Conference Index Academic Conference Scraper

Extract academic conference listings from ConferenceIndex.org — the comprehensive directory of international academic conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. This Actor scrapes conference names, dates, locations, venues, organizers, websites, submission deadlines, topics, event tracks, and full descriptions from the Conference Index database.

Whether you are a researcher looking for upcoming conferences in your field, an academic institution tracking events across disciplines, or a conference organizer monitoring the competitive landscape, this scraper provides structured data from one of the largest academic conference directories available online. Conference Index covers thousands of events across disciplines including computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, engineering, medicine, business, and many more.

The scraper operates in two modes. In quick mode, it extracts basic conference information (name, date, location) directly from topic listing pages. In detail mode, it visits each conference's individual page to extract the full set of fields including JSON-LD structured data, venue information, organizer details, submission deadlines, event tracks, and the complete description. This flexibility lets you balance speed against data completeness depending on your needs.

What data can you scrape from Conference Index?

Field	Description
name	Full conference name
shortName	Abbreviated conference name (e.g., ICSET)
startDate	Conference start date (ISO 8601 from JSON-LD)
endDate	Conference end date (ISO 8601 from JSON-LD)
dateText	Human-readable date range (e.g., "March 15-16, 2026")
location	City and country (e.g., "New Delhi, India")
venue	Venue name (e.g., "Hotel Suncourt Corporate")
organizer	Organizing body or institution
website	Official conference website URL
contactEmail	Contact email (decoded from Cloudflare obfuscation)
submissionDeadline	Paper submission deadline
topics	Conference tags / discipline keywords
eventTracks	Specific tracks and sub-topics
description	Full conference description text
eventStatus	Schema.org event status (Scheduled, Cancelled, etc.)
attendanceMode	Online, offline, or mixed attendance
eventType	Conference, seminar, workshop, etc.
presentationMode	Digital, in-person, or hybrid
eventUrl	Conference Index page URL

Why use this Conference Index scraper?

• No login required — all conference data is publicly accessible
• JSON-LD extraction — uses schema.org structured data for high-accuracy date and status parsing
• Cloudflare email decoding — automatically decodes obfuscated contact emails
• Topic filtering — search by any discipline (computer-science, medicine, engineering, etc.)
• Fast and efficient — uses CheerioCrawler (no browser needed), keeping compute costs very low
• Pagination support — automatically follows listing pages across multiple pages
• Two modes — quick listing data or full detail page scraping

How to scrape Conference Index

1. Go to the Conference Index Scraper page on Apify Store
2. Click Try for free
3. Enter a Topic slug (e.g., computer-science, artificial-intelligence, machine-learning). You can find valid slugs at conferenceindex.org/disciplines
4. Set Max Pages to control how many listing pages to scrape (each page has many conferences)
5. Toggle Scrape Detail Pages on for full data (dates, venue, organizer, website, topics, tracks) or off for a quick list
6. Optionally set Max Requests as a safety limit on total HTTP requests
7. Click Start and wait for results
8. Download your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab

Input example

{
    "topic": "computer-science",
    "maxPages": 5,
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 500
}

Output example

Each conference returns a JSON object like this (with detail scraping enabled):

{
    "eventUrl": "https://conferenceindex.org/event/international-conference-on-science-engineering-technology-icset-2026-march-new-delhi-in",
    "topic": "computer-science",
    "name": "International Conference on Science, Engineering & Technology",
    "startDate": "2026-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "endDate": "2026-03-16T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled",
    "attendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OnlineEventAttendanceMode",
    "organizer": "Researchfora",
    "description": "International Conference on Science, Engineering & Technology (ICSET - 2026) will be held in New Delhi, India during 15th-16th Mar 2026...",
    "location": "New Delhi, India",
    "venue": "Hotel Suncourt Corporate",
    "dateText": "March 15-16, 2026",
    "submissionDeadline": "March 15, 2026",
    "website": "https://researchfora.com/Conference/12725/ICSET/",
    "contactEmail": "info@researchfora.com",
    "shortName": "ICSET",
    "eventType": "Conference",
    "presentationMode": "Digital",
    "topics": ["science", "concrete engineering", "engineering", "computer science", "technology"],
    "eventTracks": ["Information Technology", "Computer Engineering", "Chemical Science and Engineering", "Civil Engineering", "Mechanical Engineering"]
}

Without detail scraping (quick mode):

{
    "name": "International Conference on Science, Engineering & Technology (ICSET)",
    "date": "Mar 15",
    "location": "New Delhi, India",
    "eventUrl": "https://conferenceindex.org/event/international-conference-on-science-engineering-technology-icset-2026-march-new-delhi-in",
    "topic": "computer-science"
}

How much does it cost to scrape Conference Index?

This Actor uses CheerioCrawler (no browser), so compute costs are extremely low.

Scenario	Pages	Est. Results	Est. Compute	Est. Actor Fee
One topic, quick mode	1	~100	~$0.005	~$0.20
One topic, with details	5	~500	~$0.05	~$1.00
One topic, full scrape	20	~2,000	~$0.20	~$4.00
Multiple topics	50	~5,000	~$0.50	~$10.00

Actor pricing: $0.002 per result + minimal compute costs. A typical run of 5 pages with detail scraping costs under $1.50 total.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
topic	string	Yes	computer-science	Topic slug from conferenceindex.org/disciplines
maxPages	integer	No	5	Max listing pages to scrape (1-100)
scrapeDetails	boolean	No	true	Visit detail pages for full data
maxRequestsPerCrawl	integer	No	500	Safety limit on total HTTP requests

Tips for best results

• Finding topic slugs: Visit conferenceindex.org/disciplines and click on a discipline. The URL slug after /conferences/ is what you need (e.g., computer-science, artificial-intelligence, data-science)
• Quick mode: Set scrapeDetails to false for a fast list of names, dates, locations, and URLs without visiting each detail page
• Large scrapes: Increase maxPages and maxRequestsPerCrawl together. With detail scraping, each conference listing enqueues one additional request
• Email extraction: Contact emails are often Cloudflare-obfuscated on Conference Index. This scraper automatically decodes them when possible

Integrations

Connect Conference Index data with your workflow:

• API — Access results programmatically via the Apify API
• Webhooks — Get notified when a scrape completes
• Zapier / Make — Pipe results into Google Sheets, CRMs, or databases
• Python / Node.js — Use the Apify SDK to run and retrieve data

Legal disclaimer

This Actor extracts publicly available conference information from ConferenceIndex.org. The site publishes its content under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits sharing and adapting the material for any purpose with appropriate attribution. This Actor does not bypass authentication, access protected content, or extract private user data. The scraped data consists of conference listings that organizers have voluntarily published on the public directory.

Users are responsible for ensuring their use of scraped data complies with applicable laws and the Creative Commons license terms. For questions about data usage, consult a legal professional.

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