What a real configuration looks like. Note how much is switched off in each.
| Product | One-day workshop | Scientific congress | Accredited meeting | Returning annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Uploads | On | On | On | On |
| Call for Abstracts | — | On | — | On |
| Review & Approval | — | On | On | — |
| Posters | — | On | — | On |
| Papers on Demand | — | On | — | — |
| Abstract Viewer | — | On | — | — |
| Poster Viewer | — | On | — | On |
| Paper Viewer | — | On | — | — |
| Attendee App | — | On | On | On |
| Beacon | — | On | — | — |
| Session Feedback | On | — | On | — |
| Open Mic | On | — | — | On |
| Where the talks come from | Invited | A call for abstracts | Invited | Last year's file, plus a call |
| Where the schedule is built | In Rostrum | In Rostrum | Imported, edited in Rostrum | Imported skeleton, extended in Rostrum |
One-day workshop
Six sessions typed in by hand, files collected from four speakers, questions taken from the floor, and an evaluation form at the end for the CPD record. Nothing else is switched on and nothing else is needed.
Scientific congress
The full Path A chain: an invite-only call, per-track review panels, a committee selection board, decision letters, and conversion into a program of orals and posters. Signage in the building, an app in delegates' pockets, and content review on the accepted decks.
Accredited meeting
The program is fixed and imported. The work is compliance: every deck reviewed and approved before it is shown, locked against replacement afterwards, and evaluation data collected per session as evidence.
Returning annual meeting
Last year's fixed items imported as the skeleton, this year's open slots filled from a call, posters converted from accepted abstracts, and the app carrying it all. No signage, no content review — the committee trusts its speakers.
The one that is easy to overlook
Notice that in every column above, the schedule is built or edited in Rostrum — even the imported ones, because a program never survives contact with reality unchanged.
The setup most often assumed to be a poor fit is the large invited congress: four days, six parallel rooms, two hundred talks, and no call for abstracts at all because the scientific committee invites everybody. That event needs nothing from chapters 06 to 12 — and it is the setup that gains most from Chapter 14, because the work it cannot avoid is exactly the work this platform does: rooms, tracks, a grid, running order, file collection from two hundred speakers, and signage that stays right when something moves.
If you are running one of those, you are not an awkward fit for Rostrum. You are the case the schedule builder exists for.