Content review of the files speakers actually upload — a different job from abstract review, done by different machinery, and frequently run by different people.
What it is
A configurable approval workflow sitting between a speaker's upload and the room. Reviewers are assigned at whatever level suits — the whole show, a track, a session, or one sensitive presentation — and record an outcome. A revision request emails the speaker, opens a new round, and waits for the replacement.
Where abstract review asks should this be in the program and is answered once, this asks is this content acceptable and can be answered across up to three rounds.
What it changes
Compliance stops being a person opening attachments in an inbox. Every outcome is recorded against a round, revisions are tracked to completion, approved files can be locked against silent replacement, and the committee gets a report instead of a memory.
Accredited education
Every deck reviewed against a questionnaire before it is shown, approved files locked so nothing unreviewed reaches the room.
Industry-sponsored sessions
A named compliance reviewer assigned to one track, with keynotes marked exempt so nobody wastes a cycle on them.
The committee that wants sight
Multi-reviewer with a majority rule, reviewer visibility switched on so the panel can see each other's feedback once everyone has submitted.
What you can do
- Assign individuals or review teams at show, track, session or presentation level.
- Run single-reviewer, or multi-reviewer with a majority or unanimous rule and a manager override.
- Score against a questionnaire and leave feedback for the speaker.
- Request revisions and track resubmission across rounds.
- Mark a track, session or presentation exempt.
- Let reviewers decline individual items or the whole event, with a manager able to clear it.
- Reassign automatically when a reviewer misses a deadline.
- Report on progress by track, session and reviewer, and export it.
Settings
| Setting | What it controls | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Review mode | One reviewer decides, or several weigh in. | Single reviewer |
| Decision rule | How multiple outcomes combine. Only shown in multi-reviewer mode. | Majority |
| Max review rounds | Revise-and-resubmit cycles before a final decision must be made. | 3 |
| Auto-approve on re-upload | After "approved with changes", accept the replacement without a reviewer looking again. | Off |
| Allow reviewers to reject | When off, only managers can reject, via override. | Off |
| Allow reviewers to decline | Reviewers may decline items or the whole event with a reason; managers are notified and must clear a full-event decline. | Off |
| Default review deadline | Days a reviewer gets from assignment. | 14 days |
| Default revision deadline | Days a speaker gets to resubmit. | 7 days |
| Send deadline reminders | Master switch for the four reminder settings below. | On |
| Remind before deadline | Days before an assignment is due. | 7, 3, 1 |
| Remind assignments without a deadline | Repeating cadence for assignments that carry no date. Zero is off. | Off |
| Keep reminding after the deadline | Overdue cadence. Zero is off. | Every 1 day |
| Notify managers about overdue | Email event managers as well as the reviewer. | On |
| Send reminders at | Hour of day in venue time. | 08:00 |
| Auto-reassign on deadline miss | Pull an overdue review back and give it to someone else. | Off |
| Reassign after | Days past the deadline before that happens. Only shown when the above is on. | 3 days |
| Blind review | Hide speaker identity from reviewers. | Off |
| Reviewer visibility | Let reviewers read each other's feedback once all reviews are in. | Off |
| Block re-upload after approval | Lock approved files against replacement. Recommended wherever review is a compliance requirement. | On |
| Allow speaker withdrawal | Speakers may withdraw their own submission from review. | On |
| Require withdrawal reason | They must say why. | On |
Nothing. Note the reverse dependency though: Posters needs this module switched on before poster review will run.
Three options exist only through the API and have no control in the interface: the set of available outcomes, the individual-versus-digest notification mode, and the digest frequency. Poster review is a much simpler thing — one reviewer, no rounds, no questionnaire — documented under Posters rather than here.