Sessionboard vs ePostersLive.
ePostersLive is a dedicated ePoster platform for scientific congresses — interactive boards, hall statistics, and presenter workflows trusted at large medical meetings. Sessionboard runs poster tracks on the same record as platform abstracts: committee review, speaker identity, program scheduling, Content Gallery discovery, and optional transcription when authors present live.
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 ePostersLive capability from their own material, the cell says so.
| Capability | Sessionboard | ePostersLive |
|---|---|---|
| Posters and ePosters | Poster tracks in the same call, review plan and portal; ePoster gallery with search and audio walkthroughs. | Interactive poster display, hall statistics, and onsite kiosk patterns for large medical congresses. Established author upload and presentation tooling for scientific poster sessions, and it stops there. Long-run deployments at association meetings with heavy poster programs. |
| Call for papers including poster tracks | Submission forms with logic per track and format; abstracts, disclosures and files on one submission. Returning speakers arrive with their history. | varies |
| 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. | varies |
| Author portal and readiness | Branded speaker portal with task lists, agreements and e-sign; the Coordinator agent reminds whoever is late. | varies |
| Poster sessions on the program | Agenda builder with speaker and room conflict detection; program site, embeds and the Attend app update as it changes. | 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 |
| Author share kits with attribution | Share kits with tracked links for speakers, sponsors and attendees; registrations traced back to the share. | varies |
| CE credit | Attendance and credits hand off to your LMS; transcripts can feed learning objects where configured. | varies |
| Registration | Stays where it is. Accepted sessions and speakers sync to Cvent, Swoogo, Bizzabo and others. | varies |
Where ePostersLive fits best: single-format poster-only virtual fair with no formal committee workflow. What often stays with ePostersLive for now: mid-contract ePoster hall if display UX is locked for this cycle. This page compares workflow and product fit, not a feature checklist.
WHERE IT DIFFERS · POSTERS ON THE RECORD
Posters run through the same call, the same review and the same portal.
Poster abstracts come in on the same forms as platform sessions, go through the same review plan, and authors upload in the portal where they already keep their bio and headshot. Titles, authors and program numbers are current by construction, with no export into ePostersLive.
- Poster submissions
- Shared review plan
- Author portal
- Program numbers
GROWSA poster program with one source of truth
WHERE IT DIFFERS · A GALLERY THAT STAYS UP
The hall closes. The gallery does not.
The ePoster gallery publishes with search, audio walkthroughs and Q&A, runs on any monitor, kiosk browser or phone, and stays open all year. Every view comes back as a signal on the person who looked, and multi-event organizers keep a poster library across annual meetings.
- ePoster gallery
- Audio walkthroughs
- Searchable archive
- Engagement signals
GROWSA poster program that keeps working after the meeting
Questions, answered
Is Sessionboard a full ePostersLive replacement?
ePostersLive leads on dedicated interactive poster hall UX. Sessionboard fits when posters are one format in a broader scientific program — abstract committee, speaker portal, platform sessions, Content Gallery, and content reuse on one record.
Does Sessionboard support ePosters and digital poster sessions?
Yes. Poster submissions run through the same call for papers, review plan, speaker portal and gallery as platform abstracts, and poster sessions appear on the published program beside platform talks.
Can we run poster tracks on Sessionboard first?
Yes. One annual meeting poster track is a common entry — especially when platform sessions and posters should share committee and speaker ops.
What about interactive poster boards?
Sessionboard prioritises program integration — acceptance, scheduling, attendee discovery, and content reuse. Highly specialised hall kiosk UX may pair with export paths during transition.
Can we export everything later?
Yes. Submissions, scores, speakers, agenda, transcripts and media export by CSV, program book export, the public API and webhooks.