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?

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.

January 14, 2021 marked the start of the 3rd Swiss Congress on Gifted and Talented Education, organized by the FHNW School of Education. Initially planned as an in-person event, the congress had to be moved to a fully digital format for the first time. This proved to be a real challenge for the organizers of the three-day event, but – without giving away too much too soon – they mastered it successfully in every respect. Our software helped achieve this success.

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.

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.