The full history of all product updates for Abstract Management, Program Planning, Conference App and ePoster Web.
Last updated: October 2026
You can customize the subject and content of the emails Smart Abstract sends on your behalf. This covers submission confirmations, the sending of login details and the reminders from the Deadline Manager. Placeholders insert personal details such as the confirmation link automatically, and deadlines appear in the project's time zone. A test email lets you check the result in advance.
Read the guideSessions starting at the same time can now be sorted in the agenda by room, program number or short code. The sorting applies to the online program and the Conference App. Items without a number or code follow in room order. We will be happy to set up the right sorting for your event.
Poster cards can now link straight to the presentation view, and the link colors on poster cards can be matched to your corporate design.
Attendees can export their personal program and notes as a PDF file to save, print or share.
Presentation types and topics can be added, edited, sorted and deactivated directly in the backend.
Google Translate no longer corrupts the app's German texts, installing on Samsung devices works again, and bookmarked sessions are saved reliably.
Older passwords are automatically upgraded to a secure method at the next login. New accounts use it from the start.
The notes view in the app has been comprehensively redesigned. The new view provides a clearer structure, more context on the respective talks and sessions, and significantly improved readability.
Sessions can now optionally be displayed as standalone pages, and the title menu item in the main navigation can be hidden.
Deadlines and deadline extensions can now be managed easily. For outstanding submissions and reviews, reminders can be scheduled ahead of the deadline and sent automatically. Time zones are now also supported in various views.
Find out moreA comprehensive security audit closed a number of vulnerabilities. In addition, accounts are now locked for 15 minutes after five failed login attempts, and password reset links can only be used once.
The "Main Program Report" now also shows when speakers have cancelled their participation.
A faulty deadline display in the review module and an incomplete display of the review score have been fixed. An incorrect permission check for invited speakers has been corrected.
The program now includes a chronological overview of all sessions. You can set which view is shown when the program is opened (chronological or by room).
Locked events are now marked with the suffix "LOCKED" in selection lists, so they can't be edited by accident.
The embedded livestream window now stays visible, instead of only appearing while a stream is live.
The filter by event/break type has been removed from the session list to keep the view leaner.
The app now supports multi-day sessions, for example for poster exhibitions that span several conference days.
New export fields, full inclusion of poster contributions, and descriptions in the program export extend your reports.
Speaker and presenter profiles are now merged automatically – no more duplicate entries, and profile pictures are displayed correctly.
Speakers now get their own landing page with their personal agenda, accessible via an individual URL.
Poster session abstracts are now fully included in the extended table reports, and the formatting of speakers in the program report has been corrected.
A save button is now available immediately when opening the abstract content view for the first time, and a server error when sorting the person list in the review module has been fixed.
Abstracts can now be edited directly in a modal window, scheduling conflicts are displayed, and reviewer assignments can be filtered specifically.
App labels and translations can now be adjusted dynamically – without any development effort per conference.
The upload status of persons is now visible directly in the session list and detail view, and additional custom fields are available in the "Program by Persons" Excel export.
Radio button labels in the review form are now clickable, and the "Reset" button now acts as "Cancel", returning to the overview without submitting the form.
Uploads are now also possible in the profile form, the status is visible at a glance, and address forms are created automatically when needed.
More robust data synchronization, optimized image delivery, and improved offline display provide a more reliable experience.
Program report Excel exports now also include the upload attribute, and the order of export templates has been resorted.
A bug in the abstract confirmation process when cancelled by authors has been fixed, and section/presentation descriptions now also appear in the Word program export.
Confirmation and rejection links from registration emails can now be used multiple times without causing an error.
The submission wizard now correctly skips the attributes page when it isn't needed, and error messages for invalid or expired confirmation links have been made clearer.
Abstracts can now also be filtered by the response to conference participation. The invoice number is taken into account in the backend.
The person filter in the session planner now shows the number of assigned events per person as well as detected scheduling conflicts.
An invoice number can now be entered directly on the personal landing page where the presentation of accepted abstracts is confirmed.
Replaced the label "Author" in the user area with the more fitting "Submitter".
