Our pitch for Startup Weekend Melbourne 2013. Convener.Co matches academics and researchers with opportunities to publish their work.

1. Conferences and calls.
Together at last.

2. Joyce
Strategy, Project Mgmt,
Biz Dev & Marketing
Lindsay
Front End Dev & Biz Dev
Reema
Data Research
& Marketing
Mark
Back End Dev
Kav
Front End Dev
Extraordinaire

3. 32
years

4. Problem

8. Today

9. How do you currently discover conferences & calls?
Social media, Word of mouth, Professional associations, Specific websites,
Emails, Listservs, Local network of e-learning at universities in Denmark,
colleagues..., Newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, direct
emails, hashtags, Association of Internet Researchers (air) email list. ECREA European Communication Research and Education Association email list.
CSAA - Cultural Studies Association of Australasia list. MeCCSA - Media,
Communication and Cultural Studies Association (UK based) list, HDR lists
from Deakin and Centre for Creative Industries, Social media, Word of mouth,
Professional associations, Specific websites, Emails, Listservs, colleagues...,
Newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, direct emails, hashtags,
Social media, Word of mouth, Professional associations, Specific websites,
Emails, Listservs, Local network of e-learning at universities in Denmark,
colleagues..., Newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, direct
emails, hashtags, Association of Internet Researchers (air) email list. ECREA European Communication Research and Education Association email list.
CSAA - Cultural Studies Association of Australasia list. MeCCSA - Media,
Communication and Cultural Studies Association (UK based) list, HDR lists
from Deakin and Centre for Creative Industries, Social media, Word of mouth,
Professional associations, Specific websites, Emails, Listservs, colleagues...,

10. How do you currently discover conferences & calls?
Social media, Word of mouth, Professional associations, Specific websites,
Emails, Listservs, Local network of e-learning at universities in Denmark,
colleagues..., Newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, direct
emails, hashtags, Association of Internet Researchers (air) email list. ECREA European Communication Research and Education Association email list.
CSAA - Cultural Studies Association of Australasia list. MeCCSA - Media,
Communication and Cultural Studies Association (UK based) list, HDR lists
from Deakin and Centre for Creative Industries, Social media, Word of mouth,
Professional associations, Specific websites, Emails, Listservs, colleagues...,
Newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, direct emails, hashtags,
Social media, Word of mouth, Professional associations, Specific websites,
Emails, Listservs, Local network of e-learning at universities in Denmark,
colleagues..., Newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, direct
emails, hashtags, Association of Internet Researchers (air) email list. ECREA European Communication Research and Education Association email list.
CSAA - Cultural Studies Association of Australasia list. MeCCSA - Media,
Communication and Cultural Studies Association (UK based) list, HDR lists
from Deakin and Centre for Creative Industries, Social media, Word of mouth,
Professional associations, Specific websites, Emails, Listservs, colleagues...,
“It’s pretty
ad-hoc, really…”

11. Anually
89%
Miss Out

12. 30
Million
academics
100.000+
conferences

13. 30
Million
academics
60
Million
Publishing
opportunities

14. Our Competition

15. Our Competition

16. Our Competition

17. Need?

18. Find
out
about
CfPs!!
“Intuitive
& easy to
use”
“Find by
discipline
&
keywords”
“Alert
me”
“Find by
location
and date”

19. “Ability
to
Track”
“Be smart
and learn
what is of
interest to
me”
“See
who else
is
going”

20. Convener.Co

24. Future

25. Crowdsourced
listings
Social
snowball
effect
Bookmarklet &
email
forward
Work
with
users

26. Intelligence
$200
Claim a
conf
Last
minute
deals
Kickstart a
conf
$7/yr
Alerts &

27. Conferences and calls.
Together at last.
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