pretalx — CfP and scheduling for conferences

Publish your CfP

Publish a beautiful Call for Papers that looks exactly like you want it. You can include your conference logo, customize the colors shown, or even upload additional CSS of your own if you require larger changes!
You can set multiple deadlines for different submission types (if you want to accept workshops longer than regular talks), accept talks in multiple languages, and even run on your chosen domain.

Talk selection

Select the best talks from your submissions by assembling a team of reviewers, and letting them rate and review your submissions. You can ask reviewers additional questions, e.g. to help you sort talks by track or experience level, or to work against reviewer bias.

Communicate effectively

Communicate effectively with your speakers! pretalx allows you to configure email templates in multiple languages. To make sure that you say exactly what you want to say, emails are placed in an outbox so that you can review or edit them before hitting "Send" – give the communication with your speakers the personal touch they deserve.
You can also provide information and downloads for speakers on their pretalx profile pages.

Scheduling

Figure out the best schedule with all the help pretalx can give you! Your speakers will submit their availability during your event, so that you can accommodate everybody. pretalx will warn you when talks are scheduled in conflict with those availabilities – including making sure that a speaker isn't supposed to be in several places at once. ☺ Release your schedule publicly, for the world to see! You can update your schedule at any time, and your attendees can follow the RSS feed (or look at the public changelog) to keep track of changes.
You can also download a static export of all schedule pages, if you want to host the schedule somewhere else.

Features our users love

One thing that makes us (JuliaCon organizers) come back to pretalx year after year is that it continuous to improve and our feedback is listened to!

Valentin Churavy
@vchuravy
Also - @pretalx has a great interface for reviewing talks; and when I found a minor UX niggle, I reported it and @rixxtr had it resolved in a matter of hours.

If you're a conference organiser who needs CFP management software, I can't recommend @pretalx highly enough.

Dr. Russell Keith-Magee
@freakboy3742
.@rixxtr and @pretalx are amazing and you should definitely consider using this CFP system for your next conference. It's hosted, super configurable, and the tech support we've received has been top notch 👌

Katie McLaughlin
@glasnt
We're using pretalx for PyCon UK and so far I have to say: I'm incredibly impressed. The talk review process is fantastic.

Dr. Vince Knight
@drvinceknight
Shout out to @pretalx since their (opensource) CFP solution has saved us *so much* time vs building something ourself.

OrangeCon
@OrangeCon_nl
If you're organising an event with an open call, I can't recommend @pretalx enough for managing the process. Free/open source and so much easier than 'easychair' and anything else I've had to use.

Super impressed with the peer review management process, and scheduling was a dream as well!

Alex McLean
@yaxu
Again, for anyone who does not know this, @pretalx is wonderful.

Dr. Vince Knight
@drvinceknight
My best experience for applying for a speaker position has been @EthPrague! Great easy UI and clear details on what to do, and also not too drawn out!

cryptogoblin
@Crypto_Goblinz
we'd have been so screwed without @pretalx

dbk
@dpotsdobeck

Features to fit all your needs

Publish your CfP

Talk selection

Communicate effectively

Scheduling

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