Keep the research conversation going.

Connect useful conversations with scientific sessions, research topics and shared interests.

• Create spaces for ideas, questions, notes and useful resources.
• Keep conversations available after a live session ends.
• Help attendees learn from each other as well as from speakers.
• Keep feedback and discussion together so people can find it later.

Create clear discussion spaces so participants can find relevant research conversations.

• Create rooms for tracks, committees, groups, sponsors, workshops or members.
• Give different topics their own space instead of putting everything in one feed.
• Explain what each room is for and how to take part.
• Support focused groups within a large conference or year-round program.

Show active conversations so people know where others are sharing ideas.

• Recognize people who contribute most often.
• Highlight the most active rooms.
• Show comments with the most upvotes so useful ideas are easier to find.
• Use activity patterns to spot topics worth exploring further.

Let participants recognize useful questions, resources and contributions.

• Let attendees upvote comments that help the discussion.
• Make useful comments easier to find among repeated or less relevant posts.
• Let attendees see which of their comments received upvotes.
• Use upvotes to see what interests the community and deserves follow-up.

Help researchers and other participants continue a useful discussion directly.

• Let attendees send connection requests to people they meet in discussions.
• Support one-to-one meeting arrangements.
• Allow private messages for questions, introductions and shared work.
• Give attendees clear ways to move from a public discussion to a personal connection.

Help people return when someone responds to a question or research conversation.

• Send email notifications when new comments or replies are posted.
• Help people notice replies even when they are away from the platform.
• Keep discussions going between sessions, event days and follow-up activities.
• Encourage people to return without sending every reminder manually.

Keep room instructions and important conference announcements easy to find.

• Add room banners for deadlines, instructions, sponsor notes or featured discussions.
• Place important announcements above the discussion feed.
• Share different announcements in different rooms.
• Use banners to explain next steps or highlight useful content.

Give the organizing team tools to moderate conference discussions.

• Approve or disapprove comments and replies.
• Reduce spam, unrelated posts and low-quality activity.
• Keep academic and professional discussions focused on their topic.
• Open discussion spaces with a clear moderation process.

Keep the community connected to your official conference identity.

• Use your own branded domain for the community.
• Keep the website, registration, program and community consistent.
• Help people recognize that they are still in your event’s online space.
• Make the community part of your event platform.

Use an existing organization login where single sign-on is configured.

• Use the same sign-in process as your organization.
• Make access easier for universities, associations and enterprise programs.
• Support controlled access for private or invitation-only communities.
• Keep community access in line with your wider event rules.