Abstract
Collaboration in research is essential for saving time and money. The field of high-energy physics (HEP) is no different. The higher level of collaboration the stronger the community. The HEP field encourages organizing various events in format and size such as meetings, workshops and conferences. Making attending a HEP event easier leverages cooperation and dialogue and this is what makes Indico service defacto a community standard. The paper describes HEPCon, a cross-platform mobile application which collects all information available on Indico and makes it available on a portable device. It keeps most of the data locally which speeds up the interaction. HEP-Con uses a shared code base which allows easy multiplatform development and support. There are iOS and Android implementations available for free download. The project is based on C# and we use the Xamarin mobile app technology for building native iOS and Android apps. SQLite database is responsible for retrieving and storing conference data. The app can be used to preview data from past CHEP conferences but the tool is implemented generic enough to support other Indico events.
Highlights
Many conferences in the High-Energy Physics (HEP) community are centralized and organized through the Indico platform
Indico is an open source project designed for handling the management of HEP events varying in sizes – from small meetings and workshops towards complex scientific conferences with hundreds of participants
The key feature of HEPCon is the instant synchronization with the Indico service
Summary
Many conferences in the High-Energy Physics (HEP) community are centralized and organized through the Indico platform. When a change in Indico is made all the agenda data could be automatically downloaded by HEPCon and stored in its memory This Indico synchronization helps organizers, because other conference apps have their own data format and all data should be migrated every time. This allows the user to have all necessary information available without internet connection This is handy because the user could download the data when there is a free wifi connection and use the app while offline. Another advantage of HEPCon is that it supports both major platforms - Android and iOS
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