Enterprise Abstract Management
Manage high-volume submissions, multi-round peer review, abstracts and posters, payments, and reporting in one system—designed for how associations and enterprise teams actually operate.
With Sessionboard you can do
The platform finally built around how abstract programs actually work
Abstracts closes the gap between how academic and association programs actually work
Collect abstracts
Custom forms with flexible fields, conditional logic, and submission payments built in.
Accepted abstracts become sessions
No re-entry. Accepted content flows directly into Sessionboard's agenda builder with all metadata intact.
Publish to agenda
Sessions are ready for scheduling, speaker portal activation, and content management from the moment they're approved.
Committee Selects
Program chairs see aggregate scores, reviewer comments, and completion rates in one dashboard.
Route to multi-round review
Each review round has its own scorecard, anonymization setting, open/close dates, and reviewer pool.
Capabilities that change how you run your content program
Get structured, reasoned, and transparent evaluations that help your prioritize the highest-impact sessions for your agenda quickly.
Abstract & Session Lifecycle Management
Abstracts are now a fully distinct submission type from sessions, with their own forms, views, and lifecycle management. Multiple abstracts can be combined into a single finalized session. Your committee sees proposals as proposals — not as unfinished sessions.
- Custom participant roles for every event: Author, Co-author, Panelist, Discussant — or any label your community uses.
- Title is the only required field. Description is optional. Forms adapt to your program, not the other way around.
- Full submission-to-agenda audit trail: every stage, every decision, permanently logged.
Round-Based Peer Review
A single-pass review was never sufficient for programs that run serious peer review. Enterprise Abstract Management makes multi-stage review native, clean, and fully visible — replacing the approximations that break down at scale.
- Each evaluation plan contains multiple independent rounds: Initial Review, Final Review, Committee Decision — or any structure your program uses.
- Assign specific submissions to specific reviewers, set maximum reviews per submission and per reviewer, preview all assignments before confirming, and filter by any field value.
- Real-time progress dashboard: know exactly which reviewers are on track, which rounds are open, and where the bottlenecks are.
- Full export support for all scoring data at every stage.
Submission Payments
Submission fees are standard at academic and association events. Until now, managing them required a separate tool — creating split workflows, double data entry, and reconciliation headaches. Payments are now native to your submission form.
- Connect your existing payment gateway - 100+ supported. All funds go directly to your organization.
- Promo codes for invited speakers, committee members, or partners.
- VAT rules for international submissions.
- PCI-compliant handling. No card data is stored on the platform.
- Payment status visible per submission in your admin dashboard — no external reconciliation required.
Reviewer Portal & Site
Requiring external reviewers to have admin accounts was a security risk, an onboarding burden, and a recurring source of friction. The magic-link model eliminates all three. The Program Site provides every stakeholder — submitters, reviewers, and admins — with a single URL that shows exactly what they need to see.
- Receive a magic link. Land on a clean dashboard showing all assigned plans and rounds.
- Branded portal that matches your event — a professional experience, not a generic tool.
Use cases
Who uses Enterprise Abstract Management
Sessionboard is built for organizations where the content program is the event, where submission quality, review integrity, and program structure are non-negotiable.
High-volume complexity made simple
Manage massive submission scales with multi-stage blind peer reviews and complex roles. Our platform ensures full CME-adjacent compliance for every contributor.
High-volume complexity made simple.
Streamline institutional requirements with anonymous peer reviews and co-author management. Easily handle submission fees and system integrations.
Unified management, consistent growth.
Centralize abstracts, awards, and CFPs. Connect directly with your AMS to slash administrative overhead and ensure a high-quality experiences.
Connects with the systems your organization already uses
Sessionboard integrates with the association management systems, event platforms, and marketing tools that associations and academic organizations already rely on.
+100 integrations to payments gateways
A Comprehensive Audit for Modern Abstract Management
Choosing an abstract management platform is a critical decision—one that directly impacts your review process, program quality, and long-term content strategy.
Abstract Management RFP Template
To support that evaluation, we’ve developed a comprehensive RFP template and selection guide designed specifically for association and enterprise event teams.
Includes detailed criteria across submission workflows, peer review structures, reporting, AI capabilities, and system scalability.
Know what's happening in your program - Live data. Shareable dashboards
Sessionboard's reporting layer gives your team instant visibility into what's happening across your program — without exporting, waiting, or asking someone to pull a report.
Natural language reports Describe what you need in plain English. Sessionboard builds the report instantly — filterable, formatted, and ready to export. No SQL. No analyst required.
Custom dashboards Build a live analytics dashboard from a single prompt. Add widgets, rearrange them, and share a protected link with stakeholders who don't have a Sessionboard account.
Shareable reports Share any report or dashboard via a secure link — with password protection, view limits, and an access log. Recipients don't need to log in. Your data stays yours
Frequently Asked Questions About Enterprise Abstract Management
Find detailed answers regarding the operation, scalability, and management of your abstract processes.
Our support team is ready to help you with anything you can’t solve on your own.
An abstract is a proposal — a submission made through your Call for Abstracts form. A session is a finalized agenda item. In Sessionboard, these are distinct entities with their own forms, views, and lifecycle management. Your review committee evaluates abstracts. Your program team accepts and schedules sessions. The transition from one to the other is automatic upon acceptance — no re-entry required.
Yes. All evaluation plans are built as round-based by default. You can configure any number of rounds — Initial Review, Final Review, Committee Decision, or any stage structure your program uses. Each round has its own scorecard, open and close dates, anonymization settings, and reviewer pool. Scorecard fields support numeric ratings, text responses, dropdowns, and file uploads in any combination.
Yes. Payments can be collected directly within the Call for Abstracts submission forms. You connect your existing payment gateway — 100+ are supported — and all funds go directly to your organization. Supporting features include promo codes for invited speakers or partners, VAT configuration for international submissions, and PCI-compliant handling with no card data stored on the platform.
Reviewers receive a magic link by email. They land on a dedicated, branded evaluation portal that shows only their assigned submissions and review rounds — no admin account needed, no platform onboarding, no security exposure. They complete their reviews entirely within that portal. Admins have a full progress dashboard across all reviewers, rounds, and at all times.
Yes. The platform is built to handle high-volume programs at medical societies, academic conferences, and large professional associations. The assignment system lets admins set maximum reviews per submission and per reviewer, preview all assignments before confirming, and filter by any field value. AI Evaluators are available to provide first-pass scoring support when submission volumes are high, giving your committee a baseline before human review begins.
Yes — Sessionboard is designed to complement the association management systems (AMS) you already rely on, not replace them.Integration availability varies by AMS platform. Please contact our team for a current compatibility assessment for your specific system, including iMIS, Personify, Fonteva, and others.
Yes. Enterprise Abstract Management shares the same core data model as the standard Sessions workflow. It can be enabled on a live or ongoing event without data migration — your existing content remains intact.
Your event content, perfectly in sync
If you’re managing a complex, multi-stage abstract program,
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