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{{Infobox software
| name                   = OpenConf (software)
| title                  = OpenConf
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| author                 = Robert H'obbes' Zakon
| programming language   = [[PHP]]
| operating system       =
| genre                  = [[abstract management]], [[peer review]], [[event management]]
| license                = [[Commercial software|Commercial]] [[proprietary software]]
| website                = {{URL|openconf.com}}
}}
'''OpenConf''' is an abstract management and peer-review web application used extensively by conferences<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tewari|first1=T.|last2=Singh|first2=S.|title=Survey of Conference Management Systems|date=2010-05-07|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258396351}}</ref> and journals across a wide set of industries.  The software is available both for download and cloud-based,<ref>{{cite book|title=Scholarly Communications: Open Access for Researchers|date=2015-02-04|publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)|pages=28|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002319/231938e.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dunham|first1=Tim|title=Zakon Group's OpenConf Goes Multilingual|url=http://www.conwaydailysun.com/businessx/local-business/8157-zakon-groups-openconf-goes-multilingual|accessdate=2016-01-19|publisher=Conway Daily Sun|date=2011-03-30}}</ref> with translations in over a dozen languages<ref>{{cite web|title=IEEE Preferred Peer-Review Service Network Partner|url=https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/organizers/peer_review%20_network.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141125175211/http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/organizers/peer_review%20_network.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 25, 2014|website=IEEE|publisher=IEEE|accessdate=2016-01-18}}</ref> for author and reviewer interfaces.
Originally developed for use by conferences only, OpenConf has been adapted for use by journals, workshops, symposia, grants and competitions, with thousands of installations in over one hundred countries.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hasan|first1=L|last2=Abuelrub|first2=E|title=Usability Testing for IAJIT OpenConf Journal Management System|journal=Journal of Software|date=2013-02-16|volume=8|issue=2|doi=10.4304/jsw.8.2.387-396|url=http://www.jsoftware.us/vol8/jsw0802-18.pdf}}</ref>
OpenConf is available in multiple editions including Community, Plus and Pro.  The Community Edition is freely available for users able to support themselves without external assistance,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Top 12 Free and Open Source Event Management Software|url=http://blog.capterra.com/free-event-management-software/|website=Capterra Blog|publisher=Capterra|accessdate=2016-01-18}}</ref> and as a base application for third-party research.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schur|first1=M.|last2=Roth|first2=A.|last3=Zeller|first3=A.|title=Mining Behavior Models from Enterprise Web Applications|journal=Esec/Fse|url=https://www.st.cs.uni-saarland.de/publications/files/schur-fse-2013.pdf|date=2013-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Doran|first1=P.|title=A space reduction mechanism for the dynamic selection of ontological alignments|date=2009-05-28|url=http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/research/techreports/tr2009/ulcs-09-010.pdf|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Di Mauro|first1=N.|last2=Basile|first2=T.|last3=Ferilli|first3=S.|title=GRAPE: An Expert Review Assignment Component for Scientific Conference Management Systems|journal=Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence|series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science|date=2005|volume=3533|page=789|doi=10.1007/11504894_109|isbn=978-3-540-26551-1}}</ref>
Developed using PHP and a MySQL database backend, the downloaded version of OpenConf may be run in various platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.  An HTML5 compliant mobile app is also included for use by event participants accessing an event's program.
== See also ==
* [[Abstract management]]
* [[Academic conference]]
* [[Peer Review]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
[[Category:Academic conferences]]
[[Category:Web applications]]
[[Category:Abstract management software]]