ASSH Embraces Education Through Technology Using the EventPilot® Paperless Conference App

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Oct. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) is using the ASSH 2013 paperless event app, powered by the EventPilot platform, for its 68th annual meeting this week in San Francisco. With this year’s meeting being the spearhead for future ASSH events, the objective was to go almost entirely paperless which has been achieved by procuring the EventPilot conference app.

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“This year, the only required printable items are the conference name badges. There is simply no need to print anything else because it is all contained and easily searchable within our EventPilot conference app,” said Jessica Daniels,Tech Project Czarina, ASSH. “I believe attendees are impressed with our move towards a fully accessible, paperless annual event, and have quickly recognized the convenience of the mobile app.”

With 50% more educational content than previous events of this kind, ASSH faced a challenge of distributing all of the related materials.  With the EventPilot conference app, more information is available to attendees than ever before. “We are pleased to be providing convenient access to even more content while simultaneously reducing our carbon footprint.” said Angie Legaspi, VP of Professional Development, CMP.

ASSH is focused on their paperless target and makes rental iPads available to attendees for the duration of the conference. EventPilot’s powerful search and note taking directly onto the meeting app, in context of sessions and speakers, makes switching from paper to digital easy. Members can save time and import their pre-existing registration itinerary, and are then free to add any social activities such as receptions and coffee meetings. The comprehensive meeting app removes the hassle of dealing with multiple schedules and creates a more engaging conference experience. The entire schedule can be exported from the app and imported into any other calendar tool.

The EventPilot® app is easily accessible through many of the popular platforms, including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Tablets, and Kindle Fire.

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About EventPilot

The EventPilot mobile conference app features include:

Rich Experience and Paperless Events

EventPilot meeting app contains all of the handouts traditionally distributed in paper form. With the sophisticated paperless app, attendees are able to take notes and use the star feature to bookmark handouts of particular importance, all while saving a potential 19,764lbs in CO2 compared to all 2,700 members collecting 120 sheets of paper each. http://ativ.me/co2

Synchronized Scheduling Features

The attendee’s session schedule can be downloaded to the EventPilot meeting planner directly from the registration website, providing a personalized timetable for the entire conference. More sessions and social activities may be added and then integrated into their own device calendar.

Easy Content Updates

Organizers can easily make updates and corrections using the EventPilot content management system to update all apps. The content smartly downloads without interfering with the attendees’ conference app experience.

Availability

The free iPhone and iPad conference app is now in the App Store and free Android event app can be found in the Android market by searching “ASSH 2013”. A web version for BlackBerry and other web-enabled devices is available.

About ASSH

Founded in 1946, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) is the oldest medical specialty society in the United States devoted to continuing medical education related to hand surgery. ASSH members are hand surgeons and medical professionals who specialize in the treatment of hand and upper extremity related conditions. The mission of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) is to advance the science and practice of hand surgery through education, research, and outreach. To learn more please visit http://www.assh.org

About ATIV Software

ATIV Software publishes the advanced mobile conference app EventPilot for medical and scientific meetings as well as the EventPilot Journal app for custom medical and scientific peer reviewed publications. EventPilot is available as a customized native app for iOS and Android. Web-app included for BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7. http://www.ativsoftware.com.