feat: Add co-speakers support for submissions

This commit implements co-speakers support for conference submissions:

- Add CoSpeaker model to track co-speakers for each submission
- Update GraphQL mutations (sendSubmission and updateSubmission) to accept co-speaker emails
- Automatically create User accounts (without passwords) for new co-speaker emails
- Send email notifications to new co-speakers when added to a submission
- Add validation to limit co-speakers to maximum of 2 per submission
- Add co_speaker_invitation email template identifier with placeholders
- Register CoSpeaker model in Django admin as inline
- Only send emails to newly added co-speakers (not existing ones on update)

The email template includes a placeholder to distinguish whether the user
already had an account or was newly created.

Closes #4521

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Co-Authored-By: Marco Acierno <marcoacierno@users.noreply.github.com>

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backend/api/submissions/mutations.py

@@ -21,15 +21,84 @@
 from i18n.strings import LazyI18nString
 from languages.models import Language
 from participants.models import Participant
-from submissions.models import ProposalMaterial, Submission as SubmissionModel
+from submissions.models import ProposalMaterial, Submission as SubmissionModel, CoSpeaker
 from submissions.tasks import notify_new_cfp_submission
+from users.models import User
 
 from .types import Submission, SubmissionMaterialInput
 
 FACEBOOK_LINK_MATCH = re.compile(r"^http(s)?:\/\/(www\.)?facebook\.com\/")
 LINKEDIN_LINK_MATCH = re.compile(r"^http(s)?:\/\/(www\.)?linkedin\.com\/")
 
 
+def handle_co_speakers(submission, co_speaker_emails, submitter, conference):
+    """
+    Handle co-speakers for a submission.
+    Creates users if they don't exist and sends invitation emails to new co-speakers.
+    """
+    from users.managers import UserManager
+
+    # Get existing co-speakers for this submission
+    existing_co_speakers = set(
+        submission.co_speakers.values_list("user__email", flat=True)
+    )
+    existing_co_speakers_lower = {email.lower() for email in existing_co_speakers}
+
+    # Normalize incoming emails
+    normalized_emails = [email.lower().strip() for email in co_speaker_emails]
+
+    # Find co-speakers to add (new ones)
+    emails_to_add = [
+        email for email in normalized_emails if email not in existing_co_speakers_lower
+    ]
+
+    # Find co-speakers to remove (ones no longer in the list)
+    emails_to_remove = [
+        email for email in existing_co_speakers_lower if email not in normalized_emails
+    ]
+
+    # Remove co-speakers that are no longer in the list
+    if emails_to_remove:
+        CoSpeaker.objects.filter(
+            submission=submission, user__email__in=emails_to_remove
+        ).delete()
+
+    # Add new co-speakers
+    for email in emails_to_add:
+        # Get or create user
+        user = User.objects.filter(email__iexact=email).first()
+        user_already_had_account = user is not None
+
+        if not user:
+            # Create user without password
+            user = User.objects.create_user(email=email, password=None)
+
+        # Create co-speaker relationship
+        CoSpeaker.objects.create(submission=submission, user=user)
+
+        # Send invitation email
+        try:
+            email_template = EmailTemplate.objects.for_conference(
+                conference
+            ).get_by_identifier(EmailTemplateIdentifier.co_speaker_invitation)
+
+            email_template.send_email(
+                recipient=user,
+                placeholders={
+                    "user_name": get_name(user, email),
+                    "proposal_title": submission.title.localize("en"),
+                    "proposal_type": str(submission.type),
+                    "submitter_name": get_name(submitter, submitter.email),
+                    "submitter_email": submitter.email,
+                    "user_already_had_account": "true" if user_already_had_account else "false",
+                },
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            # If email template doesn't exist, skip sending email
+            # This allows the feature to work even if the template hasn't been created yet
+            pass
+
+
 @strawberry.type
 class ProposalMaterialErrors:
     file_id: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
@@ -67,6 +136,8 @@ class _SendSubmissionErrors:
         speaker_facebook_url: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
         speaker_mastodon_handle: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
 
+        co_speaker_emails: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
+
         non_field_errors: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
 
     errors: _SendSubmissionErrors = None
@@ -115,7 +186,7 @@ def multi_lingual_validation(
                         f"{to_text[language]}: Cannot be more than {max_length} chars",
                     )
 
-    def validate(self, conference: Conference):
+    def validate(self, conference: Conference, current_user=None):
         errors = SendSubmissionErrors()
 
         if not self.tags:
@@ -133,6 +204,27 @@ def validate(self, conference: Conference):
         if not self.languages:
             errors.add_error("languages", "You need to add at least one language")
 
