Conference Management Systems

Jan 15, 2012

This is rather a departure for prof.so but I hope it will prove useful. The following is a list of conference management systems appropriate for running scientific conferences and in particular to support the associated review process.

I have made a personal judgment on the extent to which systems are 'current' and I have excluded some small projects where the feature set was unclear or where there is no provision for review.

Each system is based around a somewhat different model of the review process, generally reflecting different scientific 'cultures'. It is wise to be aware of this. Features change from version to version and it is always advisable to check if there are any critical features you require. There are no systems that combine strong support for both the review process and event management.

Please add any comments below if there are systems I have missed or experience with the use of these systems you would like to share.

conf2py Conference Management System http://code.google.com/p/conf2py/

Open Source

Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/cmt/

Free service

Confious http://www.confious.com/

Commercial service

ConfISS http://www.confiss.org/index.php?page=home

Open Source with commercial service option

ConfTool http://www.conftool.net/

Limited license, free for small academic events

Continue Conference Management http://continue.cs.brown.edu/