What Does Hybrid Mean?
The conference has been designed to provide you the flexibility and convenience of attending either in-person or virtually. Truly the best of both worlds!
Week one is in-person at Temasek Polytechnic (April 6-9). Plenary sessions will be live-streamed to virtual attendees. Week two is entirely virtual, so no one needs to leave home. The second week offers 5 hours of sessions on each of 3 days (Mon Apr 12, Wed Apr 14, and Fri Apr 16) with up to 6 simultaneous sessions at each time slot.
In-person Registration includes both weeks. The first week will be held at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. In-person registration includes 3 days of in-person only afternoon sessions (5 simultaneous sessions), 2 days of plenary sessions, 2 dinners. 2 lunches, and 3 days of tea breaks. It also includes all sessions on the second week.
Virtual Registration includes both weeks, beginning with the live-streamed plenary sessions on April 7 & 8, plus all sessions on the second week.
There are Professional Development Institutes on April 6 and April 9 which are optional extras for both virtual and in-person attendees. These 3-hour workshops offered by our Keynote Speakers provide an opportunity to gain deep insights from international experts.
Both the plenary sessions and the presentations offered during week two will be recorded and available for 3 months post-conference. The conference platform, Whova, will be accessible to all attendees beginning in March, 2027.
Of course, there is so much more to an in-person conference than content sessions. Registering for the In-Person conference includes all of the Content Sessions offered virtually, plus the Meetup Dinner, a Reception and Cultural Performance, and in-person sessions. Many people from Singapore are attending, eager to talk with you about career development practices in other parts of the Asia Pacific region.
Optional Extras
Two Professional Development Institutes (PDIs) are offered which are not included in the basic registration. They are available both virtually and in-person. We also offer group tours as Optional Extras. The tours included a visit to the LinkedIn Corporate
Office, a visit to the Changi Airport (from the career practitioner perspective), and a visit to the Career Center at National Singapore University.
Again this year, APCDA has contracted with Whova to provide the software for our conference. Because this conference is Hybrid, we need a really good Mobile App so that in-person attendees can participate equally with virtual attendees. ALL questions for presenters, whether you are in the room or remote, should be submitted by typing them into Whova. Whova provides both a Web App and a Mobile App to make this easy. We expect In-person Attendees to use the Mobile App and Virtual Attendees to use the Web App, although they may want to use both so they can easily submit questions to the presenter while watching the session in full screen mode.
Here are the instructions for using this new software:
We’re thrilled to announce two exciting contests happening during this year’s conference: the Fun Fact Contest and Excellent Attendance Contest. Each contest will recognize three winners who will receive their choice of prizes from this list:
- One Free APCDA Webinar — Choose any webinar that sparks your interest.
- One Year Free APCDA Membership — Stay connected with APCDA throughout the year.
Each winner may select one prize from the list. You can start participating in the contests as soon as Whova becomes accessible to you. The winners will be announced and recognized on April 16, 2027 during the conference closing.
About Fun Fact Contest
The Fun Fact contest is called a Photo Contest in Whova. The purpose of this contest is to give you an opportunity to think of and share with us something interesting about yourself that make others remember you even after the conference is over. Your Fun Fact could be related to your life, career experience, local career services, APCDA, or about your country – photos are encouraged.
All of the fun facts posted in Whova will be immediately visible to other attendees, some might give a like or add comments to your post. Fun Fact with the most likes or comments engagements wins the contest. Please act ethically and use your likes or comments to engage with other attendees rather than make your friend a winner.
Here are a few examples on Fun Fact:
- I joined APCDA on November 11, 2013 but then somehow, I forgot about it until I truly became an active member on January 13, 2020.
- Hindi is the national language of India but almost each state of the country has its own language.
- A career counselor in me evolved unintentionally while I engaged in lifelong learning.
Excellent Attendance Contest
As a token of appreciation for attendees who have actively attend conference sessions in Whova, we are pleased to introduce Excellent Attendance Contest. We will count the number of sessions each Attendee has actively attended. This does not include visiting a session for a few minutes. You must stay in the session for us to count it. We will only be counting virtual sessions (April 20 through April 24) because Whova does not know when you attend a session in-person.
The 30 attendees who attend the largest number of sessions will automatically be entered into this contest. Three winners will be randomly selected (from the top 30) to receive the Excellent Attendance Award. We will spin a wheel to select these winners during the conference’s closing ceremony.