During the day, the amphitheater housed the keynote and other large presentations, and at night it was used for concerts.
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Breakout sessions took place in 10 fully enclosed stages around the event, with the smallest seating 100 people and the largest seating 1,200.
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To create a fun, festival atmosphere at this year’s Google I/O, organizers used a variety of materials and colors to decorate the 10 tents that housed the breakout sessions.
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The art tent hosted technical sessions during the day, and at night it was used to demonstrate products such as Tilt Brush, Google’s 3-D virtual reality painting app.
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As soon as the educational sessions ended in late afternoon, the production crew arrived to transform the tents for nighttime social activities. Matuk said she outfitted them in painter’s overalls with the event logo on the back so they looked “like a pit crew coming in to change the space.”
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In the event's open-air tents, attendees could chat with Google engineers and test products.
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Matuk said she housed four of the breakout sessions in geodesic domes, "to add some visual interest to the landscape."
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Organizers divided the grounds into four zones and stacked shipping containers to create towers to designate each area.
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At night, colored smoke wafted from the four towers.
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The first day of the conference ended with performances from Charli XCX and Kygo.
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A vintage Airstream trailer served as the first-aid facility for the event.
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Meals were served by food trucks and from kitchens that organizers built on site.
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What organizers dubbed "art cars" were decorative elements during the day and at night became stages for musical performances.
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At night, performance artists, DJs, and colorful lighting added to the festival vibe.
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