Communications

Purpose

The Communications tab in the Program Chair Console is your hub for reaching the people in your program. It groups two tools, each on its own sub-tab:

• Announcements — broadcast messages to a chosen audience. Recipients see them in their Webmail Inbox and the Announcement Portal, and you can optionally publish them to the public conference website.
• Channels — create persistent, topic-broadcast discussion channels scoped to your program, for reviewer coordination, AC discussions, or track-specific announcements.

Everything you post here is scoped to the program you selected when entering the console. The tab opens on Announcements by default; switch between the two with the sub-tab bar across the top.

The Communications tab is available in every review mode (Direct, Two-Stage ARR, Instant AI Review) and at every phase.

When you use it

Open Communications whenever you need to tell your program's participants something, or set up a space for them to coordinate: posting a reviewing deadline change, notifying authors, or opening a channel for your committee. Pick the sub-tab that matches the job:

• One-to-many broadcast that lands in inboxes → Announcements
• An ongoing discussion space for your committee or track → Channels

Walkthrough

1. 1

   Open the Program Chair Console and select the program you want to manage (if you chair more than one).

2. 2

   Click the Communications tab, then use the sub-tab bar to choose Announcements or Channels. The tab opens on Announcements.

3. 3

   On Announcements, compose and broadcast a message to your program's audience, schedule it for later, pin it, or optionally publish it to the website. See the Announcements help page for the full composer walkthrough.

4. 4

   On Channels, create a topic-broadcast channel scoped to your program, or browse and archive existing ones. See the Channels help page for details.

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