The default layout of the program overview (grid or list) can now be set individually.
Messages on the home screen can now be set to stay visible until a specific point in time, even if no newer message follows.
References to external help pages have been renewed.
The labels in the program planner have been revised and made easier to understand.
The P-number now reliably appears in all review reports, and the address field "Branch" is now included in the address configuration output.
A modal view has been added, the event button with toggle is back, minor display errors for sessions without a chair have been fixed, and the maximum character count for the event description has been adjusted.
Occasional sorting errors in navigation groups and their entries have been fixed.
An error when submitting the sign-up form with empty required fields, as well as disappearing buttons in the submission form, have been fixed.
Only validly uploaded abstract documents are now taken into account during import.
A new filter for sponsored events is now available, and the outdated program type "Event" has been removed.
Reviewers' topic preferences are now saved reliably, the conflict-of-interest display can be expanded correctly again, and topic suggestions now adapt dynamically.
The previously separate events planner app is now a thing of the past: attendees can now view their program either as a list or as a time grid with a parallel room overview.
Poster groups can now be given their own, freely chosen label.
File uploads were failing incorrectly in certain configurations – this has been fixed.
Abstracts can now be edited directly in the program planner, and the participation status has been extended to include "Pending".
Several display errors in the review area have been fixed, including a missing author list and confirmation texts that weren't displayed.
The Planner add-on can now be set up directly in the app configuration, and an additional teaser area in the header is now available.
Boolean settings are now displayed as toggle switches instead of text fields. Issues with uploading splash screen images and an incorrect application of production settings have also been fixed.
An incorrectly displayed session title in the program report has been corrected.
The order of workgroup and topic focus categories during submission has been improved, and duplicate columns in this context have been removed.
Profile management has been revised to be leaner and clearer.
The session program report has been fixed and the export options optimized, including a correction of an incorrect position value within sessions.
Deadlines are now displayed reliably for coordinators and reviewers, a display error in the mobile view has been fixed, and missing translations have been added.
Basic app settings can now be managed together via a structured form. The app also automatically shows the appropriate time zone and the time difference to the conference.
The sorting of poster sessions now reliably follows the correct order, and rating reports no longer crash when criterion labels are missing.
Break events are now reliably saved in the graphical event planner.
The settings for author deadline visibility have been revised and are now easier to use, and an error when saving deadline changes has been fixed.
Posters are now displayed correctly sorted within a session.
Content pages can now be divided into several sections, and exact presentation times can optionally be shown for oral presentations.
The sitemap attribute was missing on certain content pages – this has been fixed.
An error when uploading files in the submission form has been fixed, missing author information in reviews in a different language is now displayed correctly, and the privacy policy link in the registration form has been corrected.
The session planner now also supports days before and after the actual conference date.
It's now possible to choose between several presentation types, the submission form has been simplified, and address forms are created automatically when needed.
An error when saving the submission type and an incorrect institute display in the review preview have been fixed.
A server error and an issue with overwritten pagination when sorting posters and abstracts have been fixed, and an additional view is now available for submissions.
Sessions are now sorted by identifier and title, and the sorting of posters within a topic has been corrected.
The favorites and rating features now have new, clearer icons.
An HTML editor is now available for the short biography in the user profile.
Several display and usability errors in the session planner have been fixed (including incorrectly assigned speaker abstracts and a missing menu), and an HTML editor is now available for sub-events/presentations.
Abstract sections can now be removed even after authors have already submitted content.
ePosters can now be marked as a favorite in all presentation views.
The invitation status of persons is now highlighted with color in session planning.
Attendees can now update a rating they have already submitted (re-rating).
Posters marked as favorites can now also be rated, already rated posters reliably appear under "Favorites", and all favorited entries are displayed correctly even with more than 100 posters.
Navigation within session planning has been improved.
Event action icons have also been added to the assignment detail view, several minor usability errors in session planning have been fixed, and the confirmation box when removing persons from the schedule has been corrected.
Images and tables are now displayed more clearly in the abstract layout, and an error in the upload preview has been fixed.
This overview shows news from 2024 onwards – since that year we have documented all product updates consistently and completely to give you a reliable overview.
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