Conferences

CORE allows makes it possible to host multiple conferences at the same time. You can manage them in simultaneously. These can be managed under the 'conferences' tab. Every Each conference has its own specific settings and layout. CORE uses the hostname host name to differentiate between conferences.

• General settings
  All the required fields, apart from email address will be , are populated by the installer. Any All notifications and error reports will be send are sent to the conference admin email.

• Google Calendar settings
  If you want to synchronize synchronise the CORE schedule with your google Google calendar, you have to set the fields: Google calendar event feed url, Google calendar username and Google calendar password. Make sure the google Google calendar is publicly available. Any changes made to the CORE schedule will also update the google Google calendar.

• Submit/review/feedback dates for papers.
  Only This specific option will be available only within the specified date range will the specific option be available. The feedback option does not have a manual start date , since this is based on the date the feedback codes are send sent out.

• Layout settings
  If you want to change the layout of the current conference, set the custom layout option , (see Theming).

• Time slotsTimeslots
  A timeslot consist time slot consists of a start/end date, a number and a type. Type can be 'presentation', 'lunch' or 'break'. Only presentation slots are shown in the schedule. When you make setting up a new conference, you can let CORE create an initial set of slots . This way you don't so that you do not have to go through the manual process of adding slots. Enter the number of days and the start date, click 'create Create smart defaults' and CORE will create the slots for you.

• Locations
  You define a location by providing at least a name, abbreviation and type. The type can be 'room' or 'external'. The room option assumes that you hots your conference is hosted in one venue. Only rooms will be displayed in the schedule. External locations are mainly used for side events. The abbreviation, together with the timeslot time slot number is used to represent a session in the schedule as follows: <room abbreviation><timeslot abbreviation><time slot number> - <name of session>. If you provide a picture it will be automatically resized to 90px width/68px height. To change these values, edit application/modules/core/forms/Location.php - line 85.

Submit

If submit is open (see above) users who are logged in can submit their papers. Anonymous users cannot submit papers! For normal users, the 'submission' tab links to the 'new paper' page. For an admin or reviewer, the 'submission' tab links to the submit overview page.

...

When a reviewer logs in and visits the 'submission' page they have the option to 'review' a paper, default behaviour is that . Under the default setting the page only displays the papers they that the reviewer should review. Papers that have been assigned to the reviewer will show the 'review' link in red. A reviewer can review any paper they want, also the ones they were not assigned to review.

...