ERG Community Participation

Paid registration required

The Friday night May 2nd welcome social at the Campanile and all of the events of Big Event Saturday May 3rd are for paid registrants only. 

If you are a paid registrant, you can stop reading here. You received emails on 4/10 and 4/15 inviting you to select your weekend sessions; use the link provided there. Email bigevent@ergies.org if you have questions. 

Open to the community

• The Student Show, Auction, and Potluck (Thursday night May 1st) and the Annual Lecture and reception (Friday night May 2nd) happen every year, and are always open to the wider community.

• In conjunction with the Big Event, alumni volunteers have put together field trips on Friday May 2nd and cohort gatherings on Sunday May 4th which are open to the ERG community.

• If you are not a paid Saturday registrant, sign up for those sessions by Friday April 25th! 

  • Friday field trips have attendance maximums so sign up is required.

  • Sunday cohort gathering details will only be sent to those who sign up. 

  • Sign up is not required for the Thursday Show or the Friday Annual Lecture, reception, or bar-takeover…but it will help us plan!

  • The URL provided in email is only for non-paid registrants. For questions, contact bigevent@ergies.org

Participate from afar

• By April 25: If you can’t make it on Saturday you can still be in the room! Record a 20-30 second video that will be played in the Great Hall for attendees. Details below under "Share a video clip."

• By April 25: Tell us about any ERGies we’ve lost since 2015 and we’ll include them in an In Memoriam slideshow. Submit your request here.

• The Annual Lecture (5/2 at 7pm PT), John Holdren’s keynote address (5/3 at 10am PT), and the plenary panel with Zoë Chafe, Heather Cooley, Tracey Osborne, and Isha Ray (5/3 at 5:30pm PT) will be live streamed on the ERG YouTube channel. Subscribe for a YouTube notification.

Share a video clip

We know you may not be able to attend this event, but we'd love to include you in the celebration. Our goal is to create a short video compilation of alumni from around the world saying hello and sharing some words for the ERG community.  We will play the video at the Faculty Club in the Great Hall to bring you into the room for the in-person attendees.

We would love to have you record and submit a short video by APRIL 25th to include in our montage! Here are the video details...

• Prompt (CHOOSE ONE):

  • How did ERG impact the way you see the world?

  • What message do you think the ERG community should hear?

  • Describe your time at ERG in 3 words.

• Recording requirements:

  • Horizontal (landscape)

  • 25-30 seconds

  • Preference: if possible, film your video outside to show diverse physical backgrounds.

  • Face the light, so your face is lit up

  • Speak loudly and clearly with no distracting background noise

  • Share your name, ERG year(s), ERG role (if you were not a student), and current role/location

  • Say or rephrase the prompt when responding to it

Submission: Upload the video to the link provided in email.  For questions, email bigevent@ergies.org