Data was collected by the ANH Academy team for the purpose of understanding and facilitating the equitable and sustainable exchange of knowledge and research across disciplines, regions, and perspectives at the ANH Academy Conference 2021. The project collected information from Zoom videoconferencing data of participants session duration, chat box activity, and total number of sessions attended across a three day research conference. It was followed up with exploratory qualitative data collection in the form of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to understand participants' experiences of attending and participating in a conference online in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.