Planned development in Indico

2024

Indico 3.3 :loudspeaker:

Funded by CERN, with contributions from the United Nations Office in Geneva and Canonical

  • Tools to assist in GDPR compliance (pt. 2);
    • User-accessible dump of all their data (YAML metadata + files)
    • User consent for privacy notice (Canonical contribution)
    • Anonymization of accounts (admin tool)
  • Receipt/certificate generation
  • Modernized mobile Check-in app
  • Accessibility improvements (UN contribution)

“General availability” release planned for Q1

Indico 3.4

  • UI Improvements and legacy code removal
    • React-based timetable (management + display)
  • Accessibility improvements (ongoing UN contribution)

Indico v3.4.x or 3.5

  • Improvements in mobile-friendliness of UI (planned)
  • Zoom plugin: “Zoom Rooms” integration
  • Multilingualism for certain user-defined parts of events (planned UN contribution)
  • Linux distribution packaging (Max Planck Institute for Physics contribution)

Future :crystal_ball:

  • Version 2 of the REST API: granular scopes, endpoint versioning, OpenAPI support;
  • More user-centric home page
    • Improved home page with dashboard;
    • Layered view based on favourite categories/events;
    • Easier event creation/invite workflow;
  • User Interfaces
    • Improvements in material editor (e.g. better drag and drop)
    • Responsive interfaces that work OK on mobile
    • Greater Accessibility (screenreaders, colourblind users, etc…)
  • Improve User Experience for users without an Indico account (e.g. in abstract submission)