Frances – I think that the optional sessions part of the registration has been disabled. By not having people sign up for optional sessions, in-person attendees will not have any optional sessions on their app (as you noticed). In addition, any virtual attendees will not be able to view optional sessions.
I think that optional sessions can show up in the app, but it may or may not be clunky and confusing for all attendees. The other option would be to add the optional section back onto the registration, and have everyone modify their registration, if they are interested in using the app or the livestreaming options. We have not handled registration in the way before, so I just do not know how to handle this.
Amber – do you have any insight on this?
Craig
From: Frances Hayes fhayes@nebraska.edu Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM To: Craig Eiting ceiting@nebraska.edu, Amber Poythress apoythress@nebraska.edu Cc: dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu Subject: Re: Conference sponsors linked to sessions/events Hi Craig,
I think I can answer this one – attendees likely won’t select their optional concurrent sessions until they download the conference app slightly prior to the conference or onsite, as it doesn’t matter much to us this year since we’re not determining room assignments by sign up numbers for individual sessions.
It seems odd to me that they wouldn’t show up unless someone has signed up, but would it work for you, Amber, and I to each register for a different side event during each grouping so we can ensure they will appear?
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From: Craig Eiting ceiting@nebraska.edu Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM To: Frances Hayes fhayes@nebraska.edu, Amber Poythress apoythress@nebraska.edu Cc: dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu Subject: Re: Conference sponsors linked to sessions/events I noticed that in mine as well. I know the reason why this is happening, which is to nobody is registered for the ‘optional’ sessions. We did this last year within the registration.
Amber – is there a plan to get everyone registered for the optional sessions at some point? If not, we should probably reach out to cvent to figure out the best way to do this.
Thanks.
Craig
From: Frances Hayes fhayes@nebraska.edu Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM To: Craig Eiting ceiting@nebraska.edu Cc: dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu Subject: Re: Conference sponsors linked to sessions/events Hi Craig,
I was looking through the schedule on the app yesterday and noticed that the concurrent sessions are not showing. Can you take a look at that when you have a moment?
Thanks!
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From: Craig Eiting ceiting@nebraska.edu Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM To: Frances Hayes fhayes@nebraska.edu Cc: dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu Subject: Re: Conference sponsors linked to sessions/events I was able to link all of these to sessions. I will add Valmont on the homepage when I start building that page out.
On another note, I was able to successfully import the Schedule, Speakers and Notifications spreadsheets without errors. The speakers linked up with the sessions assigned. And the exhibitor admins have been assigned and messaged.
Overall, things are falling together on the cvent side of the conference! Craig
From: Frances Hayes fhayes@nebraska.edu Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM To: Craig Eiting ceiting@nebraska.edu Cc: dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu Subject: Conference sponsors linked to sessions/events Hi Craig,
Here are the sponsors you can link to specific sessions or events on the conference agenda on the app:
Valmont Industries Homepage The Combine Tuesday evening reception Lindsay Corporation Pre-conference reception LI-COR Flash Talks I & II Nebraska Corn Board Monday Side Tour Midwest Dairy Association Monday Side Tour Sorghum United Global Lessons in Regenerative Agriculture: Transforming Landscapes and Livelihoods (CS12) Nebraska Soybean Board Monday Side Tour
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