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Uniting delegates at COP26

At COP26 in Glasgow, delegates from around the world came together to advance the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC goals. Conscia, in partnership with Cisco and Davra, played a key role in making the summit one of the most inclusive to date—despite ongoing travel challenges. Neil Pemberton, UK Country Manager at Conscia, said, “We’re proud of our team’s dedication in creating seamless engagement, enabling secure, reliable collaboration between on-site and remote delegates.” Key outcomes included connecting over 30,000 delegates via a customised Cisco Webex platform, facilitating more than 3,000 meetings over twelve days, and delivering 400 hours of training and support to ensure smooth operations. This vital collaboration technology helped policymakers focus on climate action without tech distractions.

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Delegates from around the globe gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Conscia team worked together with our partners at Cisco and Davra to make the goal of increasing inclusivity among delegates a reality.

“We’re incredibly proud of the hard work delivered by our team, alongside our partners, over the last few months. Their dedication to creating seamless engagement across the summit has ensured that this summit has been one of the most inclusive to date, even with some travel constraints still in place. As a team we are proud to have played our part in this crucial event.”

Neil Pemberton, UK Country Manager at Conscia

The Challenge

With the impact of the pandemic still being felt across the world, not all delegates were able to travel in person to Glasgow for this critical summit. These delegates needed to be able to join discussions with those on site, using collaboration technology that could match the experience of attending in person.
Connections between delegates on site and delegates attending remotely needed to be secure and reliable.
As the biggest international summit that the UK has hosted to date, flexibility, training, and on-hand support would be required to ensure that policymakers can focus on their important work, and not on getting to grips with the technology.

Outcomes

Over 30,000 delegates were connected, using a fully customised version of Cisco Webex to facilitate secure discussions for policymakers.
Ad hoc meetings and conferences were arranged throughout the 12 days of the summit as needed, in addition to the scheduled events and discussions. Over 3,000 meetings were held in total, using secure Cisco collaboration technology.
400 hours of pre-summit training and professional services were provided by Conscia, including training for organisers and support staff as well as consultancy on integrations with UNFCCC applications, ensuring all digital components ran smoothly during the conference.

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