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Product updates
3 min read

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

Matthieu Chartier, PhD.
Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

01 Nov 2023

Product updates
4 min read

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

Matthieu Chartier, PhD.
Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

28 Apr 2023

Product updates
3 min read

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,

Matthieu Chartier, PhD.
Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

02 Sep 2022

Product updates
5 min read

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

Matthieu Chartier, PhD.
Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

10 Jan 2022

Product updates
1 min read

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

Matthieu Chartier, PhD.
Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

22 Nov 2021

Product updates
3 min read

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

Matthieu Chartier, PhD.
Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

06 Feb 2021