BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E) has launched Smart Meeting, a suite of flexible technology solutions with meeting management capabilities such as multi-audience invitation, meeting and spend reporting, and expense management.
“Our newest proprietary technology allows meeting owners to choose between using the full suite to support meetings management or the individual solutions that work best for them now – with the scalability for future needs,” said Ted Stone, BCD M&E’s senior vice president of global technology.
One part of the full suite is Smart Invitation, a multi-user invitation application that replaces the manual process of compiling customer lists and invitee contact information from multiple sources with an automatic invite process.
Another tool is Smart Registration, which simplifies attendee management with features such as attendee registration, opt in/out tracking, contract management, a document library as well as flexible meeting and spend reporting.
In addition, the company said the software provides specific functionality as well as service expertise in niche areas such as life sciences, something current meeting technology offerings lack.
For example, Smart Expense, an automated online attendee expense management tool, can meet the specific needs of meeting planners in the life sciences space by capturing domestic and international expenses as well as meeting spend with the capability to segment data.
“Given the complex compliance requirements in the Life Sciences vertical, Smart Meeting is a true value-add when considering operational efficiencies,” Stone said.
Users can use Smart Meetings as a plug-in and value-add to existing meetings technology.
