ProgramChair

What it does

Audience

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

Data export

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

Email audit

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

Peer review

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

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.checked 5 Oct 2026

Product maturity

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

Program scheduling

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

Purpose

ProgramChair manages academic conferences from submission and peer review through decisions, the program, and proceedings.checked 5 Oct 2026

Review management

Organizers can schedule reviewer reminders and sort submissions by score, score spread, or reviewer disagreement.checked 5 Oct 2026

Submission forms

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

Submissions

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

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.checked 5 Oct 2026