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Research + event management

Your research conference. One connected platform.

Manage abstracts, peer review and the scientific program. Connect registration, the event app and the work that happens before, during and after your conference.

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From the call for abstracts to the post-event archive.

Prepare the research

Build the conference

Share knowledge

Abstracts & Reviews

Keep your research review process connected.

Set submission types, coordinate peer review and track decisions, revisions and final papers.

For your attendees

Authors submit their research and follow its progress in their own dashboard.

Explore abstracts and reviews
Your author’s view
Authors manage their submissions and see their status in My Proposals.
Authors manage their submissions and see their status in My Proposals.

Supporting events across the research community

TU DelftNational Institutes of HealthUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of AmsterdamNational Institute of Education, Singapore (NIE)

Built around the research conference

One connected workflow. From call to conference and beyond.

Keep the research, the program and the participant experience connected at every stage.

Tools for your whole event

What would you like to manage?

Start with the tasks your team needs help with.

Abstract Management

Manage research from call to decision.

Coordinate submission types, peer review, track chairs and final papers.

Explore Registration & Ticketing

Make registration feel simple.

Sell tickets, collect payments and keep attendee details together.

Explore Event Schedule

Build the scientific program.

Turn accepted work into sessions across formats, tracks and rooms.

Explore Mobile Event App

Help people learn and connect.

Connect the program, research materials, speaker profiles and attendee networking.

Explore

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From submissions to the program

Bring accepted research into your program.

Give authors, reviewers and organizers clear steps to follow. Keep submissions, reviews and decisions together, then add accepted work to the event program.

  1. Collect submissionsOpen your call for papers and choose the questions authors answer.
  2. Organize reviewsChoose reviewers, collect their reviews and record decisions.
  3. Build the programAdd accepted abstracts and their presenters to sessions.
Explore abstract management
Event schedule with featured sessions, speakers, dates and the event calendar.
Sessions, speakers and dates in the attendee event program.

For your team and your attendees

Make the program easier to use.

Give your team tools to plan the event and attendees clear information to follow.

An attendee session page showing session information, event and local times, and speakers.

Help people plan their day.

Share session details, speaker profiles and presentation files. Let attendees save the sessions they want to attend.

See event scheduling
Event home and useful links in the Dryfta app.Session list and program discovery in the Dryfta app.Attendee profiles and people discovery in the Dryfta app.Sponsors and exhibitors in the Dryfta app.

Keep event details close at hand.

Help attendees find sessions, meet people and check event information in the app.

Meet the event app

AI Research Workflows

More support for the work behind your research.

Explore AI tools for submissions, reviews and virtual-session knowledge, with your committee in control.

Explore AI Research Workflows

Support research and knowledge sharing

Writing checks, reviewer assistance, document checks, transcript summaries and keyword clouds.

Coming soon

More help with program planning

AI session building and AI schedule-conflict checks are being prepared for release.

More tools for your event

Manage the whole event in one place.

Find tools for registration, research, event promotion, attendee activities and reports.

Sell tickets and manage registrations

Replaces: Eventbrite, WordPress and Cvent.

Attendees choose their tickets and follow the registration steps.
Attendees choose their tickets and follow the registration steps.
  • Sell event tickets, memberships, workshop places and sponsorship packages, and collect donations.
  • Build registration forms with the questions you need. Show follow-up questions based on earlier answers and offer extras with a ticket.
  • Take online and offline payments, with money paid directly to your payment account.
  • Collect attendee details and uploaded files in one place.
  • Manage orders, invoices and purchase orders from your event dashboard.
  • Keep attendee details and a record of their event activity together.
See registration and ticketing

Collect abstracts and manage reviews

Replaces: EasyChair, OpenConf and Cvent.

Authors manage their submissions and see their status in My Proposals.
Authors manage their submissions and see their status in My Proposals.
  • Set up the submission and review steps your conference needs.
  • Build submission forms around the information you want authors to provide.
  • Match abstracts to reviewers automatically, or choose the reviewers yourself.
  • Give authors one place to submit abstracts, check their submissions and update registration details.
  • Send automatic emails for registration confirmations, submission updates and other important steps.
  • Let participants search and browse the event’s abstracts.
See abstract management

Run online and hybrid events

Replaces: Zoom, Google Meet and Cvent.

Open virtual session on the event website, with video and live engagement tools.
An open virtual session with video and live engagement tools on the event website.
  • Let remote attendees join online meetings in their browser.
  • Sell tickets to live online sessions and recorded videos.
  • Share high-definition live broadcasts and recorded sessions.
  • Help attendees connect through private messages, group chats and individual or group video calls.
  • Promote your online event with email campaigns, app alerts and text messages.
  • Give sponsors ways to meet and connect with participants.
See online and hybrid events

Build the schedule and support speakers

Replaces: Sched, Whova and Cvent.

Session page with its title, date, venue, event time, local time and speaker list.
Session details bring the time, venue and speaker information together.
  • Add accepted talks to your event schedule automatically.
  • Show session files, moderators, speakers and attendees alongside the program.
  • Let speakers upload slides and update their session details.
  • Bring sessions to life with polls, questions and answers, and live chat.
  • Award continuing education (CE) credits automatically to eligible attendees.
See event scheduling

Help more people find your event

Replaces: Evvnt.

EventBoost dashboard showing publisher coverage and event clicks.
Publisher coverage and event clicks in the EventBoost dashboard.
  • Submit your event to 100+ event listing websites in one step.
  • Choose the publishers that suit your event and audience.
  • See how many people view and click your event listings.
  • Choose where to promote your event based on your budget.
See event promotion

Keep the event close with a mobile app

Replaces: EventMobi and Cvent.

