Getting started
What is SmartChair
SmartChair runs an academic conference around two core services — conference registration and paper submission — used by two kinds of people: the organizers who run the conference, and the participants who register and submit.
One account, many conferences
The same email address can be an organizer of one conference and simply a participant in another. Each conference in SmartChair is completely independent — your role, your papers, and your reviews always belong to whichever conference you're currently in.
Who uses it
Organizers
Run the conference
Configure, invite, review, decide.
Participants
Register and submit
One account covers both.
Reviewers — PC Member and Referee — are invited by organizers specifically to review papers. They are described in full on the Submission, bidding & review page.
The two services
Conference registration — fees, early-bird pricing, receipts, and online payment. Organizers set it up once; each participant completes it once.
Paper submission — from a submitted file to a decision: bidding, assignment, review, and discussion. The full flow and every reviewer role are described on one dedicated page.
Also in SmartChair
- Program & scheduling — sessions, mini-symposia, time/place tables.
- Website, mail & files — a conference website builder, an e-mail center, and a shared file center.
- Oversight — the activity log, the AI paper check, and the multi-conference workspace.