The simplest way to host amazing academic events.
Symposium is an all-in-one events platform designed for research organizations. With all the functionality you need and without the hassle of complex event management software, you can focus on bringing your community together to do what matters: share, inspire, innovate.
Trusted by 150+ leading organizations
An all-in-one solution
Equipped with a rich feature set to meet your varied needs
Registration
Create a custom registration page and custom forms on Symposium to simplify your organizing experience along with the registration and event access for participants.
Judging workflow
An end-to-end workflow to help you easily recruit judges, assign them to submitted presentations, create and assign evaluation forms, and moderate and share judging feedback with presenters.
Donations engine
A non-intrusive mechanism for you to fundraise and accept gifts from your attendees, partners, and other stakeholders to fundraise for your program or organization, directly from your event site.
Data and analytics
Gain insights on presenters, participants, and the interactions during each event to benchmark, strategize, and build even more successful events.
Abstract booklet
Conveniently compile a booklet of abstracts and other content from submissions to your event, which you can then customize and publish.
What was an emergency solution quickly became a tremendously valued opportunity to transform our symposia going forward, even when we're back to face-to-face events. We hope to complement traditional presentations with Symposium to expand the audience, engagement, and accessibility for our entire campus community.
Jenny Shanahan
Bridgewater State University
Don’t take our word for it
Organizers achieve so much more with Symposium
How Northwestern University grew participation by 20x, reduced cost by 60%, and took their programming to new levels by rethinking their annual expo experience with Symposium
Megan Novak Wood & Peter Civetta
Northwestern University
“We are projected to still save $3,000 from our pre-COVID format, while functionally offering more programming than we did prior to the pandemic.” — Peter Civetta
“I no longer have a day and a half long process of manually sorting the [judges’] paper comments … With Symposium, it takes me about 3 hours … I’ll never go back to the old format for judging.” — Megan Novak Wood
Missy Thompson’s case for hybrid events—how she bolstered a sense of community, enhanced the event experience, and created opportunities for marketing at Fort Lewis College
Missy Thompson
Fort Lewis College
“Having the virtual aspect has provided the opportunity for us to showcase works with alumni, donors, key stakeholders, graduate school recruiters and family/friends of students. It has also offered greater flexibility and leaves us with a centralized repository of student work that provides great marketability.” — Missy Thompson
Creating more meaningful experiences by escaping the confines of traditional, strictly in-person experiences, while saving 33% for John Carroll University
Erica Kennedy, Carole Krus & Anita Iveljic
John Carroll University
“[Student presenters] still interact with their audience - and judges! - through discussion rooms or chat functions, gaining experience in new forms of interaction that will be a part of academic and work cultures for the foreseeable future. We have been able to recruit judges for our events from literally all over the world, allowing experts in their fields and local community members to interact with and mentor our students.” — Carole Krus
Build amazing virtual and hybrid experiences
Power all your events with Symposium
Symposium is a versatile platform, capable of hosting all kinds of events. Customize your event to create a unique and impactful experience for all your participants.
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We offer a variety of packages to meet a range of needs. Once you select your package, you may get started on setting up your first event immediately. We provide a comprehensive set of tutorials and resources so you have everything you need to masterfully craft your event.
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