Multi-program scheduling platform with priority tiers

A scheduling platform for a plurality of event programs, comprising:

• a program calendar mechanism for generating a program calendar for each event program including a user interface that enables a respective program administrator to select a respective priority tier for each of a set of event slots in the respective event program from among a set of predetermined priority tiers depicted in the respective user interface;
• a dashboard mechanism for generating an administrator dashboard for each program administrator including a user interface that enables the respective program administrator to select a respective priority tier for each of a set of schedulees of the respective event program from among the predetermined priority tiers;
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• a schedulee calendar mechanism for generating a respective schedulee calendar for each schedulee by merging the event slots of the event programs into the schedulee calendars in response to the priority tiers of the event slots and the priority tiers of the schedulees such that, for each event slot, each schedulee calendar allows the respective schedulee to schedule the event slot only if the priority tier assigned to the event slot by the respective program administrator of the event slot matches the priority tier assigned to the respective schedulee by the respective program administrator of the event slot.