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For professionals that oversee or support abstract management. This includes iniatitives such as call for speakers/proposals/paper, and similar.
  • 1.  Abstract/Call for Education Sessions Proposals Platform/Vendor

    Posted 16 days ago

    I'm looking for recommendations for a vendor/platform to manage abstract and Call for Education session proposal submissions. Our submission (less than 200) and review process (8-10 reviewers) is fairly straightforward, so we don't need advanced features-just an easy-to-use system that allows us to make updates as needed and generate reports. We don't require speaker or schedule management. A simple, streamlined platform would be ideal.

    Thanks!



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    Fred Moxley CMP
    Senior Director, Events
    Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
    Arlington VA
    (703) 525-4890
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  • 2.  RE: Abstract/Call for Education Sessions Proposals Platform/Vendor

    Posted 16 days ago

    Just signed on with SessionBoard. Too soon to share any wins/challenges yet. 



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    Zenia Henderson
    Chief Program Officer
    National College Attainment Network
    Washington DC
    (202) 347-4848
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  • 3.  RE: Abstract/Call for Education Sessions Proposals Platform/Vendor

    Posted 15 days ago

    Hi Fred,

    We are fairly similar in that we have a low submission count. With that in mind we did not want to spend a ton on the system. We signed with X-CD which I found was the most economical and still covered all our needs - without all the bells and whistles. We use it for 5-6 meetings a year for roughly 500 submissions. So far I have liked them and their support team has been helpful and even made some custom changes to the system for us. 



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    Erin Mosher CAE
    Meeting Content Producer
    IBTTA
    Washington DC
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  • 4.  RE: Abstract/Call for Education Sessions Proposals Platform/Vendor

    Posted 15 days ago

    Hi Fred,

    I just did two demos: with SessionBoard and Sessionize. They are fairly similar in functionalities. The price difference is staggering: $10,999 for SessionBoard (they price by number of speakers, we're in the 200-300 range) versus $499 for Sessionize. You can do a self-demo of Sessionize on their website to checkout the features. I also had a live demo with one of their staff. I didn't see any red flags. Also, I didn't see why SessionBoard was priced 20x more.

    On this - has anyone used Sessionize before? I'm ready to sign with them.

    Hope this helps,

    Daita



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    Daita Serghi
    Senior Education Manager
    Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
    (888) 347-9997
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  • 5.  RE: Abstract/Call for Education Sessions Proposals Platform/Vendor

    Posted 15 days ago

    We use Oxford Abstracts and they do have a version that is just for submissions and review - They are raising their prices a bit, so I think it will be $850 after February 28.  It is usually event based, so you do pay for each event or each project.

    Bernadette


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    Bernadette Englert
    North American Vascular Biology Organization
    Phone: (301) 760-7745
    Fax: (301) 540-6903
    Web site: https://navbo.org



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  • 6.  RE: Abstract/Call for Education Sessions Proposals Platform/Vendor

    Posted 15 days ago

    Hi Fred - I'd suggest reaching out to Dawn Soukup at Planstone. Their platform is highly responsive (both the system and the people behind it), and they've worked with many medical associations, so your abstract + call-for-education workflow (under 200 submissions / 8–10 reviewers) is right in their sweet spot-simple, streamlined, and report-friendly.

    Contact: Dawn Soukup - dawn@planstone.com

     

    Cheers, Mark 



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    Mark Wallach, MBA
    CEO Emeritus
    561-385-2323
    mark@engagementmobile.com
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