Bring your research conference to people joining online.
Connect the call for abstracts, peer review and scientific program with live online sessions. Help participants ask questions, discuss research and return to recordings after the conference.
Organizers: set up virtual sessionsAttendees: join the live session
An open virtual session, with the presentation area and live engagement tools.
Make the scientific program accessible
Give online participants a clear program with links to their live sessions.
Make room for knowledge exchange
Use questions, polls, chats and meetings to help people discuss the work being presented.
Keep session access organized
Connect registration and ticket access to live sessions and recordings.
How it works
Three steps to get started.
1
Prepare the online program
Add research sessions, speakers, times and the meeting or streaming options you need.
2
Welcome your participants
Open registration, set ticket access and share the scientific program.
3
Support discussion and follow-up
Help people take part, share recordings and send participation certificates.
All features
Explore the features.
Find the tools your team needs and see how they fit your event.
Run live meetings people can join easily.
Give online participants browser access to research talks, panels and discussions.
Choose a virtual session format and meeting settings.
Host up to 500 interactive participants in a meeting, with audio, video and screen sharing.
Record meetings and sell access to them as on-demand sessions.
Choose who can join and set session capacity and waiting lists.
Collect feedback about speakers, content and attendee satisfaction after the event.
Create registration forms and collect fees through PayPal, Stripe or other supported payment providers.
Run up to 50 live meetings at the same time.
Give attendees live polls, group chat and questions and answers.
Collect submissions and organize reviews.
Connect multiple submission types, reviewer assignments and committee decisions with the scientific program.
Submission status and review progress.
Let speakers submit abstracts, posters and talks, and upload recorded videos and slides from their dashboard.
Choose the questions in submission, review and author or reviewer registration forms.
Accept or reject submissions and send the decision to authors automatically.
Add accepted abstracts to the matching sessions in the program.
Export submissions as CSV or PDF files.
Filter submissions and reviews by custom fields.
Publish an abstract book as a PDF or Word document.
Share live streams and recorded sessions.
Help participants find live research sessions and return to recordings afterwards.
An open virtual session, with the presentation area and live engagement tools.
List virtual sessions in a searchable event program.
Create speaker profiles and add speakers to their sessions.
Set a date, time and attendee limit for each session.
Stream sessions on your event website using the supported Vimeo Enterprise setup.
Create an on-demand library from session recordings after live sessions finish.
Sell access to your session recordings.
Check clashes as you build the online program.
Arrange scientific sessions and review scheduling clashes as you build the online program.
Attendees browse session cards and the event calendar on the event website.
Publish session details, search filters, feedback forms, attendance tracking and personal schedules.
Check speaker and time-slot clashes while building the program.
Sell tickets for recorded talks and live streams that attendees can watch from anywhere.
Create breakout sessions with group chat and video calls.
Let people join from their devices and use a waiting room to control meeting access.
Support collaboration through screen sharing.
Keep sessions active with live chat, questions and polls.
Sell access to online sessions and recordings.
Manage conference tickets and access to live sessions or recordings together.
Create a workshop ticket, then link it to a session in the program builder.
Sell tickets for webinars, virtual meetings and on-demand videos.
Accept payments through supported providers, including Stripe, PayPal, Square and Authorize.net.
Choose who can buy tickets and access live or recorded sessions.
Make webinar streams available to attendees who have paid.
Set ticket and attendance limits for virtual meetings and streamed sessions.
Help people take part in each session.
Give presenters, moderators and participants tools for questions, polls and discussion.
Controls for session chats, questions and live polls.
Let attendees ask questions by audio or submit them for the speaker to answer during or after a session.
Let speakers create polls during a live session.
Use live chat, photo and file sharing, and upvotes.
Let attendees view and download speaker slides on the website and app.
Assign session moderators to manage chat, polls and questions.
Help attendees meet the right people.
Help people meet around shared research interests and continue the conversation.
Member profiles, search and filters on the event website.
Let people send connection requests, save digital contact cards and start private chats.
