Your profile

Your profile is the single source of truth for your public presence on Emblema. You can edit it at /dashboard/profile. The Settings page at /dashboard/settings hosts the account-level options (notifications, account closure).

Fields you can edit

Field	Notes
Display name	Pre-filled from Google. Used everywhere on the platform.
Avatar	Pre-filled from Google. You can upload a different image.
Username	Your unique handle, used in /speaker/<username> URLs. Must be lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens. Once published you can still change it, but external links pointing to the old handle will break.
Bio	Free-form text shown on your public profile.
Country	Picked from a country selector.
Social links	Optional links to LinkedIn, X/Twitter, GitHub, personal website, etc.
Job title	Optional — useful if you also act as Speaker.

Privacy settings

Each piece of profile data has a privacy switch. The most common options:

• Public — visible to everyone, including unauthenticated visitors of your /speaker/<username> page.
• Authenticated only — only visible to other Emblema users.
• Private — only visible to you (and to organizers when strictly required for events you registered to, e.g. email for ticket delivery).

You can also hide individual badges from the public wallet. See Badges for the badge-level privacy controls.

Username rules

• Must be unique on the platform.
• Allowed characters: lowercase letters, digits and hyphens.
• Reserved usernames (e.g. admin, dashboard) are blocked.
• Once chosen, the platform stores a reservation in the usernames collection — even if you change the handle later, your old one is not immediately reusable by other users.

Following speakers and Spaces

From any speaker page (/speaker/<username>) or Space page (/space/<spaceSlug>) you can press Follow to receive notifications when they publish new content (talks, events, badges, opportunities).

Manage your follows from the Following section of your dashboard, or directly from the speaker/Space page (the Follow button toggles to Following).

Notifications

The bell icon in the top bar shows the unread notifications. Notification types include:

• New badge issued to you.
• A speaker you follow has a new talk or event.
• A Space you follow has published a new event.
• A new opportunity (Call for Papers) matches your profile (Speakers only).

Notification preferences can be tuned from /dashboard/settings.

Account closure

Account closure is handled from /dashboard/settings. Closing your account removes your access; the Privacy Policy on emblema.live describes which data is retained and for how long.