The latest updates, resources and inspiration from the OA team.
Don't be fooled into thinking you need an app for your virtual conference. It's a nice touch but you don't need to spend thousands on a nice-looking app when Oxford Abstracts is both desktop and mobile friendly as standard.
Virtual conferences have been a technical possibility for several years and, while they are deemed a second rate alternative to meeting people face-to-face, with the increasing options of software available, could provide not only an alternative…
Do you want to know how to make your academic poster stand out? Whether for an in-person or totally virtual conference, we’re here to help with our top poster design tips.
One of our partners, Kirsty Melvin, who has many years experience of setting up academic conferences, shares her top tips for managing virtual conferences, to ensure a problem-free experience.
It has been a challenging year, to say the least, but sometimes challenges bring out the best in us and are often catalysts for change. This time last year, none of us could have imagined that for most of 2020, we would all be living in the midst…
Even without the high cost of hiring spaces or arranging catering, hosting a virtual conference can be an expensive endeavour if you take into consideration the lost revenue on delegate fees, exhibition space venue and sponsorship associated with…
After extensive consultation with clients, we have recently added a host of new features to our two versions of our Conference Program, to optimise our platform for virtual conferences. Abstract management integration comes as standard for both,…
Will academic conferences, and events in general, follow a hybrid model bringing all the advantages of physical in-person events and the benefits of virtual conferences, together?
Oxford Abstracts is well known as a cost effective and flexible system to manage abstract submission for your academic conferences. However, you can also use it to manage a lot more than just abstracts.
Furman Engaged was scheduled to take part on campus on 7th April, 2020, a few weeks after the nationwide restrictions closed universities and institutions across the county, in an effort to slow the spread of the Coronavirus.
Oxford Abstracts might be known as the most cost-effective abstract management software on the market, but it also delivers additional tools that take care of aspects of your conference, such as program scheduling and delegate registration. Given…
Over the coming months several of our clients’ conferences that were originally planned to be hosted on location, instead of being postponed or cancelled, are transitioning to virtual conferences, hosted online. We’re only too happy to help, and…
Here in the UK, we’re two weeks into lockdown, and the impact that this unprecedented disruption is having on the academic conference industry, both here and overseas, has become very apparent. We are all affected - from researchers, academics,…
The next few months are going to be challenging times for conference planners. Anyone organising an event is trying to make plans in the face of unprecedented uncertainty and it's very hard to know what to do. Find out how Oxford Abstracts can…