British International Studies Association - Conference Management Component

The British International Studies Association (BISA) is an independent academic organisation which promotes the study of International Relations and related subjects through teaching, research and the facilitation of contact between scholars. It is the professional organisation for academic and practitioners of International Relations in the United Kingdom and beyond.

As part of the annual conference management requirements, we were asked to create a Joomla component that would allow BISA members to submit proposals for the conference topics of discussion. These would then be reviewed by a panel of BISA staff, if approved, would then need to be allocated to specific time slots within rooms for that conference. Automated conflicts of allocations were a requirement and batch processing and email notifications were also part of the module requirements.