Mobile access to scientific event information: An Android tablet application for ginkgoWolfgang Reinhardt, Christoph Suntrup, Caius CioranUniversity of Paderborn (Germany)

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Awareness Support with ginkgo

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• fresh approach to scientific event management

• combines classic features of conference management systems with social media

Common phases when organizing scientific events

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Relevant phases for a participant

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pre-event

event

post-event

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planning registration

newsnetworking

notes & pics

papersfollow-up

networking

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The ginkgo mobile (tablet) app

mobile applications better suited for in-event use case

handling, taking notes and pictures

feature set derived from comparison of 4 existing apps

Android as development basis because of

available devices

prior knowledge

a first ginkgo mobile Android phone app

built on top of Google iosched

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Thank you

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Dr. Wolfgang ReinhardtUniversity of PaderbornFürstenallee 1133102 Paderborn

http://ginkgosem.com

http://isitjustme.de@wollepb