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Platform features

Website & content

Build your website

The Website Designer with homepage widgets and the live event layout.

Build an event website from a template.
Create pages with a visual HTML editor.
Edit a page’s HTML code when you need more control.
Copy an existing event.
Create events from a shared master setup.
Manage your events from one dashboard.

Branding, speakers & content

Attendees browse public speaker profiles, with search and filters.

Use your own website address instead of a dryfta.com address.
Organize pages with tabs you can change.
Choose what appears on the partners and sponsors tab.
Store speaker names, job titles, photos, biographies, social links, websites and custom details.
Assign speaker tasks and deadlines. Speakers complete them from their dashboard, and your team receives progress updates.
Create pages with text, images and videos.

Schedules & sharing

Let attendees save sessions to their personal schedule.
Recommend sessions based on attendees’ interests.
Create a PDF program for each event day.
Display sessions that take place at the same time.
Let visitors share the website on social media.
Upload and manage documents.

Documents, photos & video

Manage photo collections, publication and access.

Protect document downloads with a password.
Require registration before someone can download a document.
Upload several photos together and choose public or private access.
Display photos in a slideshow.
Give attendees a website that adjusts to their phone or tablet.
Add YouTube videos and choose who can view them.

Languages & activity reports

Navigation settings in the event website builder.

Connect website activity with your contact records.
Offer the platform in supported languages.
Edit the website’s labels and messages for each available language.
View built-in website activity reports.
Connect Google Analytics to your event website.
Display live social feeds using your event hashtag.

Social feeds & time zones

Enter event details for promotion through EventBoost.

Use Chinese and Spanish characters in your content.
Set the time zone for your event platform and website.

Platform features

Registration & forms

Forms for different people

Create different registration forms and questions for each type of attendee.
Build forms for attendees, reviewers, reviews and abstract submissions.
Embed registration forms in another website.
Translate registration forms into supported languages.
Add instructions and helpful text to forms.
Add rating questions to review forms.

Uploads, privacy & spam controls

Build a survey with choice questions, conditional fields and a field palette.

Accept file uploads and choose the allowed file types.
Explain your privacy policy and how personal information will be used.
Use a checkbox to ask for agreement to share personal information.
Add reCAPTCHA to help reduce automated form submissions.
Save registration details in your shared contact list and event records.
Let contacts turn their public profile on or off.

Contact details & confirmations

Choose open registration or registration by invitation.
Let people join a waiting list to register their interest.
Pre-fill details for contacts you already know.
Send a confirmation email when someone registers.
Choose whether form fields are public, visible to signed-in users or for staff only.
Choose who can add, edit or delete information in selected tools.

Permissions & ticket questions

Choose the organizer tools a staff role can access.

Check that required form questions have been answered.
Accept MP3 audio and MP4 video uploads in registration and abstract forms.
Send event updates to everyone who has registered.
Add custom questions to the ticket purchase form.
Choose which ticket types each user role can buy.
Pre-fill a signed-in buyer’s name, email and other saved details.

Platform features

Research submissions

Collect & organize submissions

Collect abstracts and session proposals with the submission settings your event needs.
Set a different deadline for each submission type.
Publish all or accepted abstracts with author names, ratings and summaries.
View reports about abstract submissions and reviews.
Sort abstracts by review count, ratings, authors or reviewers.
Assign several abstracts to several reviewers.

Author and reviewer tools

Authors manage their abstracts and see decisions in My Proposals.

Give authors a dashboard for submissions, personal schedules and profile updates.
Save abstract form answers automatically while authors work.
Add custom questions to the co-author form.
Let authors and reviewers discuss requested changes through an organizer-managed process.
Allow reviewers to attach files to their feedback.
Design and create participation certificates for attendees.

Letters, messages & public abstracts

Automated event messages for registration, orders and submissions.

Create acceptance letters and email the letter PDF with a cover message to accepted authors.
Send automatic updates to speakers, authors and reviewers.
Connect Twilio to send text messages to attendees.
Send a text message to all registrants or a selected group.
Let authors choose whether their published abstracts appear publicly.
Export abstracts as PDF or CSV files.

Files, fees & author revisions

Author revision and resubmission settings.

