A method for hosting a conference call comprising: storing and executing, by a host computing system (100; 200; 600), an operating system; establishing, by a host computing system (100; 200; 600), a secure connection (132; 232) to a user computing device (130; 230; 630) via a wireless network in response to receiving a secure connection request from the user computing device (130; 230; 630), wherein the host computing system (100; 200; 600) and the user computing device (130; 230; 630) are in physical proximity to each other; providing, by the host computing system (100; 200; 600), an operating system session to the user computing device (130; 230; 630) through the secure connection (132; 232) while the host computing system (100; 200; 600) and the user computing device (130; 230; 630) remain in physical proximity to each other, wherein the operating system is stored on and executable by the host computing system (100; 200; 600) and providing, by the host computing system (100; 200; 600), data associated with the user of the user computing device (130; 230; 630) via the operating system session through the secure connection (132; 232) wherein the data associated with the user of the user computing device (130; 230; 630) is stored in a data store (106; 206) of the host computing system (100; 200; 600); and providing, by the host computing system (100; 200; 600), a connection to a conferencing platform to the user computing device (130; 230; 630) via the secure connection (132; 232), the conference call at least among the host computing system (100; 200; 600), the user computing device (130; 230; 630), and a remote user, wherein the conferencing platform is separate to the host computing system (100; 200; 600). storing and executing, by a host computing system (100; 200; 600), an operating system; establishing, by a host computing system (100; 200; 600), a secure connection (132; 232) to a user computing device (130; 230; 630) via a wireless network in response to receiving a secure connection request from the user computing device (130; 230; 630), wherein the host computing system (100; 200; 600) and the user computing device (130; 230; 630) are in physical proximity to each other; providing, by the host computing system (100; 200; 600), an operating system session to the user computing device (130; 230; 630) through the secure connection (132; 232) while the host computing system (100; 200; 600) and the user computing device (130; 230; 630) remain in physical proximity to each other, wherein the operating system is stored on and executable by the host computing system (100; 200; 600) and providing, by the host computing system (100; 200; 600), data associated with the user of the user computing device (130; 230; 630) via the operating system session through the secure connection (132; 232) wherein the data associated with the user of the user computing device (130; 230; 630) is stored in a data store (106; 206) of the host computing system (100; 200; 600); and providing, by the host computing system (100; 200; 600), a connection to a conferencing platform to the user computing device (130; 230; 630) via the secure connection (132; 232), the conference call at least among the host computing system (100; 200; 600), the user computing device (130; 230; 630), and a remote user, wherein the conferencing platform is separate to the host computing system (100; 200; 600).