Submit Abstract (Speaker Portal)

The page configures the Speaker Portal page on which a speaker can register themselves and submit their session, or someone can do so for them.

Submitter

Submitter describes the details of the person submitting the proposal. The Submitter section appears at the top of the submission page and includes First Name, Last Name, Email, and Position. The speaker can remove the Submitter section to confirm that the speaker is submitting their own session.

Speaker Details

Speaker Details collects the speaker information. The layout follows Manage > Speakers and Sessions > Speakers, but the portal page may be edited here. This section includes adding fields, both standard and custom fields, and page breaks. A new custom speaker field can be added here, which becomes available for use on the Speakers and Sessions Speaker Portal Pages My Information and when adding or editing Speakers. At the end of the section you can choose to Use this Layout for the My Information page. See Speakers and Sessions Speaker Portal Pages My Information.

Session Details

Session Details collects the details of the session. This is based on the Session Layout set up for the event on Manage > Speakers and Sessions > Setup > Session Layout, but you may edit the portal page here in much the same way as you can the session layout. This includes adding fields, both standard and custom fields, full-width Rich Text fields, and page breaks. You can add a new custom session field here. It is then available for use on the Speakers and Sessions Speaker Portal Pages My Sessions and on the Speakers and Sessions Setup Session Layout. Note: This layout is also used for the Add Abstract page, which a logged in speaker can use to submit an additional abstract.

Additional Speakers

The opportunity to add Additional Speakers will appear under the Session Submission area. Information collected will include: First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Organization, and Position. Number of Additional Speakers Allowed (0–5) indicates the number of additional speakers a speaker can add. Default: 5. Any number from 0 through 5 is valid. A value of 0 prevents the "Additional Speakers" section from even being shown on the portal page. Note: This restriction applies only to the portal, not to what the planner may do on the admin side.

Conditional Logic

Note: You can add a Conditional Section to dynamically display additional standard fields, custom fields, headers and text conditionally based on previous selections in the Speakers Portal. See separate details of Speaker Portal Logic.