Find meaningful connections at real-world events.

Open Sidequest helps attendees at conferences, meetups, hackathons, and other events make relevant connections before the event ends.

What it is

Large events are full of interesting people, but finding the right people to meet can be finding a needle in a haystack.

Open Sidequest helps attendees discover other valuable connections based on shared interests and mutual intent.

How it works

  1. 1
    Create a profile for the event
    Add enough detail for other attendees to understand what you are working on and what you are looking for.
  2. 2
    Browse other attendees
    Explore people by shared interests, role, goals, or context for that event.
  3. 3
    Indicate interest in connecting
    Signal that you would like to meet without creating noise for everyone else.
  4. 4
    If interest is mutual, start a conversation
    Move from discovery to an actual introduction while the event is still happening.

Open source

Open Sidequest is open source and intended to be deployable something event organizers can run on their own.

If you want to inspect the code, run your own instance, or contribute, the repository is available on GitHub.

Help Us Pilot Open Sidequest at your event

Event organizers can get in touch to pilot Open Sidequest at a conference, meetup, hackathon, or similar event.