For AV companies
Bring LaunchPad to your clients.
Your crew keeps audio, lighting, staging and exhibits. We add native-format presentation management and instant recordings.
For AV partnersEvery slide, exactly as it was built.
LaunchPad plays every talk natively, Mac or Windows, and puts each session recording in attendees' hands within minutes. We work hand in hand with your AV team, so the whole show runs as one.
Your AV partner runs the show. We run the content: every slide plays just as the speaker made it, every session is online within minutes.
Proud to work with these societies and organizations
120,000+
Presentations captured
20,000+
Sessions supported
15+
Years running conference content
One system for every session room.
LaunchPad is our software, our hardware and our on-site team, working alongside your AV company.
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Any format, no conversions
Mac or Windows, at no extra charge.
Every room, watched live
One on-site control point monitors every session room in real time, so you need fewer floating techs.
Recordings in minutes
Sessions go straight to your LMS, or a branded WST content library, while attendees are still at the conference. Edited recordings follow in as little as 24 hours, as full sessions or individual talks.
Why planners switch.
Your AV partner keeps sound, lighting, staging and exhibits. We take the part that decides whether sessions start on time.
No VLAN needed
Our devices run on the venue's existing internet, so there's no VLAN to request or pay for.
Fewer floating techs
Every room monitored in real time from one on-site location.
Any AV vendor
We coordinate directly with the AV company you've already contracted.
Edited files, fast
Full sessions or individual talks, in whatever format you need, in as little as 24 hours.
From contract to closeout.
We fit into your planning calendar and your AV vendor's schedule.
See the full timeline1–3 months out
Upload site live
Speakers upload to a site in your branding.
Day before
Load-in
Kiosks and lecterns on the venue internet, tested. No VLAN needed.
Show days
On air
One-click starts; every room recorded and monitored.
Minutes later
Instant access
Recordings land in your LMS or a branded content library.
As little as 24 hrs
Edited files
Full sessions or individual talks, in your format.
Our team
Event pros who write the software.
The people you plan with are the people you'll see on site, and they build the tools we run.
Meet the teamQuestions planners ask first.
Read all FAQsWill it work with the AV vendor we already contracted?
Yes. Your AV team keeps sound, lighting, staging and exhibits. We supply the speaker ready and lectern devices on the venue's existing internet, so no VLAN is needed, and coordinate with your vendor directly.
Does it work with event platforms like Cadmium and X-CD?
Yes. WST works alongside event platforms like Cadmium and X-CD Technologies, and we've built direct integrations with a number of event platforms to pull in speaker details, session data and timing. Where possible, we can do the same with yours, so your systems talk to each other and the details stay accurate everywhere.
How quickly do attendees get recordings?
Within minutes of each session ending, in the LMS you already use or a content library branded for your conference. Edited recordings, from full sessions to individual talks, follow in as little as 24 hours.
How is it priced?
By number of session rooms and presentations, event length and expected attendance, with no VLAN needed.
What people are saying.
From members of societies whose conferences we've supported.
I feel compelled to comment that I was really impressed with the speaker ready room, in particular how easy it was to get everything set up and make changes if needed. I especially appreciated having the exact same system set up there for practice as what was in the actual session rooms. Nice job!!
A major compliment from me to the speaker ready room workers and the amazing software that is used to homogenize the various talk formats. I was very impressed.
This is absolutely awesome. User friendly and really streamlined.
Stunningly great experience! This is perfect.
Let's talk about your next conference.
Send your RFP for a quote, or book a call if you're still planning.
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