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Speed networking

4 minutes on camera with one person you have not met. Then it moves you on.

You join a queue, not a meeting. When a match is found you are put straight into a video call with one other person. When the timer runs out you both go back in, and it happens again with somebody new.

You are not registered for this event yet.

Registering takes about fifteen seconds, and then joining the queue is one press.

Your match sees your name and your company. Nothing else.

A drawing of one round: two video tiles side by side, your match on the left and you on the right, each with a person in it, and a timer counting down 4 minutes.WHAT A ROUND LOOKS LIKETIME LEFT3:47Your matchYou4 minutes, then you are both back in the queueTwo tiles, two people, one timer. Nobody else can be in the room.
One round of speed networking: a two-up video call with a single other attendee for 4 minutes, with a countdown, after which you are both returned to the queue.

And then it comes round again

One round is the picture above. This is what the rest of the hour looks like.

The speed networking cycle: a match is found, you talk for 4 minutes on camera, there is a 9-second pause showing who is next, and then it starts again with somebody new until you leave.Match foundOne other person4 minutesOn camera, together9-second pauseWho is next, and youand again with somebody new, until you leave
Who am I talking to?

4 minutes, one other person

A video call with exactly one other person, cameras and microphones on, with a timer counting down. The room holds two people and only two, so nobody can walk in on it.
How are we paired?

Someone you have not met

You are never paired with the same person twice, and never with someone from your own organisation. When few people are waiting it is simply whoever has waited longest; when the room is busy it looks at the topics you both care about and at who wants opposite sides of the same conversation, someone hiring and someone looking, say, with waiting time weighted heavily enough that nobody is left out in favour of a better pairing.
What happens between calls?

A 9-second pause

When a call ends you are not dropped straight into the next one. There is a short beat that shows who you are about to meet and gives you your own camera preview back, so you arrive ready rather than mid-sentence.
How do I get out?

It keeps going until you leave

One call ends, the next is found, and round follows round for as long as you stay. Leaving is one button and takes effect immediately; nothing is scheduled and you do not have to sign up for a slot.