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In discussions about hybrid conferences, it never takes long before the topics of technology and costs come up. That also seems to be the reason why opinions don’t seem to vary much: for lots of planners, "hybrid" implies expensive and time-consuming. Is it even possible to put on a successful hybrid event without technical expertise and exploding costs? It is, as we recently learned.

Conferences are more than just lectures. That was the clear result of a survey we conducted with hundreds of participants of academic conferences and congresses. In response to the question "What makes a successful conference for you?" the aspects "networking" and "meeting new contacts" were each answered with almost the same importance as "gaining new knowledge from lectures."

Live content can make a conference more vivid, but it doesn’t take live sessions only to achieve this. Presentations and other parts of the program can be pre-recorded and uploaded prior to the start. In addition, there are many organizers aiming for an interesting schedule with live sessions, but still want to offer participants the opportunity to view all the sessions later at their leisure.

It should be well organized and not take too long - the check-in. With practical self-service at conferences, event organizers can make this wish come true and also relieve their staff.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could bring all the ideas and impressions your conference attendees are posting online to your conference? What if you could create a second-screen experience for everyone to participate? How about trying it with a Twitter wall at your next conference? Learn how you can use such a wall effectively and when it’s best to go without one.

PowerPoint presentations have been the standard at scientific conferences for a long time. Unfortunately, one thing about them is certain: They’re trivial. Among all the identical-looking slides with their titles and bullet points sometimes really exciting things get lost. It doesn’t always have to be that way. How about putting your results and ideas in the spotlight next time? We’ll show you some tools that can help you with this.