# Managing conference proceedings

**URL:** https://community.silverbullet.md/t/managing-conference-proceedings/845
**Category:** Tricks & Techniques
**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/managing-conference-proceedings/845 "2024-08-15T21:02:49Z")
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### Author: ![Maarrk](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/maarrk/32/56_2.png) [@Maarrk](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/Maarrk)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/managing-conference-proceedings/845/1 "2024-08-15T21:02:49Z")

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I’m going to share the workflow I’m doing right now, because it’s simply too much fun. Could be useful for other academics, maybe it’s obvious to everyone but me before tonight ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯

In the screenshot I’m easily managing the papers whose presentations I attended, because I did my notes in SilverBullet:

 ![obraz](https://community.silverbullet.md/uploads/default/original/1X/90b89663bb0812d79a402fab69eb635fa0c80de7.png)

## How I set it up

1. Template `Conference Paper` configured for the event I’m attending now:

```auto
---
tags: template
description: "Write down conference paper"
hooks.newPage:
  suggestedName: "VFS 2024/"
  forPrefix: "VFS 2024/"
  confirmName: true
  openIfExists: false
  command: "New Conference Paper"
  key: "Alt-Shift-c"
---

---
number: |^|
---

```

1. Actual note taking:

- press `Alt-Shift-C`
- type the title and hit `Enter`
- type the paper number
- start taking notes

1. Wait for the proceedings to be published and download the ZIP, where every PDF can only be identified by the paper number
2. Add this query:

````auto
```query
page
where name =~ /^VFS 2024\//
select number, name
order by number asc
```

````

1. Now I can just scroll through the folder in order, drag the right PDF to Zotero, and everything ends up where it should
2. Profit

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It’s far from using all the features of SilverBullet, but the mix of templates, shortcuts, attributes and queries really made my day. Thanks!