Advance registration is required for speed dating events. Men and women and LGBT in separate events are rotated to meet each other over a series of short "mini dates" usually lasting about five minutes. At the end of each interval, the organizer rings a bell to signal the participants to move on to the next date. At the end of the event participants submit a list To the organizer of who they would like to go on a date with . If there is a match, contact information is forwarded to both parties through email or phone contact!