Request a Conference Site

To create a new conference on PaperFox, submit a site request for admin approval. The same form covers two site types:

• Real Conference — a production site for your actual conference
• Demo Sandbox — a full-featured sandbox to evaluate PaperFox, train co-chairs and reviewers, or rehearse your submission and review workflow before going live

Submit a Request

1. Sign in to your PaperFox account
2. Open the site request form — any of these work:
   • Click "Request Your Conference for Free" on the paperfox.ai homepage
   • Go to Settings → Site Requests and click "Request New Site"
   • Visit paperfox.ai/site-requests/new directly
3. Under Site Type, select Real Conference or Demo Sandbox
4. Fill out the form with your conference details:
   • Conference name and short name (acronym)
   • Conference slug (URL identifier, e.g., icds2027)
   • Description and subject areas
   • Start and end dates
   • Location (city, state, country)
   • Additional information about your organization
5. Click "Submit Conference Request"

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Requesting a Demo Sandbox

Select Demo Sandbox under Site Type when you want to explore PaperFox without committing to a real conference. An amber banner appears with submission reminders, and the slug field shows a demo- prefix so you can see exactly what the URL will become.

Still fill out the form with your real conference details (name, dates, subject areas) — vague or placeholder submissions get held up. Describe the evaluation scenario in the Additional Information field (e.g., "Evaluating PaperFox for our 2027 conference", "Training reviewers before go-live").

Demo prefixes are applied automatically so the conference is clearly identifiable as a sandbox:

The demo is a fully-functional conference — you can create tracks, invite reviewers, submit test papers, and run the review cycle end to end.

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Request Status

After submission, your request will show one of these statuses:

You can check your request status anytime in Settings → Site Requests.