Sessionboard vs Cadmium.
Cadmium bundles registration, exhibits, the eventScribe app, Abstract Scorecard, Conference Harvester and CE on Elevate or EthosCE. Sessionboard is where the abstract committee, reviewer rounds and speaker work run, then what the meeting produces becomes next year’s audience. Registration and CE credit stay where they are.
SIDE BY SIDE
Where each one does its work.
Read from the approved comparison, not from a feature checklist. Where we could not verify a Cadmium capability from their own material, the cell says so.
| Capability | Sessionboard | Cadmium |
|---|---|---|
| Call for papers and abstracts | Submission forms with logic per track and format; abstracts, disclosures and files on one submission. Returning speakers arrive with their history. | Abstract Scorecard collects and scores abstracts. |
| Review rounds and committees | Review plans with rounds, committees, rubrics and conflict-of-interest rules. Your team changes forms and review steps without a services ticket. | Scored review inside Abstract Scorecard; how configuration changes are made varies by contract. |
| Speaker materials and portal | Branded speaker portal with task lists, agreements and e-sign; the Coordinator agent reminds whoever is late. | Conference Harvester collects presentations, bios and disclosures from confirmed speakers. |
| Agenda and attendee program | Agenda builder with speaker and room conflict detection; program site, embeds and the Attend app update as it changes. | eventScribe attendee app and program. |
| Posters and ePosters | Poster tracks in the same call, review plan and portal; ePoster gallery with search and audio walkthroughs. | varies |
| Awards | Nominations, review rounds and winner showcases on the same forms, review plans and portals as sessions. | varies |
| Transcription and media library | Live Transcribe in the room or from Zoom, ON24 and Goldcast; transcripts, captions, clips and quote cards in a library searchable across events. | varies |
| Peer sharing with attribution | Share kits with tracked links for speakers, sponsors and attendees; registrations traced back to the share. | varies |
| Registration and exhibits | Stays where it is. Accepted sessions and speakers sync to Cvent, Swoogo, Bizzabo and others. | Registration, exhibits and floor planning in the Cadmium bundle. |
| CE credit | Attendance and credits hand off to your LMS; transcripts can feed learning objects where configured. | Elevate or EthosCE in the same contract. |
Most teams add Sessionboard for the program layer and keep registration and CE on Cadmium; replacing eventScribe or the exhibit modules is rarely the reason anyone calls.
WHERE IT DIFFERS · THE COMMITTEE
The review your chairs can change this week.
Rounds, committees, rubrics and conflict-of-interest rules live on the review plan, and your team edits them. Submissions, reviewer notes and every version stay on the record after the decision, so acceptance is the start of the speaker’s task list rather than an export.
- Review plans & rounds
- Conflict-of-interest rules
- Resubmission tracked
- Program book export
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WHERE IT DIFFERS · AFTER THE ROOM
Every session you ran on Cadmium’s stage becomes content on ours.
Live Transcribe captures the room, the library keeps every word, and speakers share their own session with tracked links. The registrations those shares bring in land on the record that started with the abstract.
- Live Transcribe
- Media library
- Speaker share kits
- Registrations traced
GROWSReach and next year’s submissions
Questions, answered
How do we migrate from Abstract Scorecard and Conference Harvester?
Pilot one annual meeting or specialty track. Historical speakers and abstracts import onto contact and submission records, and we can run in parallel during an active call for papers.
Can registration and CE stay on Cadmium?
Yes. Accepted sessions and speakers sync out; registration and credit reporting on Elevate or EthosCE stay in your Cadmium contract.
Can we take our data out again?
Everything on the record exports: submissions, scores, speakers, agenda, transcripts and media, by CSV, program book export, the public API and webhooks.