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Key Abstract Management Software Features
Say goodbye to event-induced stress with our proven platform designed specifically for educational conferences involving lots of sessions and a call for speakers.
Conference Website Builder
Create a conference website that wows speakers and attendees right in OpenWater—no coding required!
Form Creation
Use our drag-and-drop form builder to collect all necessary information, accept attached files of any size, and set conditional logic.
Multi-Round Review
Allow reviewers to see all of their assigned submissions and submit their scores as soon as they log in.
Session Builder
Once your team approves abstracts, organize them by topic or presentation style to establish the flow of your conference sessions.
Public-Facing Conference Calendars
Display the conference sessions you’ve built on an easy-to-navigate, branded calendar so attendees can browse their options.
Mobile App
Give attendees control of their conference schedules and make the process convenient by meeting them where they likely already are—on their smartphones.
Email Wizard
Keep your community in the loop about calls for proposals, submission deadlines, decisions, conference updates, and more with a user-friendly email builder.
Reporting & Analytics
Collect and review data on your abstract management process to fine-tune your efforts over time.
Integrations Hub
Integrate OpenWater with popular databases and management systems like iMIS, Salesforce, and Higher Logic to ensure seamless information transfer.
The OpenWater Abstract Management Difference
Traditional Conference Management
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OpenWater Application & Review Cloud
Need for Multiple Systems
Most online abstract management solutions begin and end with entry collection. Then, you have to manage session creation, scheduling, and communication through separate spreadsheets or marketing tools.
Unified, Robust Platform
With OpenWater, your organization can handle all abstract management tasks—whether completed by applicants, reviewers, chairs, or administrators—in one fully integrated solution, saving you time, money, and stress.
Disconnected Look & Feel
Many abstract submission platforms take authors to a seemingly unconnected site to upload their materials. This switch confuses users and often leads to higher rates of form abandonment.
Consistent Branding
The OpenWater team will create a custom-branded upload portal that matches your organization’s existing website and visual identity. This way, users will know they’re in a place they can trust and be more likely to submit their abstracts.
Too Many Moving Parts
When your staff collects conference information across multiple tools, they spend lots of extra time and energy exporting and importing spreadsheets, formatting data, and keeping tabs on last-minute updates.
Easily Accessible Information
OpenWater is your conference content collection engine. Collect abstracts, speaker materials, exhibitors, posters and more within OpenWater, then send the information where it needs to go.
OpenWater Application & Review Cloud
Unified, Robust Platform
With OpenWater, your organization can handle all abstract management tasks—whether completed by applicants, reviewers, chairs, or administrators—in one fully integrated solution, saving you time, money, and stress.
Consistent Branding
The OpenWater team will create a custom-branded upload portal that matches your organization’s existing website and visual identity. This way, users will know they’re in a place they can trust and be more likely to submit their abstracts.
Easily Accessible Information
OpenWater is your conference content collection engine. Collect abstracts, speaker materials, exhibitors, posters and more within OpenWater, then send the information where it needs to go.
