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The long road to hosting your own conference is made up of many small steps. To communicate effectively with your team, keep track of upcoming tasks, and monitor how much time is being spent on what, several programs can support you along the way. Software like Asana, Toggl, and Converia can make your life easier and save you from unnecessary work. We use these tools every day – here, we share our positive experiences and explain why they are perfectly suited for planning conferences.

Presenting a scientific paper as a poster is often dismissed as a consolation prize compared to giving a talk—or so the common prejudice goes. Sometimes that may be true. However, if scientists leave a conference with valuable feedback on their poster, the well-organized nature of the poster session likely played a part.

A successful conference needs great topics. However, without outstanding speakers, even the best topics are only worth half as much. Sometimes it is therefore worth collecting names first and then inviting those individuals in a targeted manner. You should be careful when drafting your invitations, though, as your preferred speakers likely receive more than just legitimate speaking requests.

Your task: organize a conference. Your tool of choice: Microsoft Excel. Say what? You’re neither a formula wizard nor a master of spreadsheet gymnastics? How many days would you survive in that jungle of tabs?! Better idea: stop worrying about formula errors and broken cell references! Use this well-thought-out Excel template for your conference planning. Available for free download. How can you successfully manage attendee data, payments, and abstracts with it? And where does your conference face the risk of an Excel meltdown? That’s what this post is all about.

Over the past few weeks, several organizers who have used WinCongress software to manage their conferences for years have reached out to us. Development of the software has now been discontinued, leaving customers wondering how to manage their future events.

Our Buyer's Guide explains the key factors you should consider when choosing your conference platform. Afterward, you can compile your own checklist to download.