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On the other hand, if your conferences typically have thousands of attendees, you’re going to want to look into a scalable virtual conference platform or hybrid option that will suit your needs. For example, OpenWater’s virtual conference platform has a great poster gallery feature that attendees can access to view a presenter’s work. Since session content is also an important aspect of these conferences, it’s important to have intuitive session pages that presenters can easily navigate and post their content on. It’s also worth noting that OpenWater is scalable, so it’s a great solution for organizations looking for virtual conference platforms for large groups.

More than anything, it’s important for higher education event management software to have features that cater to attendees. In the next section, we’ll go through each feature individually to (1) discuss why it’s important for higher ed events and (2) show an example of how it’s used. The first thing you might want to look for in a higher education event software is its customization features. To learn more about how OpenWater handles higher education event registration, check out our post about Academic Conference Management Software for Higher Ed Events.

Your summit platform should include the basic features that enable your attendees and sponsors to network, engage, and navigate their way around the virtual event. In an article on Associations Now, Karsten Wuerth said that only 15% of about 1,000 people surveyed said they “would want a mostly or entirely in-person event… in the second half of [2021].” To provide an example that looks a little farther down the road, 80% of those surveyed said that in-person and virtual events will co-exist in the future according to a study by Integrate. To learn more about how to engage your attendees to ensure your virtual summit is successful, check out our free guide, The Virtual Conference Structure to Maximize Sponsor Revenue and Networking. Day of Summit Support to help if there are any issues during the event Not many platform providers have support to make sure your summit will go off without a hitch.

With this simple layout, OpenWater’s virtual conference platform can handle multiple concurrent sessions. Many scientific and medical conferences have a poster gallery that displays projects that relate to the event. A direct link to chat with the presenter in the networking lounge Networking between attendees, presenters, exhibitors and organizers is one of the top concerns we hear in our client interactions. Attendees can create their own chat rooms, browse different chat rooms, and message other attendees to chat one-on-one.