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v0.0.2 — Initial Platform Release

Released: February 2026  |  Version: v0.0.2

What Changed For Your Team​

This was the first public platform release for ema. It established the core operating model for teams running an event in ema, from planning the program and exhibitor experience through to client collaboration, content delivery, and AI-assisted search.

For operators, the biggest shift was breadth from day one. Event operations, communication workflows, floor plans, tasks, integrations, and audience-facing portals were all available in one system rather than being stitched together across separate tools.

Highlights​

End-to-End Event Delivery Foundation​

ema launched with the foundational product surfaces needed to manage an event lifecycle in one place. Teams could coordinate internal work, manage stakeholders, publish attendee-facing information, and keep program, exhibitor, and communication workflows connected.

Multi-Portal Experience​

The first release included purpose-built portal experiences for internal admins, client collaborators, exhibitors, speakers, and public visitors. That gave teams a clear way to share the right information with the right audience without exposing the full admin surface.

AI-Assisted Search And Discovery​

The initial AI assistant could search across schedules, exhibitors, budgets, tasks, and documents while respecting portal access levels. That created a practical starting point for faster support and self-service discovery.

Detailed Changes​

Program and Event Operations​

Operators could plan and publish an event program with the foundational scheduling and speaker-management tooling already in place.

  • Real-time schedule builder with drag-and-drop sessions, talk assignments, and conflict detection.
  • Speaker management with abstract submission, review workflow, and session linking.
  • Session tracks and room management.

Exhibitor, Floor Plan, and Collaboration Workflows​

Exhibitor operations were supported from booth planning through to self-service profile management and compliance handling, while project teams could coordinate delivery work directly in ema.

  • Exhibitor directory with tier and category support.
  • Interactive floor plan designer with booth assignment.
  • Exhibitor portal for self-service profile management and document submissions.
  • Compliance tracking with document review and approval.
  • Project-scoped task management with list, board, calendar, timeline, and Gantt views.
  • Client-visible task sharing and approval workflows for transparent delivery.

Content, Portals, Integrations, and Developer Platform​

The first release combined content management, communications, public and private portal surfaces, external integrations, and a serious developer foundation.

  • Admin, client, exhibitor, speaker, and public portal experiences.
  • Visual email builder, form builder, and knowledge base publishing.
  • Conversational AI search with hybrid semantic and keyword matching.
  • SharePoint, EventsAir, Productive, and Microsoft Graph integrations.
  • End-to-end type-safe API plus the platform data and worker foundations behind it.

What You Need to Do​

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This was the initial platform launch, so there was no prior ema release to migrate from. The main preparation work was getting your organization set up, configuring integrations, and planning your rollout.

  • Confirm your event structure, portal access model, and integration plan before onboarding live stakeholders.
  • Test the schedule, exhibitor, and communication workflows end to end before relying on them for public operations.
  • Plan around the known limitations below if your rollout depends on those areas.

Additional Improvements and Fixes​

  • The Gantt view did not yet support task dependencies across projects.
  • Document full-text search indexing could take up to 5 minutes for large files.
  • The AI assistant did not yet support image or attachment analysis.
  • SharePoint sync was one-directional in this release, with bidirectional sync planned for later.
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