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Following a high-level review of the available CMSs, here are our findings:

	Conf Page	Call for Papers	Tickets	Agenda	Users	Notes
OCS	Old, unsupported, requires server installation, not visually customisable, looks like a Win 95 app	N	Y	Y	Y	N
Indico	Demo failed badly, very hard to access, *assumed (couldn't access in demo), **Uses Cern central login, extremely hard to use and unstable	Y	Y	Y	Y*	Y**
Frab	Barebones, still in beta (5 years+), ticketing only via external services	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
OSEM	Fully customisable, single page website design, very modern, fully open (via GitHub), web based (css, yml, md, html), easy to use	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Odoo (Events)	Big ERP open source solution, easy setup, self-contained service, professional and modern appearance, full site design, web access, has a SAAS version but we can get a community edition using our own server. Has blog, chat, spreadsheet, event management, e-commerce, POS service (so very powerful!)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
OCW	Heavy duty, low documentation, depends on Ruby on Rails, additional features such as external account login (i.e. Facebook), less customisable, more toggleable	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Following this, immediate thoughts are that of the best options, OSEM is the simplest while still being very flexible, OpenConferenceWare is a good mid-level service, but Odoo is the most powerful option, providing us with everything we might need.