Side Sessions

Throughout Summit we make a few smaller side rooms available for Side Sessions.

What’s a Side Session?

It’s anything. A discussion about running user groups, an ad hoc working group around a problem you’ve identified, a topic that didn’t make the main schedule but deserves an audience — whatever you want to bring. The rooms follow the same schedule as the main breakouts. If a side session room isn’t being used, you’re welcome to claim it for any purpose.

You can suggest Side Sessions in advance once you’ve registered. Send an email to sidesession@powershell.org at any time — including during Summit — with your full name, the title of your session, and a sentence or two describing it. We’ll add you to the schedule. (Please don’t suggest sessions you don’t plan to run yourself — that’s not how this works.)

It’s worth checking the schedule frequently throughout the week, as new Side Sessions get added continuously.

Ground Rules

• No electrical power in side session rooms
• No A/V — but you’re welcome to bring your own pico-projector
• Sessions are not recorded
• Wrap up and vacate on time so the next group can use the space

These are rooms with chairs and tables. They work best for discussions rather than demos (though people get creative with free screen-sharing tools), and best for small groups — each room holds about 40 people max.

What will you bring to a Side Session?