The past year has been an incredible mix of learning and exploration for the team at Dryfta. From our extensive work over the past months in 2025, particularly in the event organization and conference organization spaces, we’ve discovered plenty. Out of this, it’s running hybrid conferences that both challenge and upscale our capabilities this year. But with the help of state-of-the-art software like Dryfta, managing a hybrid has never been more exciting.
Dryfta goes the extra mile for us, the result of over a decade of manual hard work and brainstorming. In 2025, event managers are privileged to be in possession of tech that can streamline almost every aspect of organizing a hybrid conference. Event managers have never been happier, and attendees are highly satisfied. Read on to know what 2025 has taught us about hosting successful and professional hybrid conferences.
Hybrid conferences, the new normalÂ
Hybrid conferences have become a standard format in the last 5 years and more so following the COVID-19 pandemic and a long and debilitating worldwide lockdown that followed. Almost 5 years after the world was forever changed by a global pandemic, 2025 has shown us at Dryfta that hybrid conferences are here to stay. What started out as a mechanism to keep the show running amidst a shutdown has now been reorganized for convenience. Hybrid conferences give attendees the flexibility of tuning into an event or conference from virtually anywhere in the world. Dryfta epitomizes this very tenet of accessibility, for geography can no longer limit incredible possibilities.Â
What makes or breaks a hybrid conference?
The success of a hybrid conference rests within its structural framework. With the promise of greater convenience and accessibility for attendees comes the challenge of pulling the load, twice as heavy. Organizers ought to attend to participants both live and virtual, each with needs heavily different from each other. Central to both groups is employing software that is just as prepared, proactive, and responsive as the organizers themselves. In this regard, we’ve worked relentlessly to build software like Dryfta that has learned from our clients’ pain points and grievances and from soaking in the gratitude from happy customers. We host an integrated platform that substantially simplifies registrations, schedules, communications, and attendee engagement for your hybrid conferences. Clients we’ve worked with before often appreciate Dryfta for its propensity to consolidate multiple functions with ease.Â
Software that is professionally personal
Hybrid conferences for audiences on the virtual end of the event can feel impersonal at times. Therefore, it is important for the management software in action to be professional and personal as per demands. Hybrid conferences can’t be pulled off overnight. Great things take time, and event management is no exception to this. It is necessary for organizers in 2025 to acknowledge the fact that the best conferences are those that are planned well ahead of time and not executed in haste. With time to conceptualize and create, event managers are encouraged to work with companion apps that can keep their attendees informed and connected. Using this as a tool, organizers can spotlight important information, details of the agenda, as well as other essentials like venue maps. Handling registrations for dual-mode and hybrid conferences can be an uphill battle but Dryfta helps simplify this process with multiple ticket types segregated by physical and virtual attendance. In addition to this are features for real-time tracking of registrations, and layered, secure payment gateways have got you covered. You may have your work cut out in front of you, but Dryfta is nothing short of a loyal aide that remains by your side from start to finish. Transparency and convenience are non-negotiable when it comes to hosting hybrid conferences in 2025. These are also particularly important for managing large-numbered and diverse attendee pools.
Don’t let your virtual attendees snooze
A challenge much less discussed in hosting hybrid conferences is the proclivity for virtual attendees to lose interest or feel sidelined for a lack of interaction. An important storm to weather in hybrid conferences is engaging your virtual attendees. However, do not fret; Dryfta’s tools for live polls and Q&A sessions make active participation across platforms a reality in dual-mode conferences. While motivation to interact with these features rests solely with the participants themselves, Dryfta offers features that let attendees personalize their experience, making sure that they can find the content or activity most relevant to them.
Academic conferences in composite
For academic conferences wherein research, abstracts, and professional presentations are important elements, Dryfta’s abstract submission and peer review system help substantially simplify the submission, resubmission, and evaluation process. Coordinating speakers and sessions is made simpler with the assistance of drag-and-drop schedule building. These help maintain flow and timing in both virtual and physical settings. Dryfta also allows multiple teams to access data such as attendee numbers, session popularity, and financial reports instantaneously. Automated email campaigns keep attendees informed before, during, and after the event, contributing to improved engagement rates and attendee satisfaction. By consolidating these functions into one platform, Dryfta lessens the workload for organizers and enables them to focus on enhancing the participant experience.
The bottom line
2025 has made it quite evident that hybrid events demand more logistical discipline and structural streamlining. Dual-mode events mean a record high number of attendees. As a consequence, handling two audiences and many moving parts requires reliable, flexible, and purpose-built event management software.