Powerful, Enterprise-Grade Event Management Software
Sell tickets & Collect registration fees online
Full-Service Abstract Management Software: Collect âž© Assign âž© Review âž© Decide âž© 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
Conferences have served as the foundation for academic exchange. This is where scholars, teachers, and practitioners come together to share discoveries, generate new ideas, and lay the groundwork for collaboration. Today, however, the landscape is dramatically different due to technology. Whether for planning and organisation or for audience engagement, conferences have now become fluid, connected, and data-driven experiences.
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Getting attendees to engage during an event is not as simple as it sounds. It takes a humongous amount of effort to plan and organize an academic event that retains the attention of the attendees from start to end. This can be done through polls, questions and answers, live chat sessions, and more. The goal is to make participation less effortless and more rewarding. Continue reading
Effective communication is the driving force behind a successful academic conference. It can make or break your conference. Speaking of communication, academics often prefer emails to be their most preferred channel of communication. Thus, it’s hardly a surprise that email automation plays a defining role in the success of academic events.
Starting from registration confirmations to post-event follow-ups, every time properly scheduled emails keep attendees informed and engaged. However, manually managing thousands of emails is tedious and is bound to be error-prone. Continue reading
Customer Relationship Management (CRM), three words that have taken the event management industry by storm. The shift toward hybrid and virtual conferences in only a few years has been a fascinating development to watch. Despite CRM systems existing in various forms, they’ve always been fairly misunderstood as far as event management is concerned.
An academic conference is not simply an event involving a hotel, speakers, and participants; it lives online before, during, and after the event. A sophisticated conference website is no longer a “nice to have” feature. An essential aspect of your infrastructure is providing credibility, communication, marketing, logistics, and long-term community building. Continue reading
Academia and research sectors have changed incredibly over the last decade. Gone are the days when researchers worked in their labs and rooms without venturing beyond their specific disciplines. Fast forward to today, some of the most decisive discoveries for mankind have happened at the intersection of multiple fields. As a result, interdisciplinary research is booming now more than ever.
Organising an academic program is often a juggling act. There are abstract submissions to manage, reviewers to solicit, participants to register, and schedules to keep. When you consider managing payments, possible hybrid formats, and the need for real-time communications, even the most seasoned organizer can feel overwhelmed. This is when an Event CRM proves useful.Â
All event managers, regardless of their experience in work, will admit that planning an academic conference from start to finish is a herculean task. And rightfully, the process can feel overwhelming for all those involved. In such scenarios, it’s easier to make mistakes. More often than not, these mistakes are simple yet overlooked.
It’s no secret that an academic event planner’s to-do list is ever-growing. Abstract management happens to be one of the many critical aspects of an academic or scientific event. Having access to a reliable abstract management system simplifies collecting, organizing and reviewing abstracts for these events and ensures their success and credibility.
Speaking of abstract management systems, let’s help you get acquainted with Dryfta, our abstract management automation platform.
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Peer review is the backbone of academic research, but it’s far from perfect. Even the most conscientious reviewers carry subconscious biases that can influence evaluations. Established researchers or prestigious institutions often receive the benefit of the doubt, while early-career academics struggle to get fair consideration.
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For organizers who breathe a sigh of relief after researchers have inputted their abstracts into the submission software, the next hurdle in the pipeline is managing revisions and resubmissions. While it may be cumbersome for organizers to sift through submissions and process any revisions, with the advent of automated abstract management systems, such as that of Dryfta, organizes a flexible and automated workflow that greatly simplifies such miscellaneous submission tasks. When handled properly, organizers can turn the revision tall order into an incredible opportunity for attendees to correct any mistakes and upscale their drafts, a process previously onerous and backbreaking.
Attending academic conferences greatly depends on the individual's field of study or research interests. Different disciplines have different primary conferences. However, here are some of the well-known and most important conferences across various disciplines that many researchers and professors find useful:
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