Case Study: Purdue University improves hybrid conference attendance tracking and engagement with Whova

Purdue University drives 5,000+ session views with Whova

Purdue University needed to manage their 86th Annual Purdue Pest Management Conference, a hybrid event with a complex agenda. Their challenges included accurately tracking attendance for both in-person and remote attendees to distribute mandatory training credits, managing a hybrid agenda to prevent confusion, engaging a split audience, and efficiently handling exhibitor information. They partnered with the event platform vendor Whova to address these needs.

Whova's solutions included automated attendance tracking via QR codes and session reports, agenda tools with ticket mapping to separate content for different attendees, and integrated Zoom live streams with engagement features like Q&A and polls. Exhibitors could also update their own digital booths. As a result, the organizers efficiently managed credit distribution and created an accessible hybrid experience, leading to over 5,000 session views and 1,900+ messages. The success has made Purdue plan to continue hybrid conferences in the future.

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