Program Chair

Takes the leading role in the Technical Program Committee and oversees submission, as well as the review process.

Recommended steps:

1. In order to start the conference process:

• In coordination with General Chair – prepares the Call for Papers
• In Confy:
  • Creates tracks
  • Appoints Track Chairs
  • Sets Review Model (single or double-blind)
  • Sets Paper Length
  • Moves the Confy stage to Paper Submission

2. In order to attract high-quality submissions:

• Assists respective Chairs in soliciting workshops, tutorials, panels, poster sessions, special sessions, exhibitions and demos
• Participates in the dissemination effort/strategy
• With General Chair, picks and invites Keynote speakers
• Invites and manages Technical Program Committee Members and their activities

3. In order to start the review process:

• In Confy:
  • Following plagiarism check, validates all submissions or delegates validation to Track Chairs
  • Moves Stage to Paper Assignment after all submissions are validated
  • Assigns every paper to a TPC Member or delegates assignment to Track Chairs

4. In order to finish the review process:

• In Confy:
  • Supervises the upholding of review conditions dependent on publication
  • Moves stage to Decision & Notification after the Review deadline
  • Determines the acceptance rate and assures the quality of accepted papers and makes Preliminary/Final Decision
  • Sends the acceptance notification

5. In order to promote the conference:

• Forwards the list of accepted authors and papers to the Web Chair for website publishing
• Monitors registrations, contacts authors who have not registered
• Creates the conference program in coordination with the General Chair and Session Chairs

6. Final arrangements:

• Determines the Best Paper Award