Comparison

Sessionboard vs Cadmium

Cadmium owns registration, exhibits, and learning for many medical societies. The abstract committee, reviewer workflow, and speaker communications usually live outside that bundle — in email, spreadsheets, and shared drives. Sessionboard is where that work runs, plus transcription, attendee content, and advocacy when the meeting goes live.

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Quick answer

Sessionboard is abstract management software for the committee and content layer beside Cadmium. Keep registration and CE on Cadmium; run CFP, multi-round review, speaker portal, transcription, Attendee Hub, and peer marketing on Sessionboard — where med/sci teams actually lose time today.

Why teams choose Sessionboard

What Cadmium does well — and where Sessionboard is the better fit for programme teams.

Cadmium — limited fit

  • Registration and CE bundle

    One STG relationship when procurement wants a single conference vendor and CE on EthosCE or Elevate is non-negotiable.

  • Exhibit and mobile modules

    Floor planning and attendee mobile when those modules are already contracted and working.

  • Known brand in med/sci associations

    Familiar name on renewal cycles — not a substitute for committee workflow depth.

When to stay

  • Procurement mandate for single-vendor CE bundle with no surfaced committee pain
  • Under 100 abstracts, no multi-round review, and no speaker content requirements

Sessionboard — programme spine

  • Abstract and reviewer operations

    Multi-round review, chair workflows, COI, and rubrics without spreadsheet handoffs after acceptance.

  • Speaker readiness through show day

    Portal, materials collection, and agenda state on one graph — not re-keyed from Cadmium exports.

  • Content Marketing built in

    Live transcription, Media Library, AI clips, Attendee Hub, Create, and Amplify on sessions you already manage.

  • Coexistence without rip-and-replace

    Dozens of customers run Sessionboard beside Cvent, RainFocus, and Cadmium registration — same pattern applies here.

When Sessionboard wins

  • 500+ abstracts and 50+ reviewers with chairs living in email
  • Open CFP — committee needs to work inside the product now, not after services config
  • Speaker portal, transcription, or attendee hub required after acceptance
  • Awards programme needs a home outside the conference contract
  • Peer-to-peer promotion from faculty and sponsors with registration attribution
  • Medical or scientific society optimising committee and speaker time — not replacing registration

Evaluating Cadmium alternatives?

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Coexistence model

Most customers do not rip and replace on day one. Here is the typical split.

Stays with Cadmium

  • Registration and ticketing
  • Exhibit modules and CE reporting where contracted

Comes to Sessionboard

  • Call for papers, review, and speaker communications
  • Transcription, clips, Attendee Hub, and on-demand library
  • Amplify advocacy campaigns tied to sessions
  • Awards when the conference contract is locked

Frequently asked questions

Built for teams evaluating a layer beside their existing stack — not a forced migration.

Software for call for papers, peer review, and committee workflow — plus, on Sessionboard, speaker readiness, transcription, and attendee content on the same session record.

No. Most teams add Sessionboard for the programme layer while registration and credit stay on Cadmium.

Credit reporting stays on your LMS bundle. Sessionboard handles abstract intake, speakers, and live content — and can feed learning-object data from transcripts where configured.

Yes. One annual meeting or specialty track is the common entry point beside an existing registration stack.

Yes — live and batch transcription, quote extraction, clips, and Create outputs are native on Content Marketing. No separate Conference AI subscription required.

Pricing follows meeting and abstract volume — request a demo for a scoped quote.

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