discord for extra curricular chatter (it's still new and quiet, so bring your voice ❤️).
Post event, if you blog about your experiences (and post us a tweet with the hashtag #ffconf), then we will choose two people at random to win tickets to ffconf 2024!
Technology
If you plan to bring a laptop/device, make sure it's fully charged for the day, as we only have a handful of charging stations in the venue.
Do not rely on there being wifi. I mean, it's a cinema, why would it have the internets! Network coverage however is very good, so you can tether your mobile phone or bring your own mifi or dongle, etc.
Err on the side of low tech and an open mind and you'll get the most from the event!
Post conference social
We hope you will join us at OhSo Social again. There will be food available to order until 9pm and you can collect your drinks voucher on the door so please bring your name badge/lanyard with you. We will also have a range of board games so try an old favourite or learn a new game and make new friends.
Oh So Social - 250a Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 1NB - on the beach, near the green doughnut on the left of the Brighton Pier.
Walking Directions: ffconf.org/party
Pre conference
Show and Tell with Async - 9-Nov
Our friends at Async are running a very special International Show & Tell at 7:15pm at Eagle Labs (opposite the conference venue). If you're interested in giving a five minute talk, they'd also love to hear from you. Please sign up in advance (to attend or speak). To find out more, see their Twitter @asyncjs
Pre conference social - 9-Nov
Join us at Al Campo Lounge from 8pm on Thursday 9-Nov, to meet your fellow delegates, just an 8 minute walk from the station. We have the raised area on the left hand side reserved so anyone sat in that area is your new ff friend.
Pre event networking: running or coffee - 10 Nov
We are hosting another pre-ffconf run! Meet outside Duke of Yorks at 7:30am led by two friendly ffconf regulars, Chetan and Matt. Open to all abilities, a short 30 minute run leaving plenty of time to get showered before registration opens!
Not a runner? Moes@thecircus is practically next to Duke of York's and open from 8am and is a great place to grab a coffee and meet fellow attendees: ffconf.org/morning-network. Kindly hosted by Julia and Scout, both Brighton Codebar organisers
Health and Safety
Please report any lost property to the registration desk. Left Logic and Duke of York's Picturehouse takes no responsibility for delegate's lost property so we ask you to be vigilant at all times.
Please note that there is no cloakroom or storage for any items.
Accessibility and COVID
Live Captioning will be provided by White Coat Captioning. The screen will be located on the stage on the left hand side.
The ground floor is accessible to customers with limited mobility including wheelchair users.
The Box Office, Kiosk, access toilet and screen are all located on the ground floor. From the foyer there is a small ramp from which to access the Kiosk and Screen.
Large print schedules are available on request at the registration desk.
We regret that there is no lift and consequently the Balcony and Bar can only be accessed by ascending a staircase of 25 steps.
Gender neutral and accessible toilets are available on the ground floor near to the exits.
COVID safety. We politely ask for all attendees who have access to do a lateral flow, please do test within 24 hours of the conference (if possible). We also ask anyone who is showing signs of COVID to please stay at home. We welcome the use of masks indoors.
Please also take a moment to review our COVID policy
Remy and Julie want to ensure that everyone is able to have access therefore should you have any special requests please contact us in advance so we can accommodate your needs.
Contact
- Email: events@leftlogic.com, or directly: remy@leftlogic.com & julie@leftlogic.com
- Twitter & DM (we have open DMs): @ffconf
- Mastodon: ffconf@social.ffconf.org
Sponsors
Please also take a few minutes to check out our sponsors and the links to their sites, without whom we couldn't run this event. Click on their links and check them all out. Seriously. We can't do this entire event without them.