Organizers Help Manual

This Help Guide will provide you with the assistance you need in organizing your portion of the conference, from creating conference organizer roles/accounts and accepting abstracts to building sessions and assigning reviewers.

Overview, Guidelines & Information

• Administrative Roles/Responsibilities

• Overview of the Paper Flow Process

• Getting Started

• Logging into the Administrative Area

• Fulfilling Other Roles

• Paper Types

• Session Types

• Auto-Generated Email 

Managing Technical Areas

• Major Areas of Interest (Divisions/Tracks)

• Creating

• Updating

• Deleting

• Adding Leaders

• Topical Areas

• Creating

• Updating

• Deleting

• Adding Leaders

• Sessions

• Creating

• Updating

• Deleting

• Adding Leaders

• Assign to Topical Areas

• Panelists

• Adding Panelists and Invited Speakers

Managing Technical Content

• General Information

• Paper Details Page

• Site Overview

• Abstracts

• Review Abstracts: Accept, Reject, Remove, Re-Assign

•  Assign to Session: Assign to Session, Assign Paper Order, and Update Paper Type

• View All Abstracts

• Papers

• Assign Reviewers: Assign Reviewers, Update Reviewers, Remove Reviewers, Assign Additional Reviewers While Under Review

• Edit Reviews: Accept Paper, Reject Paper, Revision Required

• Fast Track Review

• Paper Status: Paper Status (Additional Actions): Re-Assign Paper to Another Session, View Draft Paper, Save Draft Paper, Papers Not Assigned to Session, View Presenting Author Bio

The Review Process

• Reviewer Roles/Responsibilities

• Review Guidelines

• Definitions of Ratings

• Definitions of Quality Features

• Reviewing a Paper

• Approving Papers for Final Submission

• Fast Track Review

Conference Toolbox Reports

• Abstracts

• Draft Papers

• Final Papers

• Persons

• Division/Track

• Topic

• Sessions

Communication

• Contacts