A Mobile Application Supporting Conference Attendees and Organizers

Abstract

The proliferation of technological advances have made possible the development of mobile applications that can effectively support organizers and attendees; mobile applications are easily accessible through a smartphone and the user can effortlessly upload or retrieve any pertinent information. This paper presents CoMMA, a web-based mobile application for managing conferences. It discusses the application's functionality by presenting common issues that may rise during a given event and the support CoMMA can provide toward tackling them. In addition, the paper discusses the technologies and the developmental techniques that we used. Next, it presents the development phase, the front-and back-end functionality and details on its first real-time implementation. It concludes by discussing possible improvements in order to enrich the application's set of features, its functionality and architecture as well as some of its limitations.

Valuing technology-enhanced academic conferences for continuing professional development. A systematic literature review

“…Nowadays, Conference Management Systems (CMSs) provide networking opportunities before the event starts. These CMSs (Atzmueller et al 2010, Wongchokprasitti et al 2010, Kounavis et al 2011, Scholz et al 2014, Brusilovsky et al 2016 afford opportunities for social networking and provide, for instance, background and contact information of the attendees.…”