Run your whole conference
in one place.
Submission, peer review, registration, and presentation — built for academic conferences. Sign up free.
No setup fees, no annual contracts.
Submissions
1,284
Reviewed
947
Decisions
312
3 reviewers per paper · COI rules applied
7 conflicts flagged
218 / 312 received
What's inside
Four modular services. Use what you need.
Every conference is different. Turn on Submission & Review for a peer-reviewed workshop, add Registration for a paid event, or run the full stack — without stitching tools together.
Submission & Review
The core academic workflow.
- Paper, abstract, poster, and proposal submissions
- Peer review with single- or double-blind, COI rules
- Camera-ready, copyright, and revision history
Registration
Online registration with payments built in.
- Multiple ticket types and early-bird pricing
- Stripe payments — global cards, ACH, wallets
- Exemption codes for invited speakers and sponsors
Presentation
Schedule, stream, and record sessions.
- Multi-track schedule and session management
- Bring your own Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex
- Recording uploads and on-demand playback
Social & Networking
Where attendees meet and follow up.
- Attendee directory and interest matching
- Direct messages and meeting scheduling
- In-platform group calls via AWS Chime
Built for everyone in the conference
One platform. Four very different jobs.
Conferences only work when everyone — organizers, authors, reviewers, and attendees — has the right tools. Pick a role to see what changes for you.
Run a conference without a dedicated IT team.
- Stand up a conference site, submission portal, and review workflow in an afternoon.
- Invite chairs, PC members, and reviewers with role-based access — no spreadsheets.
- Watch submissions, reviews, decisions, and registrations from one dashboard.
Why Airballoon
We built the platform we wished existed.
After running too many conferences with five disconnected tools, we set out to put the whole lifecycle in one place — without the lock-in or the price tag.
One workflow, end to end
Submission, peer review, decisions, camera-ready, registration, and presentation all share the same data — no exports, no spreadsheets, no copy-paste.
AI that you control
AI conflict detection, reviewer matching, and review-draft assistance are tools — not auto-pilots. Conference policies decide what AI can and cannot do.
Built on solid ground
Hosted on AWS with encryption at rest and in transit. Payments via Stripe — PCI-DSS handled by them. Standards-based: ORCID, SAML/OIDC, ICS calendar.
Modular by design
Turn on Submission alone for a workshop, add Registration when you sell tickets, layer in Presentation when you go hybrid. Free to start.
Ready to run your next conference?
Set up a conference, invite your committee, and open submissions in an afternoon. No credit card to start.