Can Indico restrict users to register before submitting an abstract?

[rzhang]

Dear Indico folks,
I would like to know if Indico can restrict users from submitting abstract only after registering for the meeting？
Kind regards,
Rui

[ThiefMaster]

No, such an option does not exist.

[ipelevan]

Dear Indico team, @ThiefMaster,
Is there a possibility to add an option to Call for Abstracts settings “Restrict users from submitting abstract only after registering for the meeting” for future Indico versions?
Or there are some fundamental issue with that option that me and @rzhang do not see?

My personal experience shows that some people who try to participate in the conference go through the following steps:

1. Try to submit abstract.
2. Understand that they need to register Indico account.
3. Register in Indico.
4. Submit an abstract.
5. Believe that this will automatically register them for the conference.

After that organizers must manually check several times until registration closes that all people with submitted abstracts registered for the conderence. If not, organizers will need to write personal emails with request to register.

[bpedersen2]

Depending on the field of science user often will only register after the abstract is accepted ( as travel permits require that). So I think that is often not really helpful, if it is an optional feature it may be useful. Also remember that submitter and speaker are not required to be the same person in Indico, so maybe submitter never intends to register.

But I think maybe a wording change in for the indico account creation ( from “Register an indico account” to “Create an indico account” to avoid the double meaning of “register” and maybe a hint on the abstract page ( “You are not yet registered for this event”) may be another improvement here.

[bpedersen2]

Related indico issues:
A shortcut to automatically register event speakers · Issue #5685 · indico/indico · GitHub
Support Event Roles as notification targets · Issue #5063 · indico/indico · GitHub

See also:

Abstract submission permissions

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Mandatory registration before abstract submission

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[ipelevan]

Dear Björn,
Thank you for your response!

Indeed, my perspective on this option is influenced by the conferences we organize. Traditionally, we have a very low rejection rate for abstracts, and instances where the abstract submitter and speaker are not the same person are extremely rare. Therefore, we prefer to email the authors of rejected abstracts, asking if they agree to participate without an abstract. If they decline, we manually remove their registrations.