Recommendation should be delivered by the TPC member who is handling the paper, based on the reviews and their own expertise. However, if the TPC member has not delivered the recommendation, you as Chair can do this instead. The Recommendation requires evaluating Reviewers, filling in two text boxes (one for the author and one for the Chairs) and selecting Accept/Reject for the paper.

In the Decision window, you can recognize papers without recommendations, since they are marked grey.

See a screenshot of the form above. In order to complete the paper recommendation and Reviewer evaluation, you can see the paper pdf in ‘View Paper’ and the Reviewer ratings and comments in ‘Manage Reviewers’ (both are highlighted in red). In Manage Reviewers, you can scroll down to view the Review Details in order to read the full reviews. This information enables you to complete the form before moving on to the decisions.