AN ACADEMIC EVENT MANAGEMENT TOOL

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AN ACADEMIC EVENT MANAGEMENT TOOL Developed by
Gregory Booth Cape Peninsula University of
Technology
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• OBJECTIVES
• AUDIENCE
• CLIENTS
• WEB SERVICE
• EVENT MANAGEMENT
• PRESENTATION

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OBJECTIVES

• Objectives of myConference is to provide
• a communication platform
• easy access to market
• easy administration
• an inexpensive tool for marketing and event
  administration
• information security
• a research portal
• the backbone for a Knowledge Base

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AUDIENCE

• Education development practitioners
• Training providers
• Research forums
• Projects
• Student Organizations
• NGOs
• Community Forums
• Private Sector Event Management, PR

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CLIENTS

• Media Students Association
• National Asset Management Forum
• South African Academic Association
• Information Security Association
• South African Association for Institutional
  Research
• Ethical Leadership Project
• African Association for Hospitality and Tourism
  
• Water Supply and Sanitation Unit
• Energy Project (DUE, ICUE and NPDTN)
• Community Arts Association

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WEB SERVICE

• Attractive website for marketing component
• Prior set up of custom templates for design and
  style
• User management, generation of new pages,
  content etc by the user,
  administrator
• Automation components inserted into pages .....
  (Abstract submissions, registration, invoicing,
  document submissions, publishing, delegate
  forum, photo gallery, search engine etc)
• Document publishing, content management
• Security for content if required
• Incorporating the best technologies for search
  engine listings

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EVENT MANAGEMENT

• Secure Administration
• Web Administration and Event Management can be
  separated and performed by different persons
• Separate instances can be generated for each
  event
• Online abstract submissions and Review by third
  parties
• Event registrations, bookings, schedules,
  programmes etc.
• Payment options and tracking
• Email alerts
• Entire application is database driven,
  including content
• Total integration with existing systems can be
  achieved

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and now
An on-line presentation http//active.cput.ac.za/m
yconference/
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THANK YOU