Comparison

Sessionboard vs CTI / cOASIS

CTI has served medical societies since 1996 with analyst-led configuration at extreme scale. Many mid-size societies on abstractsonline.com want to change submission and review steps without a ticket — and need speaker readiness, transcription, and attendee content after acceptance. Sessionboard is self-service programme software with the content stack built in.

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Quick answer

Sessionboard is abstract submission software with guided self-service for chairs and reviewers, plus speaker portal, transcription, and Attendee Hub on the same programme record. CTI cOASIS fits anchor-scale congresses with analyst-led configuration — not mid-size societies that need to change a form this week and capture content after acceptance.

Why teams choose Sessionboard

What CTI Meeting Technology does well — and where Sessionboard is the better fit for programme teams.

CTI Meeting Technology — limited fit

  • Anchor-scale congress operations

    Documented volume on flagship multi-congress relationships when dedicated CTI project management is part of the contract.

  • Analyst configuration team

    Named support for societies that prefer services-led changes over committee self-service.

  • Longevity on hosted infrastructure

    Decades serving the same anchor accounts — stability for teams that value the relationship over UX refresh.

When to stay

  • Flagship multi-congress CTI relationship with dedicated project management and no UX pain

Sessionboard — programme spine

  • Guided self-service configuration

    Chairs and staff change forms and review workflows without waiting on a configuration analyst.

  • Modern reviewer and submitter UX

    Multi-round review, COI capture, and chair tools in a current web app — worth comparing beside today's portal.

  • Programme through live event

    Speaker portal, live transcription, Media Library, Attendee Hub, and Amplify on the session graph — not export-and-pray after review.

  • Coexistence with registration

    Registration, AMS, and credit stay where they are — abstract, speaker, and content ops move to Sessionboard.

When Sessionboard wins

  • Mid-size US society on abstractsonline.com with one congress and a small staff team
  • Need to change a form or review step this week — not next configuration cycle
  • Speaker portal, transcription, or attendee hub required after committee decisions
  • Already migrated once and committee workflow still hurts
  • Surgical subspecialty society that wants peer-autonomous ops without services overhead
  • Post-acceptance content marketing and peer promotion from live session data

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Coexistence model

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

Stays with CTI Meeting Technology

  • Registration and AMS integrations already contracted elsewhere

Comes to Sessionboard

  • Call for papers and abstract review
  • Speaker communications and programme committee workflow
  • Transcription, Attendee Hub, clips, and advocacy on the session graph

Frequently asked questions

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

Tools for call-for-papers intake, peer review, and programme committee ops — on Sessionboard, extended through speaker portal, transcription, and attendee delivery on one record.

No. This page compares workflow and product fit — not vendor stability.

Yes. Most migrations move abstract intake, review, and speaker workflow first — registration stays put.

Yes — COI capture, multi-round review, chair assignments, and rubrics are core. So are transcription, clips, and Attendee Hub after acceptance.

Cadmium is a suite play. Sessionboard focuses on abstract ops, speaker comms, and the content stack beside registration you already run.

Pilot one meeting or track, import historical speaker data where needed, and run parallel during an active CFP when possible.

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