A recent novelty in these conferences is the YouTube session format inspired from two things which are already familiar:

• The idea of the Flipped Classroom, which is known from e-learning teaching styles.
• Personalized YouTube channels, which are intensively used by many current students.

The YouTube session begins several weeks before the actual convention. A speaker will record a video (typically 5 minutes) with his/her core message. This is uploaded to the ECED YouTube Channel. All registered participants are asked to watch this video BEFORE the convention begins. (Hence – a “Flipped Convention”). On top of this, all participants will have the opportunity to record their own videos (maximum 2 minutes) in response and upload them to the ECED YouTube Channel. Log in and password information is publicly shared. When the time comes to meet IRL (“in real life”), the keynote speaker will give a short kick-off recap of the cyber activity and quickly engage in dialogue, debate and discussions with the audience.