Powerful, Enterprise-Grade Event Management Software
Sell tickets & Collect registration fees online
Full-Service Abstract Management Software: Collect âž© Assign âž© Review âž© Decide âž© Notify
Customizable forms to collect & review abstracts, symposia, proposals & grants
The Complete Event Schedule Builder to Create Virtual & Hybrid Sessions
Create Event Schedule with Slides, Group Chats, Survey forms & more
Engagement Tools to Host Virtual Conferences & Online Community Website
Engage attendees & Produce knowledge with online networking portal
Planning a booth in Barcelona, Frankfurt, Paris or Milan is exciting until you hit the visa page and your brain taps out. This guide keeps it practical: what to do, when to do it, and which papers consulates really look for. We’ve also included ready-to-use templates you can download in one bundle: cover letter, flight and hotel itineraries, day-by-day travel plan, and a home-office confirmation letter for founders who work from home.
Enterprises gain significant flexibility and control when they deploy an on-premise event management platform instead of relying on a shared SaaS solution. The differences are most visible in two areas: workflow customization and security configuration.
A troubleshooting guide for scenarios where authors and reviewers aren’t receiving EasyChair emails, plus how Dryfta ensures automated notifications go out reliably.
A custom domain makes your event look official, keeps branding consistent, and improves trust at the exact moments that matter: registration, payments, and emails. This guide gets you live in minutes, with guardrails to protect SEO and email deliverability.
We’ve packed this month’s release with quality-of-life upgrades that save clicks, tidy data, and give you more control over the attendee experience. Here’s the quick tour:
In a world that's rapidly pivoting toward hybrid and virtual engagement, universities and nonprofits find themselves at a crossroads. Traditional in-person conferences are wonderful, but let's be honest; they aren't always practical. Travel costs, global crises, accessibility issues; the hurdles are real. And when it comes to research events, the need for dynamic interaction isn't just a preference, it's a necessity. Researchers need to discuss, not just present. They want to engage, not just observe.
Enter Dryfta's Virtual Meeting Platform: a breath of fresh air designed specifically to meet the complex needs of academia and mission-driven events.
In July 2024, dozens of African health experts with accepted talks to a major HIV/AIDS conference in Munich found themselves watching from home as their visas denied by the host country. Around the same time, U.S. government agencies facing new budget cuts outright banned their scientists from traveling to conferences (even on personal time) until an outcry forced a reversal (Source: US NIH reverses conference travel ban for scientists). These incidents underline a stark reality: academic and nonprofit public health conferences are being squeezed by a perfect storm of shrinking travel grants, slashed research funding, and record-high visa restrictions. The stakes are high. If we don’t adapt, we risk conference halls filled only with those privileged enough to afford airfare and visas, and an empty seat where a young scientist from the Global South should have been sitting, sharing insights that could save lives.
How’s planning going? We’ve been busy polishing Dryfta so the platform keeps doing more of the heavy lifting for you. Here’s what just landed in your account:
Super‑Sized Webinars
• Host up to 500 speakers/moderators on camera
• Livestream to 8 000 viewers simultaneously
• Moderators can flip the switch from “watch‑only” to “join the stage” for live Q&A and allow participants to ask questions
Picture this: You are planning a major conference that gathers hundreds of influential stakeholders from around the globe. Your registration portal is ready to go live, and the marketing campaign has started. Suddenly, your IT department raises concerns about data privacy, regulatory compliance, and deeper integrations with internal systems. Traditional cloud-based software feels too restrictive, lacking the control and customization your organization demands. Tensions rise as deadlines loom and decisions must be made quickly. This scenario illustrates a challenge many senior event managers face: deciding which type of event management software is the right fit, a SaaS-based event platform that is shared in the public cloud, or an on-premise event management software solution that resides on dedicated infrastructure.
Organizing large-scale conferences in a global context has increasingly become a complex undertaking. Senior event managers and corporate planners must now consider multiple aspects such as attendee data protection, compliance with international policies, and sophisticated technology integrations. While SaaS-based event management platforms, hosted on a shared cloud, have been a dominant force in recent years, a gradual movement toward on-premise event management software, installed and fully managed within private cloud, is reshaping the way enterprises approach event management. This adjustment is driven by a variety of factors, including the imperative of having total control, meeting advanced security requirements, and adhering to evolving data regulations in different geographies.
At Dryfta, we know that every detail counts when organizing a successful event. That’s why we’ve rolled out a fresh batch of updates to help make your workflow even more seamless. Here’s what’s new this month: