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Abstract and speaker management

Committee ops and speaker readiness on one graph — registration stays where it is.

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CyberRisk Alliance
AdventHealth
Questex
IAAPA Expo
NAEYC
Informa
Clarion Events
Financial Times
Dynatrace
ACEP
AVIXA
NACD
ASHG
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Google
Docebo
NRECA
CyberRisk Alliance
AdventHealth
Questex
IAAPA Expo
NAEYC

Quick answer

Sessionboard abstract and speaker management covers call for papers, multi-round review, chair workflows, conflict of interest capture, speaker portal, and program build for multi-track medical and scientific events. Registration and ticketing stay on Cvent, Cadmium, RainFocus, or your AMS — Sessionboard owns the eight weeks between abstract acceptance and doors open.

Sound like your team?

Match your role to the job Sessionboard solves — program, content, or marketing attribution.

Abstract committee chair

Review rounds coordinated in email — you need rubrics, COI capture, and chair assignments without opening a vendor ticket.

Speaker operations manager

Bios, headshots, and slides chased in spreadsheets — you need a speaker portal tied to acceptance state.

Scientific program director

Agenda conflicts discovered late — you need program build on the same graph as review decisions.

Registration lead

Faculty data exported twice each cycle — you need sync paths to Cvent or Cadmium, not duplicate entry.

Where enterprise events actually break

Registration suites excel at tickets and badges. Program committees still live in email, PDFs, and spreadsheets between acceptance and show day.

  • Call for papers opens on one system; review happens in inboxes — scores and comments lost when chairs rotate.
  • Speakers submit materials through ad hoc forms; ops teams cannot see who is blocking program publish.
  • Registration platforms hold attendee records; faculty CRM and multi-year speaker history reset each event.
  • Last-minute substitutions force manual agenda rebuilds without audit trail of what changed and why.

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How Sessionboard runs the program layer

One system for reviewers, chairs, speakers, and agenda state — synced beside your registration stack.

  • Call for papers published → configurable forms, tracks, and submission rules — changes without a services ticket.
  • Review rounds open → reviewers score in-system; chairs see conflict of interest declarations and assignment load.
  • Decisions recorded → accepted abstracts flow to speaker portal tasks — bio, headshot, slides, and consent on one checklist.
  • Program build → sessions, tracks, rooms, and conflicts managed on the acceptance graph — not a separate spreadsheet.
  • Registration sync → speaker and session data export or integrate to Cvent, RainFocus, and other stacks documented on works-with pages.

Who it is for

Multi-track congresses with formal review — not single-room staff meetings.

Medical and scientific societies

500+ abstracts, 50+ reviewers, accreditation context — committee pain leadership already recognizes.

Large association annual meetings

Multi-track programs where registration is enterprise-grade but speaker chase is still manual.

University research conferences

Formal peer review, poster and platform formats, and faculty identity across recurring meetings.

Corporate scientific affairs

Investigator meetings and advisory boards with compliance-friendly review audit trails.

Frequently asked questions

Program operations beside registration — not a rip-and-replace migration.

Usually not. Sessionboard owns call for papers, review, speaker ops, and program build. Registration, badges, and housing stay on Cvent, Cadmium, RainFocus, or your AMS.

Multi-round workflows with chair assignments and scoring rubrics are core — built for medical and scientific committee calendars, not single-pass submission tools.

Program teams need self-service CFP and review configuration — not a ticket queue for every field change during an open call for papers.

Reviewer COI capture and assignment rules are part of committee workflow — critical for accredited medical meetings.

Sync and export paths depend on your stack — see works-with guides for Cvent, RainFocus, and other platforms. The goal is one faculty record in Sessionboard, not double entry.

Virtual and hybrid sessions use the same abstract and speaker graph — webinar runtime is documented separately on works-with pages.

Single-track internal meetings under 50 speakers with no formal review rarely need a program layer. Add Sessionboard when committee pain is unprompted in leadership meetings.

See abstract and speaker management on your next congress

Talk through your event workflow — abstracts, speakers, content, and marketing on one program graph.

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