Blog Articles and Resources
Read about conference management for research and academia events.
Introducing Organizations on Fourwaves
This year we're introducing Organizations on Fourwaves. This blog post aims to explain what Organizations are, why we're introducing them and what you need to know. What are Organizations? You can see an Organization as a home for all your events. For example, if you plan events for a research socie
10 Apr 2024
Product Update: Redesigned User Dashboard, Peer-Review Updates and Email Communication Enhancements
Maybe you’ve seen it already in your account, but we’ve just released some major improvements in Fourwaves. Tailored for event organizers, participants and reviewers, these changes promise a more streamlined, modern and efficient event management experience. We’re really excited to announce all the
01 Nov 2023
Product Updates Spring 2023
Here are some product updates! Color-Coded Session Tracks You can now create color-coded tracks and tag your sessions. Participants will be able to easily find session that match their topics of interest. Color-Coded Session tracks in your event schedule. Private Messa
28 Apr 2023
2022 Schedule updates
Why we made those changes The schedule is often packed with information, including: A session description A list of presentations and speakers A presentation times Links to livestreams The name of the physical room and more. Many participants browse the schedule on their mobile phones. At hybrid a
14 Nov 2022
Online platform for virtual poster sessions: How it works
Many event platforms have developed new virtual tools in the wake of the pandemic. Most of these tools are essentially the same: they allow the broadcasting of speakers, a chat, asking questions, and conducting live polls. Not much has been developed to organize virtual poster sessions. Why? First,
02 Sep 2022
January 2022 product updates
Here's a summary of the biggest January 2022 product updates! Beautiful event websites Your event website is one of the key elements between you and your participants. A clean interface that is easy and pleasant to use makes a big difference. We decided to give some love to the look and feel as well
10 Jan 2022
Meet Fourwaves
How It All Started It all started in 2012 when 4 Ph.D. students in bioinformatics at the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada were organizing a large student conference. They needed an easy way to plan and manage the event, but no tool was available at the time, so they built a website from scratch to
22 Nov 2021
Announcement of the upcoming launch of Fourwaves Version 3.0
The evolution of the technology underlying Fourwaves has passed through different stages. Version 1.0 (Science on the spot) launched in 2012 and upgraded to version 2.0 in 2014. Version 3.0, which will be released in the spring of 2021, took a lot of effort and time. This is why there has been very
06 Feb 2021