The Ecsite app focuses on the number one need of the international science engagement community: the opportunity to build meaningful connections, find inspiration and to share and collaborate with peers whenever you need to.
Ecsite imagined this app as a way to support the already popular Ecsite Conference and added a brand new feature - meetups - that would allow participants to find each other among 1200+ science engagement professionals. Now that this year they can't hold their favourite event, this feature was quickly upgraded to include digital rooms too. What's more, the app gives total transparency, so professionals can see who in the network has joined which meetups and meet them there too.
When limited by time and in a time of crisis Progressive Web Apps (PWA's) clearly are a perfect match for these types of projects. Cross platform (Android, IOS) and no need for App Stores & delays due to stretched review processes caused by Covid-19.