Eventscribe Education Harvester Single Sign-on

Overview

The Education Harvester Single Sign-on (SSO) option is available for speakers. Because Education Harvester is an invitation-based module, implementing an SSO integration will introduce additional manual effort for event organizers, including ongoing maintenance of Member IDs in the user list. Please review the description below before pursuing an integration.

Cadmium supports Service Provider (SP)–initiated SSO integrations, meaning Cadmium handles the development required to connect with a customer’s third-party system. Customers should confirm with their third-party provider whether any fees apply for API access or integration.

Cadmium can typically support integrations using OIDC or SAML 2.0. When integrating with an external system that is new to Cadmium, the third-party provider must supply technical documentation and a technical contact. Cadmium will conduct a feasibility analysis before proceeding. Please contact your Cadmium sales representative with any questions.

Description

Accepted and invited speakers must be added to the Education Harvester user list with a populated Member ID. The Identity Provider (IdP) serves as the system of record (for example, an AMS, CRM, or other system). Users must already have an account in the IdP to log in via SSO. When SSO is enabled, users cannot create an account directly in Education Harvester; any required account creation must be handled within the IdP login experience.

Education Harvester uses the Member ID to validate the speaker’s permissions during login and to update profile data as applicable.

Prerequisites

Before logging in, the speaker must:

Exist in the Education Harvester user list, and
Have a valid Member ID populated in their Education Harvester user profile.

Speaker Login Flow

The user navigates to the Education Harvester login page (clients typically add introductory text to this page).
The user clicks Login and is redirected to the IdP login page.
The user enters their login credentials.
The IdP validates the credentials and sends an authentication token to Education Harvester.
If authentication is unsuccessful, an error message is displayed.
Education Harvester checks the user list for a matching Member ID:
- If a matching speaker exists, the user is redirected to the Education Harvester tasks landing page and their profile fields are updated as applicable.
- If no matching speaker is found, an error message is displayed.

Field Mapping

The following fields are the standard user profile and member fields mapped from the Identity Provider (IdP) as the source of truth. Actual field availability and naming may vary by IdP.

Field Name	Field Type	Required	Description
Unique Identifier
remote_user_id	string	Yes	Often the same value as member_id
Profile Fields
first_name	string	Yes
middle_name	string	No
last_name	string	Yes
prefix	string	No
suffix	string	No
email	string	Yes
organization	string	No
organization_position	string	No
department	string	No
credentials	string	No
pronouns	string	No
address1	string	No
address2	string	No
address3	string	No
city	string	No
state	string	No	ISO 3166-2 compliant subdivision code
postal_code	string	No
country_code	string	No	ISO 3166-1 compliant country code
phone_work	string	No
phone_mobile	string	No
Member Fields
member_id	string	Yes
member_standing	string enum	Yes	Indicates member status. Values are normalized to `active` or `inactive`. Defaults to `inactive` if not applicable.

Troubleshooting

First, confirm the user is logging in with the IdP account associated with their user account. If the issue persists, submit a ticket to integrationservices@gocadmium.com including:

Email address
Password if possible (so we can try to recreate)
Member ID
Error message encountered

For security purposes, request that the user temporarily reset their password so they do not need to share their actual password.

Last modified Apr 09, 2026