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Conference Proposal & Registration System?

• For anyone that manages large conferences - nonprofit OR business... I need help! I'm looking for a web-based system for Conference Management that is basically a CRM system, where both conference presenters and attendees can create an account and be able to: ·        Create a personal profile ·        Have personal information automatically populate in all activities (i.e. proposal submission and event registration) ·        Submit multiple proposals ·        Edit proposals ·        See confirmation of receipt of proposal ·        Be notified via mass emails of proposal acceptance/rejection ·        Manage complimentary registrations ·        Register for the conference ·        Manage hotel registration ·        For presenters, see when their sessions have been scheduled Also, for backend management, we want to be able to: ·        Import selected presentations into the conference agenda ·        Have good, custom registration reports ·        Manage tasks ·        Manage budget ·        Event email marketing ·        Identify and remind on incomplete registrations ·        Create and share internal and external calendars ·        Payment processing – secure, credit cards, PayPal, Comped registrations, early bird discounts, coupons Many thanks, Patti

• Answer:

  Dryfta is an event management  platform which encapsulates almost all features you asked for. Except the Budget and Task manager. Those features are scheduled for release in an upcoming version. Dryfta allows attendees to register and then log in to their dashboard to manage their profile, submit multiple abstracts, manage tickets and invoices, manage personal schedule, and collect vCards by sending requests to fellow attendees. It also has a dashboard for reviewers with same features as for attendees except abstract submission. They can review the abstracts assigned to them, right from their dashboard. Dryfta's contact CRM lets you access contact's detail,  tickets he/she has purchased, sessions attended, abstracts/papers  submitted, and more. You can also send individual email to contact. It has the ability to create segments of contacts based on  various data points viz. demographic data, location, role, companies  etc. And as you said, you can also add custom fields to segment your  contacts. Want  to send an email to all the contacts in a segment? Kind of like targeted email  marketing? You have it. Dryfta does it, and does it very well. Apart from segmentations, it has a whole lot of apps to manage your events and engage your attendees. Here's a quick list of features: Attendee registration. Call for abstracts – Abstract management. Set abstract deadlines, word limits. Submit and Save buttons on abstract submission forms, just in case author wants to save the abstract and submit it later. Peer review with ability to assign multiple reviewers to single abstract. Prevent reviewers from viewing author details. Add topics with Topics manager. Form    builder – Add custom fields for Attendee registration form, Reviewer    registration form, Abstract submissions form, Review submission form,    Ticket purchase form. Customizable ticket forms. Credit Card, PayPal payment options. Offline payment payment options – Cheque, Demand draft, Pay at the venue. Author    dashboard – Log in to dashboard and submit abstracts, manage/edit    abstracts, manage tickets & invoices, add sessions to personal    schedule, collect vCards (contact details) from other attendees,  update   profile. Reviewer dashboard – Manage  assigned  abstracts,  review assigned abstracts, edit reviews, manage  tickets  & invoices,  add sessions to personal schedule, collect  vCards  (contact details)  from other attendees, update profile. Option to publicly display abstract archive of all abstracts submitted. Customize and Generate abstract book in PDF and CSV formats. Program    builder to add sessions and workshops and intervals, with the ability    to add unlimited tracks, formats and session locations. Ability to create invite-only sessions and send invitation to selected attendees. Badge builder – Create badges for all attendees at once. Lead retrieval – Collect vCards contact details of fellow attendees by    sending vCard requests or scanning their badge’s QR code using the    in-built scanner in the mobile app. Attendees can send One-to-One meeting requests to fellow attendees from their dashboard. Personal schedule builder for attendees to save only sessions which he/she wants to attend. Check-in attendees to the conference with a simple check-in button. Accessible from iPads and tablets. Attendees can check-in sessions. Authors can design their posters using Picasso, the poster designer. Mass mailer to send notifications to all attendees at once. Segments    allow you to segment/group attendees based on various data points.  You   can also send emails to all attendees in a segment. That’s  targeted   email marketing! Responsive, cross-compatible conference website. Fast-loading mobile website perfectly synced across all devices including Android, iPhone, iPad and desktop. Customize    email notifications. There’re around 32 email notifications which are    sent from the system for various actions. All of them can be  customized   to your liking. Create custom reports and share with multiple teams to keep them updated about attendee information, in real time. https://dryfta.com