  MiniConf is a framework for hosting virtual academic conferences motivated by
the sudden inability for these events to be hosted globally. The framework is
designed to be global and asynchronous, interactive, and to promote browsing
and discovery. We developed the system to be sustainable and maintainable, in
particular ensuring that it is open-source, easy to setup, and scalable on
minimal hardware. In this technical report, we discuss design decisions,
provide technical detail, and show examples of a case study deployment.