Create a PDF containing all reviews for an abstract.
Create a PDF listing every abstract assigned to a reviewer.
Collect card payments from authors after their abstracts are accepted.
Require payment before an author can submit an abstract.
Let an author choose several presenters for one abstract.
Lock author edits once an abstract has been assigned for review.

Build the program & abstract book

Choose fields and layout for the abstract book.

Allow requested revisions after the submission deadline.
Create program sessions from accepted abstracts.
Add PDF or image uploads, multiple-choice questions, selection lists and comments to submission forms.
Sort abstracts by topic, reviewer, author or submission status.
Create an abstract book and choose its fields and display settings.
Write registration and submission instructions for authors and reviewers.

Assignments & submission settings

Reviewer assignment rules and workload limits.

Accept supported files, including PDF, PowerPoint, Word, audio, video and ZIP files.
Assign papers manually or automatically using the topics reviewers selected.
Send automatic emails to authors, reviewers and organizers when selected actions happen.
Require an author to choose a submission type and hide the “None” choice.
Attach the abstract PDF to its submission confirmation email.
Change the order of abstract topics.

Archive and review controls

Published abstracts with topics, authors and discovery filters in the abstract archive.

Change the order of form questions for each submission type.
Notify reviewers when an author updates an abstract.
Show related sessions in the abstract archive.
Set a separate submission limit for each submission type.
Let reviewers save an unfinished review and submit it later.
Allow voting on abstracts when their public listing is enabled.

Panel and presenter details

Choose which user types can submit each type of abstract.
Set the maximum number of abstracts each author can submit for each submission type.
Choose which panel directors receive review submission notifications.
Import abstracts into the abstract management tool.
Show download links for presentation files in the abstract archive.
Let authors include several abstracts in a panel or roundtable submission.

Panel review assignment

Configure stage dates and reviewer assignments.

Assign all abstracts in a panel to the same reviewer when one panel abstract is assigned.

Platform features

Tickets & payments

Tickets, memberships & donations

Attendees choose tickets and follow the registration steps on the event website.

Accept online payments from registrants.
Collect one-time or monthly donations by card.
Sell memberships with a set validity period.
Sell workshop tickets and restrict check-in to ticket holders.
Show social sharing and “Share with a friend” buttons after a purchase.
Give members access to selected premium content.

Payment choices & notifications

Currencies, billing details and checkout settings.

Choose a supported online payment provider and offer offline payment methods.
Notify buyers and organizers about unfinished purchases.
Notify the main administrator when payment settings change.
Connect Stripe for payments.
Ask about the Dryfta payment gateway option for your event.
Connect Authorize.net for payments.

Submission fees & invoices

Use PayTM Wallet for payments in Indian rupees.
Connect 2Checkout for payments.
Require payment for abstract submission.
Add custom questions to ticket purchase forms.
Save payment details in event records for reminders and follow-up.
Create an invoice and email it to the buyer automatically.

Discounts & sponsorships

Set a discount’s amount, usage limits and validity dates.

Create participant and group discount codes, with expiry dates and conditions based on custom form answers.
Limit discount code use per person and per ticket.
Apply a discount automatically when its ticket conditions are met.
Sell sponsorship packages online.
Sell extra items alongside tickets.
Limit a discount code to buyers from selected countries.

More payment connections

Membership plan name, price, currency and validity period.

Connect Square to accept card payments.
Choose whether to confirm offline-payment orders automatically.
Connect Cybersource to accept card payments.
Connect Moneris to accept card payments.
Show a custom purchase question for all ticket types or selected tickets.
Use iPay for supported payments in Kenya.

Discount entry choices

Offer a discount to members with selected membership plans.

Apply discounts automatically or ask buyers to enter a code.

Platform features

Peer review & reviewer assignment

Review forms & assignments

Reviewers find assigned abstracts and their review stage in the event.

Build review forms with scores, uploads, multiple-choice and yes/no questions, and comments.
Assign an abstract to several reviewers.
Find reviewers whose topics match an abstract.
Notify attendees about meetings and include calendar invitations.
Import reviewers together instead of entering each person separately.
Export reviews to a spreadsheet with average scores and score variation.

