CTSO Central Support - CTSO Central

August 9, 2026

Judges now can receive an automatic email once they have been assigned to a conference and an event evaluation. For easy sign-in, emails include a magic link for sign-in. No more remembering passwords and access keys!
Judge notification emails can also include contact information for a point-of-contact, such as a Judging Coordinator or conference operations manager.

August 5, 2026

CTSO Central now allows you to manage housing & room assignments outside of CTSO Central. For example, if you are using a third-party booking service such as PassKey, you can provide instructions on how to register and book rooms for your conference.
CTSO Central now allows you to provide custom guidelines and instructions to judges in the Evaluations Portal. Guidelines and instructions can either apply to all scoring categories within a competitive event, or to a specific scoring category.
Moving between tabs in the CMS portal keeps the previous event that you've selected.

July 15, 2026

CTSO Central supports Item Shops and add-ons. You can create custom items, attraction tickets, and donations to sell during conferences. Item Shop add-ons can be bought by a chapter or individually assigned to participants. Early access settings and per-item quantities are also available.
CTSO Central supports membership import from supported CTSO systems. For more information, contact our Customer Success team.

June 18, 2026

CTSO Central now supports regions underneath Associations. Using regions, you can group chapters and conferences for easy administration and organization.
Regions are now supported as a scope for roles. Regional Admins and users can be created, and these users will only have access to members, chapters, and other resources at their region and below.
Regional conferences are now supported. Conferences can be controlled so that they are available for only members and chapters in a single region, in multiple regions, an entire association, or an entire national organization.

June 5, 2026

CTSO Central now supports Single Sign-On (SSO) for enterprise users. SSO is currently in Private Preview and supports SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Microsoft Entra ID, and Google Workspace. To configure SSO for your organization, contact our Customer Success team. Self-service SSO configuration will be available at a later date.

August 9, 2026

Judges now can receive an automatic email once they have been assigned to a conference and an event evaluation. For easy sign-in, emails include a magic link for sign-in. No more remembering passwords and access keys!

Judge notification emails can also include contact information for a point-of-contact, such as a Judging Coordinator or conference operations manager.

August 5, 2026

CTSO Central now allows you to manage housing & room assignments outside of CTSO Central. For example, if you are using a third-party booking service such as PassKey, you can provide instructions on how to register and book rooms for your conference.

CTSO Central now allows you to provide custom guidelines and instructions to judges in the Evaluations Portal. Guidelines and instructions can either apply to all scoring categories within a competitive event, or to a specific scoring category.

Moving between tabs in the CMS portal keeps the previous event that you've selected.

July 15, 2026

CTSO Central supports Item Shops and add-ons. You can create custom items, attraction tickets, and donations to sell during conferences. Item Shop add-ons can be bought by a chapter or individually assigned to participants. Early access settings and per-item quantities are also available.

CTSO Central supports membership import from supported CTSO systems. For more information, contact our Customer Success team.

June 18, 2026

CTSO Central now supports regions underneath Associations. Using regions, you can group chapters and conferences for easy administration and organization.

Regions are now supported as a scope for roles. Regional Admins and users can be created, and these users will only have access to members, chapters, and other resources at their region and below.

Regional conferences are now supported. Conferences can be controlled so that they are available for only members and chapters in a single region, in multiple regions, an entire association, or an entire national organization.

June 5, 2026

CTSO Central now supports Single Sign-On (SSO) for enterprise users. SSO is currently in Private Preview and supports SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Microsoft Entra ID, and Google Workspace. To configure SSO for your organization, contact our Customer Success team. Self-service SSO configuration will be available at a later date.