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Join Beta Programs
Sign up for our beta programs and get early access and share feedback on upcoming features before they launch. Your feedback will shape the tools that drive your success. Bookmark this page and check back often as we will continue to add new Beta Program Opportunities.
Cross-Platform
New Cvent Platform Navigation
The new Cvent Platform Navigation is a modern, streamlined interface designed to make your workflow faster and more intuitive. This upgrade introduces a cleaner look, more working space, and a left-aligned menu that reduces clicks and helps you find what you need with ease. The new navigation groups related tools together and adapts to how you plan events, whether you’re a seasoned planner or new to Cvent.
Qualifications: All Cvent Event customers
Beta Program Dates: Starting in November (subject to change)
Sign up for Beta access to our New Platform Navigation
(AI) Planner Assistant
The Planner Assistant is an embedded, context-aware Assistant that helps you get answers to Cvent product questions without leaving your workflow. Ask the Assistant a question and receive a concise answer with a linked help article so you can stay focused and keep moving.
Qualifications: All Cvent Event customers
Beta Program Dates: Starting in October (subject to change)
Sign up for Planner Assistant Beta Program
Event Theming Project
Event Theme Project—a centralized theming system designed to unify event branding (colors, logos, fonts, and more) across the Cvent platform. With this new system, planners can define a theme once, and it will automatically apply across all attendee touchpoints including Event Website, Attendee Hub, Emails, Surveys and more!
Beta Program Dates: Starting in October (subject to change)
Sign up for Event Theming Beta Program
Workflow Triggers Enhancements
In this release, we're enhancing how Admin Users manage and visualize Event Roles, Visibility, and Status Triggers within an organization's meetings management workflow.
Key improvements include: More powerful and flexible triggers with enhanced filtering and logic features, allowing more actions within a single trigger and reducing the total number of triggers needed; Enhanced triggers that can be associated with specific MRFs, ensuring that only relevant RFPs trigger actions; Improved trigger visualization, enabling easier understanding and management of triggers related to specific workflows.
Qualifications: Currently use Workflow Triggers
Beta Program Dates: Starting in October (subject to change)
Sign up for Workflow Triggers Enhancements Beta Program
Attendee Hub
Session Snapshots & AI Live Transcript
We are introducing 2 new Event App features to improve attendee engagement with in-person sessions. Live Transcript: Attendees will be able to view a live transcript of the session audio. Snapshots: With our AI-enhanced note generation, an attendee simply taps a button, and the system will grab a small portion of the transcript and combine it with an AI-generated title and summary to create a Snapshot note.
Qualification: Event App customer with an upcoming event to use this feature
Beta Program Dates (subject to change): LIVE NOW
Sign up for the Session Snapshots & AI Live Transcript Beta Program
Event App Custom Navigation bar using Attendee Hub designer
Customizable navigation is finally here for your Event App! With our new AH designer (like the site designer, but for Attendee Hub), you can easily drag and drop to add, remove, or reorder navigation tabs for your Event App—putting your most important content front and center. Personalize icons and names, group pages under “More,” and instantly preview your changes.
Qualification: Event App customer
Beta Program Dates (subject to change): Starting late October
Sign up for the Navigation Configuration & Attendee Hub designer Beta Program
Registration
Group Packages
Group Packages is a new feature that simplifies bulk registration management for events. It allows designated Group Managers to purchase multiple registrations at once and assign them to individual invitees later.
Qualifications: License Registration & have events that require group registration
Beta Program Dates: LIVE NOW
Sign up for Group Packages Beta Program
Event Assistant (AI Chatbot for Websites)
Planners can enable an attendee-facing AI chatbot to help answer invitees' questions as they decide to register for the event. The Assistant pulls information from the event's public website pages.
Qualifications: License Cvent Registration
Beta Program Dates (subject to change): LIVE NOW
Sign up for Event Assistant (Chatbot) for websites Beta Program
Cvent Supplier Network
(AI) RFP Builder
Introducing the RFP Builder: an intuitive chatbot that makes creating and filling out your RFPs fast and effortless. As soon as you access the RFP section, the chatbot guides you step-by-step, collecting all the key details needed for a complete, ready-to-send RFP. Easily share your event information by uploading a file, pasting your schedule, or simply describing your needs in your own words. You can revise any information after the AI fills it in.
Qualifications: CSN customers who do a high volume of RFPs per year
Beta Program Dates: LIVE NOW
Sign up for the RFP Builder Beta Program - this beta can be on a per user basis or for the whole account
(AI) Venue Recommendations
We are introducing a natural language, AI Powered, venue discovery experience that allows planners to explain their event requirements in their own words and receive curated venue recommendations. The tool analyzes various factors, including location, capacity, amenities, and event requirements, to provide personalized venue suggestions that can then be added to RFPs.
Qualifications: CSN planners
Beta Program Dates (subject to change): LIVE NOW
Sign up for the AI Venue Recommendations Beta Program here - this beta is on a per user basis - you will sign up specific users to participate.
Reporting & Insights
AI Powered BYOR (Build Your Own Reports)
We're introducing an AI-powered solution for BYOR - users will simply use natural language chat prompts to generate comprehensive, customized reports. This chat-based interface, integrated into the 5-step BYO Report Builder, will allow planners to generate reports quickly and efficiently.
Beta Program Dates: Starting in November (subject to change)
Sign up for AI Powered BYOR Beta Program to get early access and share feedback on Build Your Own Reports - AI Copilot
For more information on upcoming Beta Programs, please contact your Cvent account team.
Bookmark this page and check back ~monthly for new Beta Program Opportunities!