Reviewer communication & review modes

Choose which submission details reviewers and authors can see.

Notify reviewers when an abstract is assigned to them.
View and manage a reviewer’s reviews from the organizer dashboard.
Send a private message to a reviewer from the dashboard.
Use double-blind review to hide author details from reviewers.
Allow reviews of abstracts that have already been accepted.
Use open review so reviewers can see each other’s reviews of the same abstract.

Assignment rules & private discussions

Reviewer information and discussion settings.

Let a reviewer decline an assigned abstract.
Assign abstracts automatically by topic and set limits per reviewer and per abstract, with email notifications.
Check organizations during manual and automatic assignment to avoid assigning reviewers from the author’s faculty.
Let reviewers discuss an abstract together.
Use triple-blind review to hide author information from track chairs too.

Platform features

Badges & printing

Design badges & QR codes

Create badges as a PDF.
Create individual badges for printing at the event.
Choose your badge design.
Add a QR code using the attendee’s information.
Include the attendee’s name, abstract titles, organization and country in their QR code.
Start from badge templates with fields for attendee details.

Templates, sponsors & printing kiosks

Configure the self-service check-in kiosk.

Add a badge sponsor’s logo.
Adjust badge text to fit long names and special characters.
Create badges and QR codes from the same attendee records; review them before printing.
Set up badge printing and scanning kiosks.

Platform features

Email & automatic updates

Connect email tools & track campaigns

Create and schedule email campaigns for your event.

Connect Mailchimp to sync subscribers and mailing lists.
Connect SendGrid to send campaigns from your own domain and email address.
Connect Constant Contact to sync subscribers and mailing lists.
Create email campaigns with your own content and personal details.
Review and export campaign results, including sent, bounced, opened, clicked, spam-reported and unsubscribed messages.
Send campaigns to selected attendee groups.

Send relevant personal messages

Organize mailing lists and subscription forms.

Remove people from the registration campaign list once they register.
Turn automatic email notifications on or off.
Email a contact privately using one of your saved templates.
View the history of emails sent to a contact.
Insert contact and event details into email templates automatically.
Send a simple email with your logo.

Designs & notification records

Use templates with an event header, message and personalized details.
Use a more detailed email design created by your designer.
Export the recipients and sending dates for each automatic notification as a CSV.

Platform features

Projects & tasks

Assign tasks & follow progress

A task workspace with task-status filters and a queue summary.

View your task list and task details together. Assign staff, choose a due date, attach files or delete a task.
Show “Add task” only to staff who have permission to create tasks.
Filter tasks by assigned person, date, status or project.
Assign a task to several people and show it in each person’s To Dos list.
Email staff when a task is assigned and remind them one day before its due date.
Find complete, incomplete, overdue and upcoming tasks.

Platform features

Scientific program & sessions

Session formats & personal schedules

A public program page with session information and navigation. — Share complete session information in an easy-to-read public program.

Host virtual meetings, live streams and recorded sessions.
Show each session’s description, presenters, moderators and other useful details.
Filter sessions by speaker, moderator, presenter, venue or time.
Let attendees save sessions to a personal schedule in their dashboard.
Let attendees check in to sessions.
Offer a waiting list when a session is full.

Calendars, discussion & feedback

An open virtual session, with the presentation area and live engagement tools.

Add sessions to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook.
Choose a simple or expanded program view.
Add a message board for session discussion and questions.
Let visitors print the event program.
Let attendees download speaker presentation files.
Collect feedback after each session.

Profiles, recommendations & imports

Discover speakers in Dryfta’s iOS app, as shown on the App Store.

Show attendees and speakers with links to their biographies.
Show personal schedules in the event app.
Use colored tracks to help people find relevant sessions.
Let people share sessions on X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook.
Recommend sessions based on a participant’s interests.
Add accepted abstracts and their presenters to sessions automatically.

Attendance lists & room planning

A public session page with the session title, date, location and details. — Give attendees a clear session view with the practical details in one place.

Import sessions and presentations from a spreadsheet.
Import speakers and presenters from a spreadsheet.
Export the list of attendees who checked in.
Export the list of attendees who saved a session.
Export the session waiting list.
Find scheduling clashes automatically.

