ICA Congress Spreadsheet Scheduler
A free spreadsheet scheduler for the ICA Congress Abu Dhabi 2023 - the full programme in a spreadsheet with a scheduling tool.
Conferences can be intense; the scheduler will help you spot all those potential clashes and can be filtered by theme.
To setup your personal scheduler:
-
Click ‘File’ and ‘Make a Copy’
(the automated 'add' to schedule code will work in Google Sheets, not Excel).
-
To add a conference event to ‘My Schedule': tick/check the ‘Add’ box ✅ (in column I) and the event will automatically appear.
-
If you find you have a clash on ‘My Schedule’, or have changed your mind, check the ‘Leftovers’ ✅ box and it will go to the ‘Leftovers’ sheet. You can also delete the entire row if you need to.
Spreadsheet rules:
-
Don't change the name of the tabs or add events in very quick succession
-
The very first time you add an event, the script may take a few seconds to work
-
To view all sessions within a conference theme e.g. 'Access and Memories':
click the filter icon in column H, click 'clear' and then select the theme you
wish to filter by
Why spreadsheets when there's a programme? Spreadsheets allow for visually clear and filterable data and can be duplicated easily so the user can keep or edit their own version - this is useful to most people, but especially those that use screen readers, have visual processing disorders or ADHD.
QUESTIONS: please double-check the text above first, then email contact@jasminesoliman.com or Tweet/X @JIsoliman
If you would like a similar scheduler for your conference or film festival, please get in touch.