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Abstract Management System that Checks All the Boxes

 

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Managing a conference is no small feat—it's a journey filled with countless tasks, from inviting speakers to managing logistics, and perhaps one of the most crucial parts of it all is managing abstracts and papers. Launching a call for papers, collecting submissions, assigning them to reviewers, and communicating effectively with authors requires careful coordination and flawless execution. If you’ve been part of a chair committee, you know exactly how much of a challenge this can be. Traditionally, abstract management has often been cumbersome, requiring numerous emails, constant communication, and hours of manual labor to ensure everything moves smoothly. Fortunately, with advancements in technology, things have gotten a lot easier.
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Borderless Cybersecurity Conference & Technical Symposium by Oasis Open – A Case Study

Successful use of Dryfta

Borderless Cybersecurity Conference helps organizations identify and avoid some of the biggest pitfalls in threat intelligence. The conference program brings together the OASIS Borderless Cyber and FIRST Technical Symposium communities to provide guidance, outline next steps, and identify available resources to help you deal with imminent or emerging cyber threats.

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Used Dryfta for: Collecting abstracts, Sending email campaigns, Assigning abstracts to reviewers & conducting Peer review, Creating Event website, Selling tickets through credit card payments, generating Program schedule.

Here’s a quick interview with Jane Harnad, Manager of Events, about her experience with using Dryfta event platform for Borderless Cybersecurity Conference
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Procurement Education Conference 2019 by Procurement Australia – A Case Study

Sensational! I can’t tell you enough how great this tool is you are organizing a conference or event

For the last 30+ years, Procurement Australia has been helping Australian businesses (big and small, public and private) get what they need by quickly, easily and expertly connecting people with companies, buyers with sellers and needs with solutions.

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Used Dryfta for: Collecting abstracts, Sending email campaigns, Creating Event website, Selling tickets online through credit card.

Here’s a quick interview with Esther Roper, Marketing Manager, Procurement Australia, about her experience with using Dryfta event platform for Procurement Australia Conference 2019
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University of Pennsylvania – Case Study

Great, comprehensive conference planning platform

The Ethnography in Education Research Forum at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education invites submissions for its 2019 Annual Meeting and the celebration of the Forum’s 40th anniversary. The Forum welcomes scholars at all career stages seeking a supportive venue for sharing their ethnographic work at various stages of development.

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Used Dryfta for: Collecting abstracts, Sending email campaigns, Assigning abstracts to reviewers & conducting Peer reviews, Creating Event website, Selling tickets through credit card payments, Creating Program schedule.

Here’s a quick interview with Mary Yee, EdD, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, about her experience with using Dryfta event platform for Ethnography in Education Research Forum 2019
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University of Missouri, St. Louis – Case Study

Great Product, Great Price and Amazing Customer Service!

The Midwest Digital Marketing Conference is the largest digital marketing conference in the Midwest, is rated a Top Marketing Conference to Check Out in 2019 by Forbes and has set attendance records with nearly 2,000 marketers.

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Used Dryfta for: Collecting abstracts, Sending email campaigns, Assigning abstracts to reviewers & conducting Peer review, Creating Event website, Selling tickets through credit card payments, Program schedule building & management, and Engaging attendees on Dryfta event apps.

Here’s a quick interview with Brianna Smith, Adjunct Professor, UMSL Digital, about her experience with using Dryfta event platform for Midwest Digital Marketing Conference
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How to Control which Image, URL and Description should be Shared on Facebook?

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Facebook has turned into a noteworthy traffic driver for a wide range of websites. These days even huge organizations steer customers toward their Facebook pages rather than their corporate sites. The ubiquitous Facebook “Like” and “Share” buttons are there on most websites. One issue I’ve constantly found with sharing URLs on Facebook is that most websites do not have any influence over the picture and description that goes with the URL. Facebook Open Graph API is the solution to that.

Facebook’s Open Graph API sets data through custom META tags on the website’s page and are prefixed with og: Using this simple META tag strategy, you can tell Facebook what images, text, and link to use when sharing your event’s website. Let’s see how you can control how your event website is shared on Facebook.

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