Comparison of conference software

The software to be compared is:

• Drupal with a conference management module (either cod or conference)

• OCS - used by GNOME for GUADEC 2009

• Pentabarf

• OSEM

• Developing set of modules in Wordpress

The criteria for comparison are the simplicity of the user interface & availability of features in the following areas:

• Paper submission
  • Interface for registration on the site
  • Submission of paper for review
• Paper review
  • Interface for paper reviewers, allowing easy acceptance/rejection, and easy listing of proposals
  • Notification process for notifying all accepted/rejected papers of their status
• Publication

  • Easy way to publish proposals, and organise & publish the schedule online

• Attendee management
  • Easy registration for conference attendance
  • Ability to register for sub-events
  • Easy way for site administrators to notify all attendees
  • Conference planning for attendees - the ability to list talks that the attendees want to attend
• Content management
  • Ability to publish static/custom HTML pages

  • Easy publication of news & announcements

  • Availability of RSS feed for announcements
  • Easy way to give access to content editors

  • Ease of theming capabilities to allow a customised & integrated site

• Available documentation
• Easy export of data