Session list in the Dryfta app.Speaker directory in the Dryfta app.Speaker, attendee, sponsor and exhibitor information in the Dryfta app.
Session lists, speaker profiles and sponsor information in the Dryfta app.
  • Let attendees and speakers talk through live polls and session chats.
  • Make schedules, speaker profiles and event details easy to find.
  • Let attendees search and browse submitted abstracts.
  • Collect feedback with surveys after the event.
  • Share information in the app to reduce printing and paper costs.
  • Send app alerts about schedule changes and event announcements.
See the event app

See how your event is doing

Custom Reports showing saved reports and reporting tools in the organizer dashboard.
Saved reports and reporting tools in Custom Reports.
  • Follow event activity as it happens.
  • Choose the event information and filters to include in each report.
  • Share a report with suppliers and other people involved in your event using a link.
  • See a quick overview of your event’s results.
  • Send personalized emails to selected groups of registrants.
  • Copy an existing event setup to get your next event started faster.
See reports and results

Your event website

Build a home for your program, registration and event information.

Explore the website builder

Help people stay connected

Let people find each other, send messages and join discussions.

Explore community tools

Keep attendee details together

See registration details and event activity together, then send relevant updates to the right people.

See attendee management

Customer recognition

Independent recognition from the G2 community

These badges reflect the recognition Dryfta has received from event-platform users on G2.

Read Dryfta reviews on G2
G2 Users Most Likely To Recommend, Small Business, Spring 2022
G2 Highest User Adoption, Small Business, Spring 2022
G2 Users Most Likely To Recommend, Small Business, Summer 2023
G2 High Performer, Small Business, Summer 2023
G2 Highest User Adoption, Small Business, Summer 2023
G2 Best Meets Requirements, Small Business, Summer 2023
G2 High Performer, Fall 2023
G2 High Performer, Europe, Summer 2023
G2 High Performer, Fall 2024
G2 Highest User Adoption, Winter 2025

Badges show recognition from past G2 reporting seasons.

See how other teams use Dryfta

Real events. Real examples.

See how other teams have used Dryfta to plan and run their conferences.

Explore the case studies
Customer storyJhpiego · IMNHC 2023

One place to manage IMNHC 2023.

How Jhpiego used Dryfta for registrations, abstract reviews and attendee activities at IMNHC 2023.

Read the story

Set up for your organization

Your event. Your organization’s needs.

Choose where Dryfta runs

Use Dryfta’s hosted service or run it on your organization’s own servers.

See hosting options

Protect your event data

Choose who can access information and review how Dryfta protects event data.

Review security

Set it up for your event

Choose the forms, review steps and access rules your team needs.

For universities

Hosting and security

Look after your event data.

Review where your data is stored, how payments work and who can access event information.

Hosting and backups

  • Use hosting that meets ISO 27018 and ISO 27017 requirements for cloud data protection.
  • Use firewalls for the application and server to help block unauthorized access.
  • Back up data every hour, 24 times a day, throughout the year.

Credit card payments

  • Process credit card payments through Stripe without storing card details on Dryfta’s servers.
  • Check regularly for common security weaknesses, including the OWASP Top 10.
  • Monitor for new threats and respond when they appear.

Keep data and connections private

  • Protect data sent to the website with 256-bit SSL certificates from Comodo.
  • Protect stored data with AES-256 encryption and keep the keys on separate machines.
  • Use HTTPS for connections, with HSTS to make browsers use secure connections.

Read about security and data protection

For the team behind your event

Tools for different kinds of teams.

Universities and research teams

  • Collect abstracts and organize reviews for academic conferences.
  • Manage attendee registration and event schedules.
  • Use reports to understand your event’s results.
Explore the solution

Associations and nonprofits

  • Sell tickets and collect donations for your cause.
  • Help members meet and stay connected.
  • Keep contacts and donor details together for more relevant communication.
Explore the solution

Event agencies and conference organizers

  • Manage contacts and marketing in one place to help turn inquiries into bookings.
  • Plan the program and track session attendance.
  • Include people who attend in person or online.
Explore the solution

Large organizations

  • Manage registration and sponsorships for large events.
  • Suggest sessions that match an attendee’s interests.
  • Use security and compliance controls to protect event data.
Explore the solution

Your brand. Our technology.

Make the event look like your own.

Use your own website address, logo, colors and wording, with Dryfta’s event tools behind it.

Use your own brand

Use the same name, website address and style throughout the event.

Get started sooner

Use tools that are already built, so you can start planning sooner.

Room to grow

Run more events without having to build the software yourself.

Ongoing support

Get software updates, maintenance and help from the Dryfta team.

See options for using your own brand

Help when you need it

Get help from setup to event day.

Email support, seven days a week

Ask for help directly from your event dashboard.

Live training

Your subscription includes two one-hour training sessions. You can book more if needed.

Videos and help articles

Follow videos and help articles as you set up your event.

Weekly live demo and questions

Join the Friday live demo to see how Dryfta works and ask questions.

Browse help articles

Common questions

What would you like to know?

Have a question about your event? Let’s talk it through.

What can we do with Dryfta?

You can collect abstracts, manage reviews, sell tickets, build the event schedule and share an event app. Attendee details and event information stay together, so your team has less to manage across separate tools.

Can we see a demo for our kind of event?

Yes. Tell us about your event and the tasks you want help with. We’ll show you the tools that fit and answer your questions.

Where can we find prices and hosting options?

Start with the pricing and enterprise pages. During your demo, we can discuss the plan, hosting and support your event needs.

See Dryfta for yourself

See how Dryfta can help your team.

Tell us about your event and the tasks you want help with. We’ll show you how to do them in Dryfta.

Request a demo