CVENT ABSTRACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Abstract management software helps organizers crowdsource, review, and select event content via an efficient Call for Papers (CFP) process, then publish accepted submissions into the event agenda. It’s especially valuable for conferences, association meetings, scientific/medical and academic events, awards programs, and any event with many sessions or speakers, where you need a structured, fair way to collect proposals and build a strong program. 

Cvent Abstract Management walks you through a four-stage workflow—Collect, Review, Decide, Publish: you collect submissions through a branded, mobile-friendly portal, route them to reviewers, make decisions based on scores and comments, then push accepted sessions and speakers directly into your event agenda. Automated invitation, reminder, and decision emails reduce manual follow-up and keep submitters, reviewers, and planners aligned from CFP launch through final agenda publish.

Yes. Cvent lets you deeply customize submission forms—including layout, branding, fields, and consent questions—so you can collect exactly the details you need for abstracts, sessions, papers, awards, nominations, or scholarships, plus full speaker information in one place. You can configure different questions, sub-questions, and contact fields to support multiple use cases within the same project.

Planners can assign submissions to reviewers by track, topic, or expertise, ensuring each proposal is evaluated by the right people. 
Reviewers access a dedicated portal to score submissions against criteria you define and leave comments or notes, while Cvent tracks scores and votes in real time so you can quickly compare submissions across tracks and make confident selection decisions. 

Yes. Reviewers anywhere in the world can log into the reviewer portal on their own schedule to score, comment, and update reviews, and those scores and notes are aggregated in real time for planners. 
This keeps distributed committees aligned without email chains or offline spreadsheets.

Once you’ve made decisions, Cvent lets you accept or reject submissions individually or in bulk and trigger automated decision emails to submitters. 
You can configure templates for invitations, confirmations, reminders, and acceptance/rejection messages so speakers receive timely, consistent communications without manual sends every time a status changes.

Yes. Abstract Management is integrated with Cvent Event Management, so you can link a project to a specific event, then create sessions directly from accepted submissions and publish them into the event agenda. 
Those sessions can then be opened for attendee registration like any other agenda item, giving you a seamless flow from CFP to published program.

Cvent replaces email and spreadsheets with a centralized system that handles: configurable submission forms, automatic email invitations and reminders, portal-based author and reviewer access, and real-time scoring and reporting. 
Customers with small teams use Abstract Management to save significant time on tracking, chasing, and consolidating submissions, since everything from status to scores and comments is visible in one place. 
 

Yes. Abstract Management is event-format agnostic and is used for in-person, hybrid, and virtual conferences, including programs that rely on Cvent Registration and Attendee Hub. 
Once content is selected, it feeds into the same agenda and session framework you use for any Cvent-powered event.

Email and spreadsheets make it hard to standardize data, coordinate reviewers, track status, and connect accepted content to your agenda, which often leads to errors and lost submissions. 
Cvent provides structured forms, role-based portals for authors and reviewers, automated communications, built-in reporting, and one-click session creation from accepted submissions, so you get a consistent, auditable process that scales far beyond what manual tools can handle.