Program Chair

Some notes about being a program chair of GPCE'04, so that I remember it the next time.

Website

• a wiki is great for maintaining a conference website since everyone can edit

Schedule; include time for

• paper selection, reviewing, PC meeting, paper revision, preparing proceedings, printing

Picking a program committee

• coverage, experts, rotation

Reviewing process

• "Identify the Champion'' An Organisational Pattern Language for Programme Committees by Oscar Nierstrasz
• How to Get a Paper Accepted at OOPSLA

Submission and reviewing software

• CyberChair
• Conference Management Software
• a survey of conference management software by the ACM