Capacity, credits & check-in

Session access, attendance and capacity controls.

Set the capacity of each room.
Choose several tracks and formats for a session.
Display times using a 12-hour or 24-hour clock.
Set an attendee limit for each session.
Use attendance checks to help verify continuing education credits.
Let attendees join a waiting list when all seats are taken.

Tracks, presentations & printed programs

Manage presentation files attached to an event session.

Check attendees in with the session check-in tool.
Check attendees in by scanning their QR codes.
Let attendees scan their badges to check themselves in.
Give tracks different colors so they are easier to recognize.
Show attendee and speaker lists with links to public profiles.
Let speakers upload presentation files from their dashboard.

File access, credits & paid workshops

Create a workshop ticket, then link it to a session in the program builder.

Let speakers add notes for their sessions.
Group several presentations into one session.
Choose what appears in the printed program.
Set the order of authors in each session.
Choose which uploaded presentation files appear in a session.
Choose who can access presentation files.

Speaker notes & attendee updates

Compose and schedule a push notification for event app users.

Require attendees to arrive at the venue before they can check in.
Set continuing education credits for sessions and award them to checked-in attendees.
Sell tickets for a workshop session and restrict check-in to paid attendees.
Show invitation-only sessions to selected user types.
Let speakers add notes to the sessions where they are speaking.
Email an immediate update to a session’s participants.

Moderation, surveys & session reports

Controls for session chats, questions and live polls.

Send push notifications to event app users.
Email your mailing list or selected attendees and speakers.
Approve session questions and comments before they appear.
View the people who have checked in to a session.
Add a survey to a session and its individual presentations.
List event sponsors and exhibitors.

Attendance duration & personal program

An attendee’s saved session on the event website.

Create custom session reports.
Embed the program in another website.
Export session check-in and check-out times and attendance duration.
Filter the program by individual presentations.
Let attendees print their personal schedule.
Show total continuing education credits and credits for each session in My Schedule.

Speaker order & download access

An accepted research item presented as part of the event program. — Bring accepted research into the public program with its session details.

Change the order of speakers and moderators in a session.
Allow all or selected user types to download presentation files.

Platform features

Surveys & polls

Create surveys & understand responses

Review the distribution of answers to a survey question.

Create surveys, polls and feedback forms with the questions you need, and let attendees respond.
Manage your surveys in Survey Manager without a fixed survey count.
View respondents and their contact details, including email and phone number.
See results as counts and charts, including the most and least selected answers.

Platform features

Promotion & social sharing

Help people discover your event

Publisher coverage and event clicks in the EventBoost dashboard.

Let visitors promote your event with social sharing buttons.
Display live feeds from your social accounts.
Add Facebook, LinkedIn and X (Twitter) sharing buttons to sessions and abstracts.
Add social sharing buttons to content pages.
Add search metadata, JavaScript or HTML through General Settings when needed.

Platform features

Contacts & attendee records

Contact fields, permissions & bulk changes

Search and organize attendee records in Manage Attendees.

Create the custom contact fields you need.
Combine duplicate contacts and their related information.
Choose which parts of the platform each staff member or user can access.
Check common field types, including dates, lists, text and yes/no answers.
Save a photo in each contact record.
Update several contacts or profiles together.

Search, groups & activity records

Choose filters for contact status, roles, check-in and organization.

Search contacts using standard and custom fields and their values.
Send sign-in details to several contacts at once.
See a contact’s submitted abstracts on their Abstracts tab.
Use several filters to find a specific group of contacts.
Keep a contact’s activity log updated automatically.
Organize contacts into groups and mailing lists.

Imports, files & organization details

Import contact information from a spreadsheet file.

Export contacts to a spreadsheet.
Import contacts from a spreadsheet.
Choose which staff members can import contacts.
Use a quick search or combine several search fields.
Upload files to contact records for staff use.
Add organizations manually or use the supported LinkedIn company connection.

Notes, tickets & follow-up

Registration and submission-fee options on the event website.

Add notes to a contact record.
Save a filtered contact list as a group.
See the abstracts assigned to a reviewer on their Assigned Abstracts tab.
Choose which fields appear in contact details.
See tickets bought by or for a contact on their Tickets tab.
Record calls and emails with a subject, staff member, description, date, outcome and next follow-up time.

