1. Easy Chair Online Conference Submission, Tracking and Distribution Process: Getting Started + Information for Reviewers
AMS World Marketing Congress / Annual Conference Paper System Instruction Guide
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2. Contents
Introductory Material (how to get account, log in, tool bar information)
Managing Papers
How to Add a Review

3. AMS General Information
You can always access information about the WMC or Annual Conference pages accessed from AMS home page
The AMS Home Page
The link to the annual conference is here until the conference is done. Events move up chronologically.
Go to the web site and click here

4. Conference Home Pages
This page is the main interface for all conference participants. You’ll find a link to the conference management system on this page. For now, it is located just below the opening information. For many, this will be their first interface with the conference management system. Clicking here takes you to the login for the management system

5. For Reviewers This slide show will illustrate:
How to set up a login for the Easy Chair system (if you have not used it with AMS before)
This allows you to make submissions of your own and access papers for review at any time
If you had an account for the WMC or AMS Annual Conference previously, and your address is the same, you should see the latest conference listed in your list of conferences (no new account is needed)
Introduce you to the interface that you will use to manage your reviews
Access and Complete Reviews
My papers
Review Forms
Subreviewers
Introduce you to other screens of interest

6. If you already have an account, go to the log-in screen (step 9).
Click in the link in the you will get (got) from the Program Chairs sent through the Easy Chair system – or the link on the conference page.
Step 1
As a Reviewer, you will first access the conference management system through either an link or (by the time you get the you may already have accessed it) via the web page shown on the previous screen.
If you already have an account, go to the log-in screen (step 9).

7. Create a user name and password
Step 2
Create a user name and password
In creating your account, use the same login and password that you use to login to the AMS website
First time users, use the option to sign up for an account
Just sign in if you already have an account

8. Type the two words in the box and click on continue
Step 3
Type the two words in the box and click on continue
Setting up the account is easy; this is probably the most difficult part (reading the words)

9. Step 4
Enter your name, address and click on continue

10. Your application is received: you will receive another e-mail
Step 5
Your application is received: you will receive another
This screen just provides information saying what to do if you do not receive the indicated in the second line.

11. When you receive your e-mail, please click on the link
Step 6

12. Remember to use the same ID and password as you do for AMS
Step 7
Complete the form and click on create my account
Remember to use the same ID and password as you do for AMS

13. Your account is created, now click on the link corresponding to
the Congress/Conference
Step 8
Note: Conference name will be listed where this slide says AMS WMC 15 (we are reusing some of these slides).

14. Step 9
Enter your login and password and click on sign in

15. Now you are on the conference website
Step 10
Now you are on the conference website
This tool bar is the guide for most of the conference activities. Each “role” will see a different tool bar.

16. How to manage your papers?

17. Managing Papers
You will receive an from the corresponding track chair inviting you to review a paper(s).
You can access the paper directly from this (without logging into the system – however, we strongly recommend logging in to complete the review interactively)
Follow the instructions to “accept” the invitation, agreeing that you will provide a review. You can do this with or without logging in. Again though, we recommend logging in when you actually complete the review.

18. Managing Papers
From here, you can access the papers assigned to you for review from “reviews” or “submissions”. Depending on your program roles, this toolbar may look more like the one below.

19. How to add a review?
The next slides show A way to do the reviews. Other ways exist, but this way is relatively easy.

20. When you click on the papers assigned to you for review, you will see these options for each.
The paper can be accessed here
When ready to review click “submit review”
Avoid the download review form as it is cumbersome

21. After clicking “submit review”
Use this interactive form to complete the review
Just below the evaluation items, two boxes appear
One box is to enter comments to the author
The other is to enter comments to the track chairs. In this box, you may wish to indicate if you believe the paper should be considered for an award (Fenyo – best conference paper, Darden, best marketing research paper, Hollander, best services/retailing paper).
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22. Add Reviewer Comments Step 3
Click on “Add Review” to add your reviewing
Provide a detailed review for authors.
You can also send remarks for committee (optional) – particularly if you believe it could be considered for an award
Click submit review and you are finished – the review submitted screen will appear 

23. How to obtain the offline review forms?
If for some reason, you would like to have a text file version of a review form, you can obtain one by following the next few steps.
How to obtain the offline review forms?
WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO NOT (REPEAT NOT) USE THE OFFLINE FORMS AND YOU WILL HAVE MUCH LESS PROBLEM UNLESS YOU ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HTML EDITING.

24. IMPORTANT!!
AVOID THE “DOWNLOAD FORM” OR “OFFLINE FORMS” TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLER FOR YOU. THE FORMS ARE OLD FASHIONED HTML FILES THAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REMEMBER HOW TO EDIT. THE INTERACTIVE FORM WORKS FINE AND IS VERY MUCH LIKE ANY EDITORIAL MANAGERS SYSTEM THEY USE FOR JOURNAL REVIEWS.