Use the available AI matching tool to suggest people with similar interests.
Let attendees publish available times so others can request a meeting.
Let connected attendees start a one-to-one video meeting.
Support instant private messages during and after the event.
Let attendees create group chat and video rooms for up to 35 participants.
Provide discussion rooms for different topics, with comments, photos, files and upvotes.
Give sponsors a place to meet attendees.
Give sponsors a clear place to present their work and meet interested conference participants.
Sponsor discovery and an empty discussion area in the sponsor lounge.
Create sponsor lounges with contact people, product details, videos, downloads and social links.
Let attendees contact sponsor representatives through private messages or one-to-one video calls.
Share downloadable catalogues, PDFs and videos.
Let attendees save sponsor contact cards so sponsors can follow up with interested visitors.
Run sponsored sessions and identify attendees who joined or asked questions.
Keep attendees and speakers informed.
Send session reminders, speaker instructions and conference updates to the right groups.
Compose and schedule a push notification for event app users.
Send targeted email campaigns and see who opened messages or clicked links.
Send meeting reminders automatically at regular intervals.
Notify attendees when session details change.
Send text messages to attendeesā registered phone numbers.
Remind speakers about upcoming sessions by text message.
Create participation certificates.
Create a personalized record of conference participation for speakers and attendees.
Design a participation certificate with attendee and continuing-education placeholders.
Design certificates for your conference attendees and speakers.
Add your logo, wording, signing authority and signature, then choose a user type and print certificates in bulk.
Email personalized certificates to attendees using the broadcast tool.
Let attendees and presenters download certificates from their Dryfta dashboard.
Get help preparing and running your event.
Agree the training and live-event support your conference team needs.
Sessions organized by event day, with formats, tracks and rooms.
Use the 24/7 support desk for questions and issues.
Arrange event-day technical support and monitoring.
Receive up to four hours of training for speakers and staff.
Choose premium support options, including instant chat and a dedicated phone line.
Ask about full-service event setup, video production, recording, streaming and speaker management.
A customer example
AILA 2021: bringing a global conference online.
The World Congress of Applied Linguistics brought more than 2,400 participants together with Dryfta. Its team managed more than 1,700 submissions, 1,400 recorded videos and 270 virtual sessions.
āUsing Dryfta during the Memory Studies Association Virtual Conferenceā
We used the Dryfta conference platform to organize the Memory Studies Association Fifth Conference āConvergencesā (5-9 July 2021). This event, held entirely online, lasted five days and had nearly 1500 participants from all over the world. The program included 230 panels, roundtables and special sessions. We did not have a single technical glitch during the entire event, at least none caused by Dryfta!
The Dryfta team, and especially our personal assistant, Zeb Reyaz were very, flexible, supportive, responsive and communicative. They did their best to adjust the platform functionalities to our specific needs and were very quick to implement changes and remove any errors. Zeb and his team supported us throughout the conference, often going well beyond their obligations (e.g. by staying over hours or by downloading the recordings of the sessions much faster on the website than it was originally agreed on).
It is a website where people register, join online sessions, ask questions and meet other attendees. Dryfta also connects these activities with abstracts, tickets, the event program and reports.
Which platform should we use for an online event?+
Start with the work your team needs to manage. A small meeting may only need a meeting tool. A conference may also need registration, abstracts, several sessions, recordings and networking. Ask for a demo using your eventās requirements.
How do we create a virtual event?+
Plan your sessions, choose the meeting and streaming setup, add speakers, open registration and publish the program. Test the joining process with your speakers and moderators before inviting attendees.
How should we choose a virtual event platform?+
Check audience size, session capacity, accessibility, participation tools, registration, reporting, support and the full cost. Confirm which features are included in your plan and which need another service.
How can we make virtual meetings more interactive?+
Give people ways to ask questions, answer polls, use chat and meet in smaller groups. Assign a moderator and explain how attendees can take part.
How do attendees use a virtual event?+
Attendees register, sign in and open the event program from their device. They can join the sessions they have access to, ask questions and use the available networking tools.
