Ex Ordo is cloud-based conference management software for association and
academic conferences
An academic conference or scientific conference (also congress, symposium, workshop, or meeting) is an event for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their scholarly work. Together with academic or scientific journals an ...
, congresses and symposia.
Ex Ordo combines a core
abstract management
Abstract management is the process of accepting and preparing abstracts for presentation at an academic conference. The process consists of either invited or proffered submissions of the abstract or summary of work. The abstract typically states th ...
functionality with a registration system, scheduling software, and a mobile
conference app. It is used by conferences in 58 countries across a wide set of research fields.
History
Ex Ordo was conceived in 2008 by Paul Killoran when he was still an engineering student at
NUI Galway
The University of Galway ( ga, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. A tertiary education and research institution, the university was awarded the full five QS stars for excellence in 201 ...
. While helping one of his
lecturer
Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...
s organise a conference, Killoran recognised the need for academic conference chairs to have efficient tools to manage the research material submitted to their conferences. He built a basic abstract management system designed to facilitate the peer review process within scientific, technical and medical conferences.
In 2011, Killoran incorporated Ex Ordo with co-founder Dermot Lally.
Ex Ordo has since grown to become conference management software that includes delegate registration, conference scheduling and the ability to build a book of proceedings.
Services
Ex Ordo allows conference chairs to manage all stages of organising a research conference. This includes collecting submissions and managing their peer review, creating a set of proceedings and publishing a mobile conference app.
Peer reviewers use Ex Ordo to review submissions based on an online marking scheme stipulated by the conference chair.
Awards and recognition
Awarded Best New Web Application 2011 and Best Practice 2011 awarded by the Realex Fire Web Awards.
Named a Top 10 Abstract Management System for Academia by Event Industry News in 2016.
Ex Ordo is backed by Enterprise Ireland.
See also
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Abstract management
Abstract management is the process of accepting and preparing abstracts for presentation at an academic conference. The process consists of either invited or proffered submissions of the abstract or summary of work. The abstract typically states th ...
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Research or academic conferences
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Peer review
Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...
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Proceedings
In academia and librarianship, conference proceedings is a collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference or workshop. Conference proceedings typically contain the contributions made by researchers at the confere ...
References
External links
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The Conference Mentor
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Academic conferences
Abstract management software