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Organizing an academic conference takes time—time you often don't have alongside your research and teaching. Conference software can help. Here are 9 tips on how to find the right one.

On January 14, 2021, the Giftedness Promotion Congress of the University of Teacher Education FHNW kicked off. Not in person as planned, but fully digital for the first time. This was a real challenge for the organizers of the three-day event, but one they mastered successfully in every respect—as we can already reveal. Our software supported the team throughout the process.

Live content brings a virtual conference to life, but the entire program doesn't necessarily have to be live. Presentations and other parts of the program can be recorded and uploaded before the conference begins. Furthermore, many organizers choose to keep live elements in their program while still offering participants the opportunity to watch all concurrently streamed sessions at their own pace later on.

RTMP, OBS, and VoD are just a few of the acronyms organizers encounter when they first start exploring the technical side of their planned virtual conference. What these terms actually mean is often "explained" using even more jargon and abbreviations. We’d like to try a more beginner-friendly approach.

Secure procedures, unsettled organizers: The existing authentication process for online transactions will be replaced by the new 3D Secure 2.0 security protocol starting September 14. In the context of conferences, this means that ticket purchases will be more secure. But what exactly do conference organizers need to do now to ensure everything runs smoothly by the time registration opens?

Getting around on the street is usually quite simple: there are signs everywhere pointing the way to your destination, and if they serve their purpose, you arrive. A conference should be no different. Instead of spending too much time trying to find the right rooms, good wayfinding should make this a task that is literally accomplished while walking. Can digital displays do this better than analog signs?