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title: How To Create A New Event
description: In most cases, client /account admins can create, set up and pay for a new event, without needing to contact Oxford Abstracts. The guidance below shows you how to do this.
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# How To Create A New Event

## In most cases, client /account admins can create, set up and pay for a new event, without needing to contact Oxford Abstracts. The guidance below shows you how to do this.

The guidance below is for event administrators/ organisers. If you are an end user (eg. submitter, reviewer, delegate etc), please click [here](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/knowledge/support?hsLang=en).

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Log on to [app.oxfordabstracts.com](http://app.oxfordabstracts.com) and go to your account dashboard.  If you don't see a page like the one below, click on the "OA" symbol in the top left of the screen. I

f you don't see this, please contact [support@oxfordabstracts.com](mailto:support@oxfordabstracts.com) so we can enable this feature.

Then **click** on **Create Event** on the left hand menu.

![Screenshot 2026-10-12 at 16.00.16](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.00.16.png?width=670&height=342&name=Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.00.16.png)

On the next screen you can choose whether you'd like to create a brand new event or copy an existing an event. By selecting an existing event you can use that event as a template for your next event.

Simply select which you want to do by ticking the box and then clicking on the Next button.

![Screenshot 2026-10-12 at 16.02.25](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.02.25.png?width=670&height=441&name=Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.02.25.png)

 

Skip to [Use an existing event as a template](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/knowledge/paying-for-your-event#USE)

#### Create an event from a blank template

Now **select the package** and any add ons you need and then **click** the **Next Button** at the bottom of the page.![Screenshot 2026-10-12 at 16.05.47](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.05.47.png?width=670&height=504&name=Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.05.47.png)

 

On the next page **enter the Event Details** and **click on the Create Event Button** at the bottom of the page.

![Screenshot 2026-10-12 at 16.08.01](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.08.01.png?width=400&height=490&name=Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.08.01.png)

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#### Use an existing event as a template

Do the same as above and then **tick the box** next to **Copy an Existing Event.**

Then in the **search bar** that pops up, **type in the event you wish to copy** and **tick the corresponding box** when it appears below the search bar.

![Screenshot 2026-10-12 at 16.15.59](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.15.59.png?width=602&height=390&name=Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.15.59.png)

Now **select what you want to copy** to your new event by **ticking the box** **next to the corresponding option/s**, and clicking the **Next Button**.

![Screenshot 2026-10-12 at 16.18.18](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.18.18.png?width=531&height=655&name=Screenshot%202026-10-12%20at%2016.18.18.png)

Now select the package you want and fill in your event details ([as detailed in the instructions above).](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/knowledge/paying-for-your-event#select-package)

You can begin using your event straight away.

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