Symposia
Symposia is web software for academic societies managing conference submissions, reviews, registration, schedules, invoices, and attendee communication.
What Symposia is
Symposia is web software for academic societies managing conference submissions, reviews, registration, schedules, invoices, and attendee communication. Authors can upload PDF or Word submissions, while reviewers read them in a browser; organizers assign reviews and track revisions. Registration forms issue proforma invoices automatically, and a dashboard records bank-transfer payments. Organizers build and publish programs and agendas, then send schedule changes to attendees. The attendee mobile app provides schedules, speaker information, updates, and real-time room or time-change notifications. Registrations, abstracts, reviews, and invoices can be exported during or after an event. Symposia is aimed at academic conferences with 50 to 500 attendees. The maker says it is built with GDPR in mind and hosted on EU servers. Every plan includes a setup call described as taking about 30 minutes, and conference organizers can contact the founder directly. The Conference Plan costs €900 per event and includes setup support. A yearly Society Plan is in early access with pricing by contact.
Good
- Handles submissions and reviews
- Tracks registration payments
- Publishes schedules and updates
- Attendee mobile app
- Exports conference data
Watch out
- Conference Plan costs €900 per event
- Fewer third-party integrations than established platforms
- Not built for thousands of submissions
- Lacks reviewer bidding and multi-round rebuttals
Who it suits
It suits academic societies and conferences with roughly 50 to 500 attendees needing submissions, review, registration, and scheduling. It is less suited to very large, multi-track submission programs.
Verdict
Symposia combines core academic-conference workflows with attendee communications and exportable records. Its stated audience and limits make it a focused option for midsize events rather than very large review programs.
Plans and prices
From Symposia's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Conference Plan | €900, paid once | One academic conference, symposium, or annual meeting · Includes setup support · Per event |
| Society Plan | Priced on request | For societies running recurring or multiple conferences per year · Yearly pricing by contact; currently in early access |
The facts
Each one read from Symposia's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Attendee app
- The attendee mobile app provides the schedule, speaker information, updates, and real-time notifications about room or time changes.checked 8 Oct 2026
What it does
- Data export
- Organizers can export registrations, abstracts, reviews, and invoices during or after a conference.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker’s comparison article says Symposia has fewer third-party integrations than established platforms.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The maker describes Symposia as suited to academic conferences with 50 to 500 attendees that need to manage submissions, reviews, and registrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- The maker’s comparison article says Symposia is not built for thousands of submissions across dozens of tracks and lacks reviewer bidding and multi-round rebuttals.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy and hosting
- The maker says Symposia is built with GDPR in mind and hosted on EU servers; its privacy policy also says the company complies with GDPR.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Registration and invoicing
- The service provides registration forms, automatically issues proforma invoices, and lets organizers track bank-transfer payments in a dashboard.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Organizers can build and publish a program and agenda, then send schedule changes to attendees.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Setup
- The maker says every plan includes a setup call and describes setup as taking about 30 minutes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Submissions and review
- Authors can upload PDF or Word submissions, and reviewers can read them in the browser while organizers assign reviews and track revisions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The founder says organizers reach him directly, and the Conference Plan includes email support throughout the conference cycle.checked 8 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Symposia helps academic societies manage conference registrations, abstracts, reviews, schedules, invoices, and attendee communication in one place.checked 8 Oct 2026
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