ProgramChair

Spec sheet

Purpose

ProgramChair manages academic conferences from submission and peer review through decisions, the program, and proceedings.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Audience

The product is aimed at academic societies, including organizations with volunteer boards, rotating program chairs, and no technical staff.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Data export

Organizers can download and restore a readable, single-file conference backup containing submissions, reviews, roster, and program.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Email audit

Mailings are logged by recipient with delivery status and the message sent, and failed messages can be resent.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Peer review

Reviewers can be matched to proposals by topic or assigned through a proposed balanced allocation, and see anonymised papers.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Pricing

The software is free to use and charges are based on registrants; rates are set with each society, with no setup fee or annual minimum.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Product maturity

The maker describes the software as new and says two societies have committed their 2027 conference seasons to it.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Program scheduling

The scheduler groups thematically similar work, distributes sessions across available slots, and flags author scheduling conflicts.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Review management

Organizers can schedule reviewer reminders and sort submissions by score, score spread, or reviewer disagreement.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Submission forms

Organizers can configure submission and review forms with session types, topics, word limits, and scoring criteria.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Submissions

Authors can maintain an account across conferences, add co-authors, upload manuscripts, and edit proposals while submissions are open.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Support and availability

The site invites prospective societies to contact [email protected] and says it is taking on a small number of societies for 2027.Read 5 Oct 2026 · programchair.io

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

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