The time period between putting out a call for papers to published proceedings can be a few months. But look closer and you’ll see weeks where event planners are burnt out and running on fumes, trying to have it all under control. Managing an academic conference workflow with an entirely manual workforce is like having a lot on your plate and not quite knowing how to empty it. Well, for everyone in academic event management, we have some incredible news. You don’t really have to do it all on your own. Automated software tools and technologies now exist that make end-to-end academic conference management possible.