Powerful, Enterprise-Grade Event Management Software
Sell tickets & Collect registration fees online
Full-Service Abstract Management Software: Collect ➩ Assign ➩ Review ➩ Decide ➩ 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
Organizing an academic event in 2026 virtually means that you have to make dozens of important decisions even before you begin to put the planning down on paper. The first and perhaps most challenging part of event management rests in planning. We’re talking about when an incredible idea for a potential academic event dawns on you in the middle of the shower. But when you do sit down to articulate your ideas, you find yourself challenged by structural and logistical questions.
Networking is the very foundation of any successful event. People attend the event not only for the presentations and speakers, but also for the networking opportunities. They come to meet peers, business partners, mentors, and clients. They come for the conversations that count. There is little space for networking in a crammed schedule. Sessions are fitted into the schedule. Speaker slots must be included. Break times are reduced. Attendees dash from one venue to the next. In the end, networking becomes an afterthought. Continue reading
Picture empty seats at your sold-out event. Real-time ticket inventory management ends that nightmare. As an event organizer, you know how important every detail is when planning a successful event. And sometimes, ticket inventory is something that seems easy to manage until things get hectic.
An academic event involves many moving parts. Each part depends on accurate data and timely action. When tools do not connect, teams lose control. Integrations allow systems to share information. They keep your event data consistent and remove repetitive tasks. They help your team focus on quality, not admin work. A well-integrated event platform creates a single workflow. Everything stays connected. Everything stays updated. Continue reading
What’s a better way to understand your audience than asking them directly while the event is actually happening? As an event organizer, you already have a lot on your plate. You manage speaker schedules, speaker coordination, tech and logistics, and so on. In the middle of all that, polls and surveys often feel like a nice-to-have.
If you’re serious about staying ahead in STEM, there are conferences you need to mark your calendar right now. STEM is among the fastest moving and growing set of disciplines in the world.
If you’re a researcher, you’ve probably submitted abstracts to conferences and wondered how the selection process works. More importantly, you might have questioned, at some point in your journey, if the system is truly fair.
Recall the last major event you ran. Were attendees waiting for a very long time just to get their event badges? Perhaps names on the badges were spelled incorrectly. Or, did unauthorized attendees enter the restricted areas without notice? As an event organizer, these moments sting because they directly reflect your planning.
A conference paper is the author’s demonstration of their research. It is a portfolio of ideas that researchers want to share with the community of a larger audience through academic events. Authors submit their works to the conference with the expectation that their paper will be read, cited, and followed up on.
If you are an academic or researcher who attended an event in 2025 or are an organizer who planned one, you may acknowledge how an effective website is now as important as planning the event itself. And, for obvious reasons, it’s the first point of contact for potential attendees and serves as the primary information hub throughout the event lifecycle.
A great speaker bio is important for attendees to decide which sessions they want to attend and for promoting your entire event. Writing one, however, is not always easy. A speaker bio for an event serves a different purpose than a personal website biography. It has to explain who the speaker is, why their work matters, and why their session is worth attending. Thus, when bios are ineffective, they may seem too vague, too lengthy, or out of sync with the conference theme.
An event, in its essence, is a gathering of people who have a common interest. Networking is the activity that helps all these people share knowledge about their common interests, which keeps the group going. Those who attend the event communicate with the people who are invited to talk. The sponsors, on the other hand, connect with the prospects. Also, the peers share their ideas amongst themselves. In case the event networking is done well, it will result in a community of a large number of people within academia. Continue reading