Attendance, email records & backups

Guest Check-in in the organizer dashboard, with attendee search, arrival-status tabs and check-in and check-out controls. — Find guests and record arrivals or departures in Guest Check-in.

See the sessions a person attended on their Sessions tab.
Store event details such as ticket tier, registration interest, travel plans and dietary needs.
Review changes to contact details in the change log.
Email a contact using a saved template and personalized fields.
Keep a log of emails sent to each contact.
Back up your latest event data.

Platform features

Conference participation

Check-in, discussion & self-service

Update contact records when attendees check in.
Let attendees check in to sessions and appear in the session attendee list.
Let attendees discuss sessions and recognize active contributors.
Show a discussion wall that updates as new comments arrive.
Check attendees in manually from the event dashboard.
Set up self check-in kiosks for the event and its sessions.

Meetings, recommendations & leads

Member profiles, search and filters on the event website.

Give attendees a dashboard for schedules, contact requests, profile updates and tickets.
Suggest people to meet based on shared interests.
Track completed meetings for each attendee.
Let sponsors and exhibitors collect leads by scanning QR codes.
Provide discussions for the whole event and for individual sessions.
Let attendees request contact details and arrange one-to-one meetings with attendees or sponsors.

Profiles, reviewer access & account controls

Attendees can track review status and event surveys from their dashboard.

Choose a standard or vertical public profile layout.
Require a secret registration code for reviewers to limit unwanted sign-ups.
Let users delete their account from their dashboard when this option is enabled.

Platform features

Reports & sharing

Create reports & share useful data

Choose the report module, dates and columns.

Start with ready-made reports.
Create and save your own reports.
Share custom reports with people outside your team.
Download reports as CSV files.
Share current attendee information with selected vendors.

Platform features

Research conference apps

Event details & personal profiles

Browse all sessions in Dryfta’s iOS app, as shown on the App Store.

Let attendees choose from several events in the app.
Show the program, speakers, venue and attendees.
Load event content into the app from the platform automatically.
Identify event partners and sponsors in their dedicated section.
Show each attendee’s personal schedule and profile.
Let attendees update their profile.

Messages, invitations & contacts

Discover attendees and connections in Dryfta’s iOS app.

Let attendees send private messages.
Send meeting invitations between attendees and keep them in the app inbox.
Give guests limited access to event details.
Scan another attendee’s QR code and save their contact details.
Show the attendee directory or turn it off.
Save collected contacts to the phone’s address book.

Updates, connections & discussions

Dryfta’s iOS event home, as shown on the App Store.

Let organizers send push notifications.
Remind attendees about upcoming sessions in their personal schedule.
Create content pages with text, images and videos.
Show people who have shared contact details with an attendee in My Connections.
Let attendees request each other’s digital contact cards, also called vCards.
Let attendees join event discussions and reply to each other’s posts.

Offline access, ticket scanning & survey results

Keep a personal schedule in Dryfta’s iOS app.

Make supported event information available offline.
Let attendees turn app notifications on or off.
Add QR codes to tickets so staff can scan them at check-in.
Let staff scan tickets with the Android or iPhone app.
Show survey results as a bar chart after a website visitor answers a choice question.

Platform features

Languages

Supported languages

Choose a website language and edit its translated labels.

Offer Spanish.
Offer German.
Offer Brazilian Portuguese.
Offer UK English.
Offer French.
Offer Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Platform features

Connections with other tools

Connect your existing systems

Connect Zoom from Dryfta’s integration settings.

Use Zapier to connect Dryfta with supported web apps.
Use the public API to build connections with other tools.
Set up single sign-on so people can use an existing organization login.
Connect Salesforce to sync contacts and leads and match custom fields.
Connect Twilio to send automatic text messages.

Platform features

Hosting & staff access

Hosting, data controls & staff accounts

Event roles and the organizer tools available to each role.

Choose from available server locations in Europe and North America.
Use cookie controls to support European cookie requirements.
Use the platform’s tools and agreed processes to support your GDPR obligations.
Use Dryfta online through a web browser.
Add staff users without a fixed staff count.

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