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This year, being connected at Congress will be more important than ever. To help you we’ve opened a Digital Hub, in the 1st floor exhibition area, stands 75–76.

What happens in the hub?

Staffed by the TUC digital team and other experts, the hub is the place to answer your questions on key digital topics. We’ll have 30-minute surgery sessions that you can book online. Or just drop by with your ideas and questions on anything #digitalunions.

While you’re here you can find out more about how the TUC and unions are trying to change to make the most of the opportunities of digital technology, and address some of the big questions we face as a movement. Over the course of Congress, we’ll be running mini-fringe presentations on topics from shooting videos on your smartphone to running your own online campaigns (check out the fringe guide for more).

We’ll have device-charging lockers to refresh your phones and tablets, and a seating area to help you refresh yourself.

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Get powered up

You’re welcome to leave devices in the charging lockers at the Digital Hub. Plug your phone or tablet in, lock it away, and come back when you need it again. The lockers support most types of mobile device, just talk to staff in the Digital Hub if you need a hand.

If you can’t be away from your phone and need a powerbank to help you keep topped up during sessions, we’ll have a number of them available in the Digital Hub for delegates – first come, first served.

Get online

You can get online for free in the Congress venue, using the Brighton Centre’s Wi-Fi network.

If you want to get online around Brighton, look out for free WiFi, provided by the council and BT. It’s available in 40 popular locations around the city centre. Connect to the BrightonHovefreewifi signal in the list of available networks on your device, and open your web browser to log in for free.

Go paperless

This year, we’ve been working to improve our digital Congress documents, making them work better on whichever devices you’ll be using. While you can still get the documents as pdf files, you can also access them as ePub files. This is the file type used by your phone or tablet’s book reader (e.g. Google Play Books or iBooks). It’ll take a bit of getting used to if you’re new to using book readers, but works much more flexibly on mobile devices – spacing itself to fit better on your screen, and allowing you to make annotations for your own notes, and to quickly search and navigate documents.

We also have a special website version (available from 9 Sepetember) of the agenda and composites, which should make for less juggling between them, and help you fi nd out with just one click where you are in the running order at any time.

If you’ve any questions about using the documents or getting online at Congress, drop by the Digital Hub and we’ll do our best to help. We’ll be demonstrating the new documentation and ways to make the best use of it all afternoon on Sunday, including at the reception for new delegates.

Join the conversation

If you’re on Twitter, you can follow Congress online using the hashtag #TUC17. You can use it to see what your fellow delegates are saying, and to help us take the messages of Congress out of the Brighton Centre to our branches and workplaces back home.

And of course, we’re keen to see your thoughts on how unions can meet the challenges of digital – tweet us on #digitalunions

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