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Academic and scientific conference software

BagEvent runs academic and scientific conferences from call for papers to the printed badge. Reviewers score only the submissions assigned to them, track chairs recommend, and one acceptance creates the speaker record and the email, and can schedule the session too. Delegates register at member, student, or standard rates, each with its own price and approval rules, and pay in their own currency.

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EXAMPLE SETUPInternational Symposium on Materials
3 days · university venue
  • Abstracts submitted260
  • Reviewers32
  • Accepted · scheduled148 · 148
  • Delegate ratesMember, student, guest

Call for papers, review scores, and the programme in one system.

Common challenges

A review round that has to finish on time

Proposals arrive at the deadline, reviewers are volunteers with day jobs, and the programme cannot be built until decisions are in.

A programme that changes until the last week

Parallel tracks, room capacities, and speakers who withdraw — every change risks double-booking a room or a person.

Delegates paying from everywhere

Member, student, and non-member rates, in the currency the delegate holds, settling back to the society's own account.

What to look for in academic conference software

A scientific conference runs on a submission cycle before it runs on registration: abstracts, review, decisions, then a programme and a delegate list. These six checks cover both halves.

  1. 01

    A submission portal authors can come back to

    Authors submit through a portal carrying your event's branding, check their status and update their submission without emailing the secretariat. Accepted speakers upload slides, bios and headshots through the same portal.

  2. 02

    Review that shows each person only what they should see

    Reviewers see only the submissions assigned to them and record scores and written comments. Track chairs mark each one accept, maybe or reject, and aggregated scores are visible to the programme committee rather than to individual reviewers.

  3. 03

    Acceptance without re-keying

    One acceptance creates the speaker record and sends the email, and can schedule the session at the same time. Everyone you have worked with stays in an organization-wide speaker library for the next edition.

  4. 04

    Rates that match your delegates

    Member, student and standard rates are separate ticket types, each with its own price, form questions and approval rules. Forms accept file uploads, so a student rate can require proof before it is confirmed.

  5. 05

    Evidence of who attended which session

    Staff phones can be pointed at a session room door as an access-control point that counts people in and out, rather than only admitting them at the main entrance.

  6. 06

    International delegates

    Delegates pay in their own currency into your own Stripe or PayPal account, with 0% platform fee. The event site can be published in English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, sharing one ticket inventory.

Your event workflow

  1. 6 MONTHS BEFORE
    Open the call for papers

    Publish the call with your own submission questions and a deadline.

  2. 4 MONTHS
    Run peer review

    Assign reviewers, collect scores, and let track chairs recommend a decision.

  3. 3 MONTHS
    Accept and build the programme

    One click creates the speaker and the acceptance email, and can schedule the session. Place sessions on the grid.

  4. OPEN REGISTRATION
    Sell delegate places

    Member, student, and standard rates in the delegate's own currency.

  5. ON THE DAY
    Check in and print badges

    Scan at the desk, print on arrival, and track attendance session by session.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Assign reviewers to submissions, collect numeric scores and written comments, and let track chairs record an accept, maybe, or reject recommendation. Reviewers see only what they are assigned.

Last updated: 25 September 2026

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