Portal
What members and visitors do with Events on the Portal.
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- Accept or Decline an Invitation to Present
Respond, in the Portal, to an invitation to present an abstract staff have approved, and understand the older confirmation form some events still use instead.
- Add Guests, Add-Ons, Courses, and Badge Text to a Registration
Bring guests, buy add-ons, choose certification courses, and set your badge text while registering, and understand the checks that stop a duplicate guest, a full course, or a scheduling conflict.
- Administer Reviews in the Review Center
See whether you're a review administrator for a round, follow every abstract in your open round with its scores, and see who's reviewing each one.
- Browse an Event's Speakers
See who's speaking at an event as a grid of photos and names, and open a speaker's page to read about them and find the sessions they present.
- Browse the Schedule and Session Pages
Find an event's sessions and other program items on the Portal schedule, narrow the list by name, type, track, speaker, or location, and open a session to see its details, speakers, and handouts.
- Buy Booths for Your Organization
Choose an exhibitor registration process your organization can use right now, pick booths or booth types, add extras and booth staff, and check out to reserve your exhibit space.
- Cancel Your Registration in the Portal
See the refund you'd receive and cancel your own event registration from the Portal, while the event's cancellation policy still allows it.
- Choose a Registration Type and Enter a Coupon Code
Pick the registration type meant for you on the event registration form, and enter a coupon code if your type requires one.
- Choose Booths During Exhibitor Registration
Pick the booths you want to buy from a list or the floor plan while registering as an exhibitor, whether you're buying in the Portal or having staff process your registration in the Console.
- Choose Sessions When You Register
Pick the sessions your registration package allows on the event registration form, see each session's price for your package, and join a waitlist when a session is full.
- Edit Your Session as a Presenter
Find the sessions you're presenting, change your session's details when the association allows it, and manage its documents from the Portal.
- Join or Leave a Waitlist from the Portal
Join the waitlist for a sold-out event, session, or function while registering in the Portal, and take yourself off a waitlist you've joined.
- Manage Your Booth Staff in the Portal
See how many booth staff of each type your exhibitor may still name, add someone by email, and remove a booth staff member from your exhibitor record.
- Manage Your Abstracts
See every abstract you've submitted, present, or co-author across events, open one to review it, and edit and resubmit it from the Portal.
- Register and Manage a Group in the Portal
Start a registration group for an event, register your colleagues one at a time as pending registrations, and check them all out together in a single order.
- Register for and View Your Function Tickets
Choose tickets to dinners and other functions while you register for an event, answer each ticket's meal and question prompts, join a waitlist if a function is full, and see the function tickets you already hold.
- Register for an Event in the Portal
Start and complete a Portal registration for an event, choosing a registration type, filling in the registration form, and paying, plus what to expect when registration is not open, is closed, or the event is sold out.
- Review Your Assigned Abstracts
Find the abstract reviews assigned to you in the Portal's Review Center, score and comment on each one, and revise a review after you've already submitted it.
- Search the Attendee Directory in the Portal
Find another attendee in an event's directory, see the details their entry shows, and understand why some registrants don't appear or why the directory isn't open to you.
- See What an Event Costs
Read an event's Rates & Deadlines page to see registration prices by type, package, and deadline, understand member versus non-member pricing, and see prices convert to your own currency.
- Submit an Abstract
Propose a talk or session for an event through the Portal's Abstract Center, naming a presenter and any co-authors, saving an unfinished draft, and getting a confirmation once it's in.
- Use the Presenter Center
Sign in to the Presenter Center to see your speaker details, the event's instructions for presenters, and the sessions you're presenting, and update your speaker information or session while the event allows changes.
- View and Filter the Floor Plan
Look at an event's floor plan on the Portal without any editing controls, and narrow it down by exhibitor or category to find where a company is exhibiting.
- View Exhibitors and Update Your Exhibitor Information
Browse an event's public exhibitor list, check your own organization's exhibitor status through the Exhibitor Service Center, and update its logo and description.
- View or Modify Your Registration in the Portal
Find your event registrations in the Portal, open one to see what you registered for, print a certificate of attendance, and change a completed registration while the edit window is still open.