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Conference Planning

Virtual Conference Platforms with Breakout Rooms

Breakout rooms are a necessary component for any virtual event. Virtual conference platforms with breakout rooms enhance attendees’ conference experience by keeping them engaged. It can be a virtual conference […]

3 Steps to Building a Better Conference for your Attendees

Overseeing conference planning is stressful. You have to watch your team scramble to gather all necessary materials, collect payments, manage speakers, plan the event, and schedule it all in a […]

What Conference Planners Get Wrong 99% Of The Time

As a conference planner, it’s easy to get lost in the burden of preparation. You have hundreds, maybe thousands of abstracts to review in order to find the best of […]

The Newest Way to Collect Abstracts

Tell me for a moment if this looks like your current abstract submission workflow:   HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL Send Email to jane.doe@example.com The deadline for abstract submission […]

Women in the Room: Part 1 – The Value of Gender-Balanced Conference Panels

Do you know the name Brownie Wise?   Many people know what tupperwares are – but shake their head when asked if they are familiar with Brownie Wise. When Earl […]

Dealing with Co-Presenter Scheduling

When you’ve settled on a list of conference abstracts that are going to make it to the conference as papers / topics to be presented, you know you aren’t out […]

Generate Buzz for Your Conference

Planning a conference is a stressful undertaking. Even when you have the best speakers and best content, ensuring your audience makes a good showing is never a guarantee. Armed with […]

What to Include in an Abstract Book

An abstract book is a collection of scientific abstracts compiled in a booklet and is intended for use by attendants of a conference where the various abstracts therein included will […]

Why We Have Speaker Disclosures

Speaker disclosures are forms that are given in advance to a speaker to fill in before attending a conference. Generally, it requires the speaker to declare information pertaining to any […]

Are You Still Reviewing Abstracts Like This?

For many organizations, papers and talks are presented in an annual conference. This conference is the lifeblood of the organization, the central event that the whole year is spent building […]