The Difference Between Inviting and Adding PC Members to a Role Cheat Sheet

Chairs have acquired a list of potential Reviewers, Meta-Reviewers, Track Chairs, Co-Chairs, etc., and now need to invite or add them to the conference.

Important

We do not suggest inviting Reviewers or Meta-Reviewers after importing/adding them to your conference.
There is no need to invite them if they are already in your conference.

Here are the differences between inviting and adding:

ADDING A USER TO A ROLE	INVITING A USER
Only added manually, one-at-a-time	Can be invited individually or in bulk
No email sent	Email sent
User added to the conference by prior consent/knowledge	User can accept or decline through a link sent to their email
User added to the Conference immediately	User added to the Conference only after they accept

Note

Only Reviewers, Meta-Reviewers and Senior Meta-Reviewers can be invited to the conference. Proceeding Editors, Co-Chairs and Track Chairs can only be added manually. External Reviewers must be assigned to a paper by the already-assigned Reviewer; they are not a part of the PC.

Important

CMT does not allow unregistered users to be added to the conference. Anyone added to a PC role must have a valid CMT account.