<ahref="/plans">Zulip Cloud Standard</a> is free for academic conferences and most other non-profit events! Contact <ahref="mailto:sales@zulip.com">sales@zulip.com</a> to check whether your organization qualifies, or <ahref="/accounts/go/?next=/upgrade%23sponsorship">request sponsorship</a> today.
<h1class="center"> Make Zulip the communication hub for your event. </h1>
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<ahref="/hello">Zulip</a> is the only <ahref="/features">modern team chat app</a> that is <ahref="/why-zulip">ideal</a> for both live and asynchronous conversations. Post presentations and announcements, host Q&A sessions, and coordinate among organizers.
Make your event more inclusive by lowering the bar
to ask a question, share ideas, and learn from experts.
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Take time to think. Discussions work great
in real time or async, and conversations
evolve into collaborations.
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Discussions at conferences often happen in small groups — most
people are not able to participate because they are not present,
or are too intimidated to join. In the conferences we organized
with Zulip, questions or ideas were spread openly. Anybody could
get a chance to contribute, and to benefit from new ideas and
opportunities for collaboration.
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Zulip turned out to be a great asset that we plan to keep even
when we go back to face-to-face events.
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—<ahref="https://perso.univ-rennes1.fr/christophe.ritzenthaler/">Christophe Ritzenthaler</a>, <cite>Executive Director of <ahref="https://www.cimpa.info/">CIMPA</a>
<divclass="list-content">Use <ahref="/help/emoji-reactions">emoji reactions</a> for lightweight interactions. Have fun with <ahref="/help/custom-emoji">custom emoji</a>, or get feedback with a <ahref="/help/create-a-poll">poll</a>.</div>
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<divclass="list-content">Announce the schedule without worrying about time zones using <ahref="/help/format-your-message-using-markdown#global-times">global times</a>.</div>
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<divclass="list-content">Make a <ahref="/help/start-a-call">video call</a> with the click of a button.</div>
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<divclass="list-content">Use Zulip in your language of choice, with translations into <ahref="https://www.transifex.com/zulip/zulip/">17 languages</a>.</div>
Make the Q&A a permanent resource for participants.
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<li><divclass="list-content"><ahref="/help/link-to-a-message-or-conversation">Link to a Zulip conversation</a> from emails, talk slides, or on the website for your event.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Information is at your fingertips with Zulip’s <ahref="/help/search-for-messages">powerful full-text search</a>.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content"><ahref="https://github.com/zulip/zulip-archive">Publish</a> discussions on the web, or move your data with our high quality <ahref="/help/export-your-organization">export</a> and <ahref="https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/export-and-import.html">import</a> tools.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Zulip is <ahref="https://github.com/zulip">100% free and open-source software</a>, so you are never locked into a proprietary tool.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content"><ahref="/help/format-your-message-using-markdown#latex">Type LaTeX</a> directly into your Zulip message, and see it beautifully rendered.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content"><ahref="/help/code-blocks">Zulip code blocks</a> come with syntax highlighting for over 250 languages, and integrated <ahref="/help/code-blocks#code-playgrounds">code playgrounds.</a></div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Structure your ideas with bulleted and numbered <ahref="/help/format-your-message-using-markdown#lists">lists</a>.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">If you made a mistake, no worries! You can <ahref="/help/edit-or-delete-a-message">edit your message</a>, or move it to a different <ahref="/help/move-content-to-another-topic">topic</a> or <ahref="/help/move-content-to-another-stream">stream</a>.</div></li>
With <ahref="/help/invite-new-users">multi-use invite links</a>, there’s no need to create individual Zulip invitations.
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<li><divclass="list-content">Signing up for Zulip is quick and easy. Participants can make an account, or <ahref="/help/logging-in">log in</a> with Google, Apple, etc.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Automatically subscribe members to streams <ahref="/help/set-default-streams-for-new-users">when they join</a>, subscribe a <ahref="/help/user-groups">group of users</a>, or copy membership from another stream.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Make an announcement stream where only organizers <ahref="/help/stream-permissions#public-streams">can post messages</a>. Use <ahref="/help/stream-permissions">private streams</a> to plan the event.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Zulip alerts participants about timely messages with <ahref="/help/stream-notifications">fully customizable</a> mobile, email and desktop notifications.</div></li>
<li><divclass="list-content">Mention <ahref="/help/mention-a-user-or-group">users</a>, <ahref="/help/mention-a-user-or-group#mention-a-user-or-group">groups of users</a> or <ahref="/help/pm-mention-alert-notifications#wildcard-mentions">everyone</a> when you need their attention.</div></li>