One of the things I keep thinking about in my #PhD is the need for an #academic #conference service in universities that handles the logistics of running workshops, symposia, conferences, etc.
From what I can see, this work is done by academics, and while they often do a great job, it's not their core skill set, and it takes away from key research activities.
The service offering I see this service having would be venue booking, AV setup, hybrid conference arrangement, CfP and papers talks and proceeding management, website production, as well as some form of social media and promotional management.
There are platforms - like #OpenReview - that handle *parts* of this service, but we need an integrated service offering, preferably at the whole of sector level ...