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A short tour of the AirBalloon conference management platform — what it does, who it's for, how the pieces fit together, and the two ways to use it.

How to sign up, verify your email, and complete your profile so you can submit papers, review, or organize a conference.

How to discover, join, and switch between conferences on AirBalloon.

AirBalloon's built-in inbox at /webmail — a familiar three-panel mail client where every conference message (announcements, submission correspondence, decisions, system notices) lands, stays searchable, and is also sent to your email.

Read and manage your Webmail — mark messages read or unread, add one of seven colored flags, star, archive, move messages between folders, delete to Trash, and search across everything you've received.

Write, reply to, and forward Webmail messages — search for any registered user as a recipient, add CC/BCC and attachments, set a priority, and let reply/forward pre-fill the details for you.

Organize Webmail with your own folders — create sub-folders, rename and delete them, and drag to reorder. Understand the built-in conference folders (Inbox, Sent, Trash per program) and the read-only Deleted Programs archive.

The Channels workspace at /channels — persistent, Slack-style discussion spaces scoped to a conference, program, or event. Browse them in the sidebar, switch between conferences, and join the public ones automatically.

Find your way around the Channels sidebar — search by name, switch between conferences, star and mute channels, and understand how you're added to channels automatically by your role.

Take part in a channel conversation — post formatted messages, reply in threads, attach an image or PDF, see who's a member, and read a channel's details on the About tab.

Chairs can create a channel from /channels/new — pick a template, then set the channel's scope (conference-wide or program), type (public or private), who can post, and which roles are auto-added.

Step-by-step guide to preparing and submitting a paper, abstract, or proposal to a conference on AirBalloon.

A map of the Author Console — how its two tabs let you track every paper you have submitted and act on reviews, rebuttals, revisions, camera-ready, and presentation materials.

Your at-a-glance view across all submissions — stat tiles, an Action Required list of papers waiting on you, and your upcoming deadlines.

The full, filterable list of your papers grouped by conference, with per-paper actions for viewing, editing, reviews, rebuttals, revisions, camera-ready, and presentation materials.

How to claim assignments, write a high-quality review, and meet your deadlines.

A map of the Reviewer Console — how its tabs carry you from bidding through your assignments, discussion, and the final decisions, with tabs appearing as the program moves between phases.

Your reviewing home — headline counts, the papers that still need a review, and your upcoming deadlines for the selected program.

The list of every paper assigned to you — filter and sort it, download each PDF, and open the review form to start, continue, or view your review.

Rate how keen you are to review each paper — from Very High to Very Low — so the matching algorithm assigns you papers you want and avoids your conflicts.

A map of the Program Chair Console — how its tabs let you run a single program end to end, from settings and committee to submissions, reviews, decisions, and camera-ready.

The Overview tab of the Program Chair Console — headline stats, program status, submission breakdown, quick actions, deadlines, and recent activity for your program.

The Settings tab of the Program Chair Console — configure your program's info, review process, tracks, submission rules, dates, committee structure, camera-ready, and email templates.

The Committee tab of the Program Chair Console — recruit and manage your program's chairs, area chairs, and reviewers with invite, batch import, profile, and email tools.

The Submissions tab is your program's paper roster, split into two sub-tabs — All Submissions for browsing and managing every paper, and Desk Screening for clearing the policy-flag queue.

A map of the Area Chair Console — how its six tabs let you oversee the papers in your area, from bidding and reviewer assignments through reviews, meta-reviews, decisions, and follow-up actions.

Your at-a-glance view of the program — assignment stats, a pending-approvals alert, quick actions, and an assignment progress bar.

Rate how keen you are to handle each paper so the matching algorithm can place papers in your area accordingly.

Approve the reviewers proposed for your papers — and, when your PC enables it, assign reviewers to your papers yourself from two phase-gated sub-views.

Track review progress for every paper you touch and open each one to read the reviews and write your meta-review.

A map of the Senior Area Chair Console — how its five tabs let you supervise your Area Chairs, track review progress, see decisions, handle escalations, and weigh in on award candidates.

Monitor the Area Chairs you supervise — their paper load, review and meta-review progress, and on-track / behind / critical status — from the My ACs tab.

Track review completion paper-by-paper across your Area Chairs' papers and spot which papers still need reviews from the Review Progress tab.

See the accept/reject decisions approved or released for papers in your program, with average scores and your own recommendation, from the read-only Decisions tab.

Triage issues raised by your Area Chairs, raise your own, and pass the serious ones up to the Program Chair from the Escalations tab.

What Conference Leadership can do on AirBalloon and where to start — from creating the conference through running registration, the program, and proceedings.

First-time setup for General Chairs and System Admins — programs, committee, registration, and Stripe.

How to connect Stripe so your conference can accept registration payments — sign the platform agreement, choose between a new Stripe account or connecting an existing one, and verify your setup.

A map of the Conference Leadership Console — what each of its ten tabs does and when you use it to run your conference end to end.

The at-a-glance home tab of the Conference Leadership Console — key counts, conference status, quick actions, and recent activity.

A map of the Multi-Program Chair Console — how its four tabs let you manage a container program, its sub-programs, their submissions, and proposal decisions.

Get an at-a-glance view of your container program — key counts, a sub-programs overview, recent submissions, and quick links — from the Dashboard tab of the Multi-Program Chair Console.

Create, structure, activate, and oversee the sub-programs inside your container from the Programs tab of the Multi-Program Chair Console.

Browse, search, filter, and open every submission across your container and all its sub-programs from the Submissions tab of the Multi-Program Chair Console.

Review the proposals submitted to your container and accept, request revision, or reject them — accepting automatically creates the sub-program — from the Decisions tab of the Multi-Program Chair Console.

A map of the Web Chair Console — the five tabs you use to run your conference's public web presence, from announcements to the CFP directory listing.

Post and manage your conference's Call for Papers on the public Airballoon CFP directory — a free, themed listing page you can share anywhere.

Build your conference's public website with a drag-and-drop builder — pick a template, compose pages from sections, edit text inline, restyle with color themes, then publish to a live conference URL.

Start your conference site from one of five templates — three multi-page academic styles (ACL, ACM, IEEE) and two single-page workshop layouts — or begin from a blank canvas. Templates only set a starting point you can change later.

Build each page from sections — drag a section onto the canvas, reorder or hide it, and edit its content. Click hero text directly to change it, or use the property panel for richer sections.

A map of the Tutorial General Console — the oversight surface for the tutorials container, where you coordinate across every tutorial without running each one's day-to-day operations.

A map of the Workshop General Console — the oversight surface for the workshops container, where you coordinate across every workshop without running each one's day-to-day operations.

How attendees explore a conference on AirBalloon — the public conference pages, the portal, and where each task lives.

Browse the full conference program in Day, Week, or List view, filter by program kind, and read times in your own timezone.

Your personal, favorited subset of the conference schedule — the talks you saved, in Day, Week, or List view.

Register to attend — pick your attendance mode and rate, add optional extras, and pay by card or bank transfer.

Start a submission from the conference — pick a program, then file a paper, proposal, or poster as an author.

How AirBalloon collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information across the platform and the conferences run on it.

The agreement governing your access to and use of AirBalloon, the conferences run on it, and related services.