OpenConferenceWare is Beautiful Software for Events. An open source development team in Portland, Oregon has released OpenConferenceWare, a sophisticated free package for processing event session proposals and displaying event schedules.
Igal Koshevoy and Reid Beels built the system and put it on display as the scheduling system for the forthcoming Open Source Bridge conference, Portland's response to losing the popular O'Reilly event OSCON to San Jose, California. Events planners would be well served to check out the software; it's not just free and extensible, it's also quite full-featured right out of the box. Developers familiar with UNIX and Ruby on Rails will be able to use OCW right away. Features include support for OpenID, extensive access to data and feeds, sub-events and personal, shareable schedules.
If you like the scheduling service Sched.org that was popularized at SXSW, but would like to build out an even more sophisticated system for yourself, OpenConferenceWare could be a good option. Conference & Festival Calendar. Educational Content Solutions for Association Meetings, Training and Publications. Online Event Registration Software - amiando.com. Online Event Registration and Event Management Software - ActiveEvents. Crowd Campaign Lets Marketers Tap Into The Social Graph To Promote Contests. The Social Collective, a LaunchBox Digital-incubated startup, recently launched to provide event planners and marketers with a cost-effective browser-based service targeted at enhancing the event experience for both attendees and sponsors.
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