<s>
EasyChair	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
conference	O
management	O
software	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
EasyChair	B-Protocol
began	O
offering	O
an	O
open	O
access	O
online	O
publication	O
service	O
for	O
conference	O
proceedings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EasyChair	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
paid	O
web-based	O
conference	O
management	O
software	O
system	O
used	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
tasks	O
,	O
to	O
organise	O
paper	O
submission	O
and	O
review	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
event	O
management	O
system	B-Application
software	I-Application
such	O
as	O
OpenConf	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
EasyChair	B-Protocol
is	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	O
Department	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
Science	I-General_Concept
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Manchester	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EasyChair	B-Protocol
website	O
also	O
provides	O
an	O
open	O
access	O
online	O
publication	O
service	O
for	O
conference	O
proceedings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
launched	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
for	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
only	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
2016	O
it	O
was	O
expanded	O
to	O
all	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EasyChair	B-Protocol
software	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
continuous	O
development	O
since	O
2002	O
.	O
,	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
consist	O
of	O
nearly	O
300,000	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
41,000	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EasyChair	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
widely	O
used	O
since	O
2002	O
in	O
the	O
scientific	O
community	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
million	O
users	O
reported	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
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