Apologies if this has been requested elsewhere.
One feature that would be extremely useful to us is to allow members & non-members to submit abstracts for presentation at our conferences (so, this feature would be connected to a specific event). We would also need to collect titles of abstracts, author affiliation, and contact information for authors. Abstracts could be submitted as individual presentations, or entire sessions (say, 3-4 abstracts) could be submitted together, with a session organizer, session title, and a session abstract.
For this to be fully useful, we would want to be able to specify particular individuals who have access to the abstracts.
Then, we would like to be able to use the above information to build a conference program, specifying days, numbered session slots (we tend to hold concurrent sessions), and rooms where the sessions will be held.
Now that I type it all out, it sounds like I am asking a lot. Right now, though, we have this done by other software providers. We're not that satisfied with what we've found, and think Wild Apricot could do it better. And we think it would really help our conference attendees to have registration and abstract submission in the same place. As it stands now, they often get confused between the two places.
Anyone else out there (other academic societies, perhaps?) who would find this functionality useful? If so, please vote for this and add your suggestions!