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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."

RMTP, OBS and VoD - these are just a few of all the abbreviations organizers encounter whenever they learn about the technical side of their planned virtual conference. And usually, these terms are "explained" by using even more other unknown terms and abbreviations. We'll try to make it more beginner-friendly.

Organizers looking for software for their virtual or hybrid academic conference usually come across online tools pretty quickly that promise a first-class event experience. However, only very few solutions can meet the unique demands of a fully digital or hybrid academic conference.

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.

Alerts, warnings, press conferences - since last weekend, the Log4j vulnerability has been omnipresent and, the situation is serious. Companies must now take urgent action to ward off possible attacks from hackers. What does this mean for organizers and all data stored and processed in connection with a conference?