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On the recordRead 1 Oct 202613 facts
START Conference Manager
Plans and prices
Multiple-use license
Priced on request
several meetings or conferences · progressively discounted per-use pricing · free support and upgrades during license
Read 1 Oct 2026 · softconf.com
Single-event license
Priced on request
one year's meeting of a conference or workshop · free support and upgrades during license
Read 1 Oct 2026 · softconf.com
On the record
- Author updates
- Authors can refine an existing submission up to the deadline without creating a new submission.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Blind review
- Submission setup supports blind review and propagates author-visibility settings through the review process.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Committee discussions
- Optional per-paper and committee-wide message boards can forward postings by email.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Configurable roles
- The system provides configurable views and policy controls for authors, reviewers, committee members, track coordinators, and program chairs.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Hosted operations
- Softconf-hosted installations include installation, maintenance, backups, automatic upgrades, unlimited support, and possible customizations.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- START can run on a customer server or be hosted remotely at softconf.com or another provider.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Multi-track management
- The system supports multiple tracks and hierarchical reviewing with semi-autonomous track-manager consoles.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- START V2 is an integrated web-based system for managing peer-reviewed conferences.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Review assignment
- START can generate draft reviewer assignments using reviewer bids and quotas, which administrators can manually adjust.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Review forms
- Administrators can configure review forms with unlimited criteria and custom quantitative or qualitative scoring ranges.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Submission formats
- Administrators can allow PDF, Postscript, MS Word, RTF, PowerPoint, and plain-text submissions, with optional document conversion.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customer support provides step-by-step help, email ticketing through OTRS, request history, and public, customer, and conference-management FAQs.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Workflow automation
- Each step of the conference process is fully automated through a single-panel interface.softconf.com · read 1 Oct 2026
