The HOSA Conference Management System is a Java application capable of managing registration, billing, competitive events, sectioning, and tabulation for a typical State or National HOSA Conference. It also integrates with this website to bring Online Conference Registration to Regional, State, and National Conferences.

Perform a Backup of your system prior to installing any new version of the HOSA Conference Management System.

Minimum System Requirements:

• Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Later
• 768 Mb RAM
• 2 GHz Intel Processor or Athlon 64
• 150-200 MB Free HDD Space
• 800x600 Screen Resolution
• Broadband Internet Connection (1 Mbps/DSL/Cable)
• Java Runtime Environment (Required to run the Installer...most systems already have one that will work.)

Installation Instructions (jar file):

Double-click cmsclient-installer.jar and follow the prompts. If the install program does not start when you double-click, then you do not have a suitable Java Runtime Environment installed.

Installation Instructions (exe file):

Double-click cmsclient-installer.exe and follow the prompts.

Other Platforms:

While not officially supported, the HOSA CMS will run on any platform with a Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0. For Unix-like platforms, the hosacms.sh script in the installation path may be modified to suit your Java installation.

Change Log:

Version 1.60 -- August 18, 2009

• All of the performance enhancements from the 2007 and 2008 NLC's are included in this version.
• Allows you to specify Open and Close Dates for Conference Registration.
• Provides a new Support feature where all of your data and log files will be sent to National HOSA Technical Support for evaluation automating what was once a manual process.
• Scantron scoring import capability.
• Carry scores forward between rounds to accommodate a wider variety of Competitive Events with less manual data entry.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements.

Version 1.38 -- March 6, 2007

• Added the word Invoice to the top of the registration reports.
• Corrected a bug in the School Registration Report introduced in v1.37.

Version 1.37 -- February 28, 2007

• Added classification to name badge export.
• Added External Tabulation to exports.

Version 1.36h

• Changed RPC protocols in an attempt to side-step problems with certain ISPs.

Version 1.35 -- December 28, 2006

• Adding multiple events to a conference caused an error creating the conference.