OpenConf Abstract Submission, Peer Review, and Event Management System

Welcome to OpenConf! This appears to be a new install, so we will take you through the set-up and configuration of your OpenConf system. Following are the steps to install OpenConf:

1. Enter Database Settings –> 2. Create Chair Account –> 3. Tailor Configuration Settings –> 4. Set Topics –> 5. Open Submissions & Sign-Up/In

When you are ready to proceed, read the OpenConf License below and click the I Agree button to indicate your agreement to its terms:

This license is a legal Agreement between you and Zakon Group LLC for use of the OpenConf Software (the "Software"). By downloading or installing OpenConf or any OpenConf modules you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this license. Zakon Group LLC reserves the right to alter this agreement at any time, for any reason, without notice. PERMITTED USE - Community License: The Community License permits installation of the Software on your own server if no payment is made or received in connection with the Software or related services for up to three (3) total installations per calendar year by any one individual or organization. All other uses of the Community Edition Software is forbidden. No support is included. If you need assistance from Zakon Group LLC or a third party to install, host, customize, or administer the Software, or you wish to provide such services to others, an OpenConf License must first be purchased for each installation. If you, your organization, or the organization for which the Software is being installed for, requires more than three (3) installations per calendar year, an OpenConf License must first be purchased for each additional installation. - Plus and Professional Licenses: Upon payment of the license fee to and issuance of the license by Zakon Group LLC, a single installation of the licensed Software with embedded license key may be made by the licensee or its designated agent. One license grants the right to perform one installation of the Software to be used for the entity the license was purchased for. Each additional installation of the Software requires an additional purchased license. An entity is defined as constituting a single submission cycle such as for one event date or journal volume. Recurring entities, such as annual events or journals, or ones with parallel submissions, such as separately-managed event tracks or journal volumes, require a license for each instance. Components of the Plus and Professional Edition Software may not be copied to other installations, whether they are licensed or not. New submissions may not be accepted after a license has expired. RESTRICTIONS Unless you have been granted prior, written consent from Zakon Group LLC, you may not: - Sublicense, resell, rent, lease, distribute, market, commercialize or otherwise transfer rights or usage to: (a) the Software, (b) any modified version or derivative work of the Software, (c) any software, either modified or not, licensed under an OpenConf License, for any purpose, or (d) any translation of the Software or its components; - Remove or alter any copyright, trademark or proprietary notice in the Software; - Change, disable, or circumvent any part of the Software marked as not to be modified. 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If you have already installed OpenConf but are still seeing this page, change the value of OCC_INSTALL_COMPLETE in config.php

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