Clicking links in descriptions closes workshop

Some of our presentation descriptions contain hyperlinks. When a user clicks a link in an expanded workshop element, the workshop immediately closes with the slide-up animation, and then the browser navigates to the linked website. An example on our conference program is the second workshop of the Preconference, “Explorations of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Cataloging.”

This behavior is confusing because the user can’t tell for a few seconds or more whether they clicked the link or missed. Is it possible to prevent the default closing/opening behavior of workshops for child hyperlinks?

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