An in-person meeting takes place in a networking area chosen by the organizer, often at a numbered table. The meeting chat shows the time, the location and your table once the meeting is accepted.
Where to find it
Open the meeting from Networking > Chats or from My Schedule. The chat shows a Meeting details card at the top with the date, the time, the location and the table number.
Meeting cards show the same information as pills, for example Table 12 and the location name.
The organizer can give a reserved table a name, for example "VIP". Meeting cards then show VIP • Table 12, and the Meeting details card shows VIP next to the table number. If the organizer hides the number, you see only VIP.
Networking areas and tables
The organizer divides the venue into networking areas and assigns each networking slot to one. An area can have numbered meeting points. The organizer names them Table, Spot, Point or a custom name. Some areas have no numbered meeting points; then the chat shows only the time and the location.
Brella assigns your table when the meeting is accepted. Until then the chat shows only the time and the location. A table is only assigned when at least one of you attends in person.
If the area has no free table left, the chat shows a notice. The organizer writes its text; the default is "Arrange custom location". Agree on a spot with the other person in the chat.
Find the networking area on the map
In an accepted meeting, open the ⋯ menu and select Show map. This shows the networking map, when the organizer uploaded one.
On the home page, select Map to open the venue map, when the organizer uploaded one.
If neither map exists, follow the signs at the venue or ask the organizer.
Choose a location when you suggest a meeting
The Suggest meeting screen shows the suggested time slot with its location. Select Change to see other slots. In Select time slot, select Filters (N), choose a networking area under Location and select Show <n> slots. Virtual events have no Location section.
Reserved tables
The organizer can reserve a table for you or your company. When you suggest a meeting, the slot card shows <Table> <number> • Available*, Might be booked* or Booked*, and the note "*<table> <number> is reserved for you in this location." (or "for your company"). Select Learn more. to open How reserved locations work, which explains each status. Brella prefers a time when your reserved table is free.
If the organizer named the table, the name comes first, for example VIP • Table 1 - Available* and "*VIP • Table 1 is reserved for you in this location." With the number hidden, they read VIP • Available* and "*VIP is reserved for you in this location."
Meetings at a booth
If you represent a sponsor and the organizer allows booth meetings, the Suggest meeting screen shows Tap to have this meeting at your <booth>. Select it to hold the meeting at the booth instead of the networking area. If you represent several sponsors, choose one under Choose <booth>. The chat then reads This meeting will be held at <booth name>, and the Meeting details card shows the sponsor logo. Booth meetings have no table number.
To move an existing meeting between your booth and the networking area, open ⋯ > Change location and choose Meet at <booth> or the networking location. Brella sends this as a reschedule request with the message "Hi <name>! I am looking forward to our meeting. Instead of the <old location>, let's meet at the <new location> — does that work for you?". The meeting goes back to Pending until the other person accepts.
What virtual attendees see
In a virtual event, the slot shows Online meeting as its location, and meetings never get a table.
A meeting between two virtual attendees never gets a table.
If you attend virtually and the other person attends in person, Brella still assigns a table for them. You see it in the chat and on the meeting card, but your emails leave it out. Join the video room.
Good to know
Push notifications and emails use the same name the organizer gave the meeting points, and the table's name when it has one.
The location shown on a slot (for example a room or a hall name) is the location the organizer set on that networking slot.
If you don't see Show map, the organizer has not uploaded a networking map.