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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.

With the discontinuation of the XING Events EventManager, organizers are now on the hunt for a successor. While there are several options available, they don't always offer the same range of features users are accustomed to. Converia, however, is an event platform that meets these requirements exceptionally well and offers special terms for a successful transition from XING Events.

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.

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.

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?