There is also Able Organizer, a new CRM distribution for Drupal that has events in its protfolio. I have not had much opportunity to work with it, yet. https://www.drupal.org/project/ableorganizer

Drupal COD is well established. I wouldn't tar COD for some external BS. That makes no sense. We use it for out local Drupal events.

On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Alex Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks for pitching in. COD looks good.
> 
> On their site (http://usecod.com) I found the obligatory table of unfair feature comparisons. One of these is to an out-of-date WordPress plugin.
> 
> Any WP suggestions?
> 
> ('m not partial, but as of earlier today it looks like I might be using it for other, but affiliated reasons.)
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/15/2014 05:34 PM, Clapp, Sharon B. (Library) wrote:
>> Someone has mentioned Drupal's Conference Organizing Distribution, right?https://www.drupal.org/project/cod  
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alex Armstrong
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:36 AM
>> To:[log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference site backend
>> 
>> Let me try and ask this again, with less ambiguity:
>> 
>> What built-in CMS functionality or plugin have you used to assist you in managing a conference schedule and registration?
>> 
>> Among other things, I'm in the market for a new CMS. So rather than the specialized tool that Francis suggested, I'm looking for a multi-purpose platform or a platform I can wrangle to serve multiple purposes.
>> 
>> P.S. Confusingly, I switched my CODE4LIB subscription to a different email.
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On October 10, 2014 4:23:57 PM EEST, Francis Kayiwa<[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> On 10/10/2014 09:13 AM, Alex Armstrong wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Hi list,
>>>> 
>>>>  Not exactly related to libraries, but:
>>>> 
>>>>  I'm putting together a site for the annual conference of a library
>>>> consortium. Last year we had paired a static site with an event
>>>> service
>>>>  (Sched) to manage the schedule and provide workshop sign ups. This
>>>> time  we'd like to move everything under one umbrella.
>>>> 
>>>>  Any recommendations for a conference backend?
>>>> 
>>>>  I'm looking for an open source solution I can deploy on a shared
>>>> hosting  plan. I'm not picky about the CMS. The current iteration is
>>>> put together  locally using a static site generator, so I can switch to whatever.
>>>> 
>>> Give Open Conference a looksie
>>> 
>>> https://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> ./fxk
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> -- 
> Alex