There needs to be a central location where speakers submit talk proposals and organizers select which proposals are chosen. The selected proposals need to be processed into a schedule.
- Speakers can submit proposals during the CFP period
- Speakers can edit their proposals
- Organizers can use the platform to communicate privately about talk selection
- A schedule can be generated from the selected talks
Until 2015, SeaGL used a giant spreadsheet and made the schedule by hand.
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