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Can Your Conference Abstract Management System Do This?

What if someone told you that your abstract management system could do a lot more than just manage conference abstracts? You may wonder, ‘well, what can it do?’ Here are […]

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How to Choose the Best Conference Abstract Submission System

So, your association has tasked you with vetting abstract submission systems.  Where do you start? Like most folks these days, you may begin by browsing Google search results for vendors […]

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Organize Your Conference Abstract Submissions with OpenWater

Managing an abstract submissions process can feel a bit like swimming in the middle of the ocean.  The crashing waves of confirmation emails, spreadsheet updates, and email reminders can threaten […]

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Use Abstract Management Software to Streamline Your Review Process

A thorough abstract review process has plenty of crannies—multiple rounds of review, communication with reviewers, several interfacing systems or databases—where inefficiencies can hide.  When we developed OpenWater, we knew that […]

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4 Ways OpenWater’s APIs Can Keep Your Conference Abstracts Organized

You may be wondering, “what’s an API?” Here’s the short version: An API (or “Application Programming Interface”) helps two computer applications talk to each other—usually to share data or access […]

Hit Your Deadlines with These Conference Abstract Review Tips
Hit Your Deadlines with These Conference Abstract Review Tips

You can’t move forward with building your conference agenda until the abstract review is completed.  If reviewers are down-to-the-wire every year, it adds undue stress to the larger process of […]

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3 Tools to Help Automate Your Conference Abstracts Review Process

Somewhere at the back of your mind—behind the first twinges of a headache—you know the conference two months from now can’t happen without a conference abstracts review process, as much […]