+        # Validate co-speaker emails
+        if hasattr(self, "co_speaker_emails") and self.co_speaker_emails:
+            if len(self.co_speaker_emails) > 2:
+                errors.add_error("co_speaker_emails", "You can only add up to 2 co-speakers")
+
+            # Check for duplicate emails
+            seen_emails = set()
+            for email in self.co_speaker_emails:
+                email_lower = email.lower().strip()
+                if email_lower in seen_emails:
+                    errors.add_error("co_speaker_emails", f"Duplicate email: {email}")
+                seen_emails.add(email_lower)
+
+                # Validate email format (basic check)
+                if "@" not in email or "." not in email:
+                    errors.add_error("co_speaker_emails", f"Invalid email format: {email}")
+
+                # Check if user is trying to add themselves as co-speaker
+                if current_user and email_lower == current_user.email.lower():
+                    errors.add_error("co_speaker_emails", "You cannot add yourself as a co-speaker")
+
         self.multi_lingual_validation(errors, conference)
 
         max_lengths = {
@@ -228,6 +320,7 @@ class SendSubmissionInput(BaseSubmissionInput):
     topic: Optional[ID] = strawberry.field(default=None)
     tags: list[ID] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
     do_not_record: bool = strawberry.field(default=False)
+    co_speaker_emails: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
 
 
 @strawberry.input
@@ -259,9 +352,10 @@ class UpdateSubmissionInput(BaseSubmissionInput):
     tags: list[ID] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
     materials: list[SubmissionMaterialInput] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
     do_not_record: bool = strawberry.field(default=False)
+    co_speaker_emails: list[str] = strawberry.field(default_factory=list)
 
-    def validate(self, conference: Conference, submission: SubmissionModel):
-        errors = super().validate(conference)
+    def validate(self, conference: Conference, submission: SubmissionModel, current_user=None):
+        errors = super().validate(conference, current_user)
 
         if self.materials:
             if len(self.materials) > 3:
@@ -303,7 +397,7 @@ def update_submission(
 
         conference = instance.conference
 
-        errors = input.validate(conference=conference, submission=instance)
+        errors = input.validate(conference=conference, submission=instance, current_user=request.user)
 
         if errors.has_errors:
             return errors
@@ -390,6 +484,14 @@ def update_submission(
             },
         )
 
+        # Handle co-speakers
+        handle_co_speakers(
+            submission=instance,
+            co_speaker_emails=input.co_speaker_emails,
+            submitter=request.user,
+            conference=conference,
+        )
+
         trigger_frontend_revalidate(conference, instance)
 
         instance.__strawberry_definition__ = Submission.__strawberry_definition__
@@ -407,7 +509,7 @@ def send_submission(
         if not conference:
             return SendSubmissionErrors.with_error("conference", "Invalid conference")
 
-        errors = input.validate(conference=conference)
+        errors = input.validate(conference=conference, current_user=request.user)
 
         if not conference.is_cfp_open:
             errors.add_error("non_field_errors", "The call for paper is not open!")
@@ -490,6 +592,15 @@ def send_submission(
             },
         )
 
+        # Handle co-speakers
+        if input.co_speaker_emails:
+            handle_co_speakers(
+                submission=instance,
+                co_speaker_emails=input.co_speaker_emails,
+                submitter=request.user,
+                conference=conference,
+            )
+
         def _notify_new_submission():
             notify_new_cfp_submission.delay(
                 submission_id=instance.id,

backend/notifications/models.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class EmailTemplateIdentifier(models.TextChoices):
         "proposal_received_confirmation",
         _("Proposal received confirmation"),
     )
+    co_speaker_invitation = "co_speaker_invitation", _("Co-speaker invitation")
     speaker_communication = "speaker_communication", _("Speaker communication")
 
     voucher_code = "voucher_code", _("Voucher code")
@@ -111,6 +112,15 @@ class EmailTemplate(TimeStampedModel):
             "proposal_title",
             "proposal_url",
         ],
+        EmailTemplateIdentifier.co_speaker_invitation: [
+            *BASE_PLACEHOLDERS,
+            "user_name",
+            "proposal_title",
+            "proposal_type",
+            "submitter_name",
+            "submitter_email",
+            "user_already_had_account",
+        ],
         EmailTemplateIdentifier.grant_approved: [
             *BASE_PLACEHOLDERS,
             "reply_url",

backend/submissions/admin.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 
 from .models import (
+    CoSpeaker,
     ProposalMaterial,
     Submission,
     SubmissionComment,
@@ -213,6 +214,12 @@ class ProposalMaterialInline(admin.TabularInline):
     autocomplete_fields = ("file",)
 
 
+class CoSpeakerInline(admin.TabularInline):
+    model = CoSpeaker
+    extra = 0
+    autocomplete_fields = ("user",)
+
+
 @admin.register(Submission)
 class SubmissionAdmin(ExportMixin, ConferencePermissionMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
     resource_class = SubmissionResource
@@ -276,7 +283,7 @@ class SubmissionAdmin(ExportMixin, ConferencePermissionMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
         send_proposal_in_waiting_list_email_action,
     ]
     autocomplete_fields = ("speaker",)
-    inlines = [ProposalMaterialInline]
+    inlines = [ProposalMaterialInline, CoSpeakerInline]
 
     def change_view(self, request, object_id, form_url="", extra_context=None):
         extra_context = extra_context or {}

backend/submissions/migrations/0031_cospeaker.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2026-01-05 19:22
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import django.utils.timezone
+import model_utils.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('submissions', '0030_submissiontype_is_recordable'),
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='CoSpeaker',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('created', model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField(default=django.utils.timezone.now, editable=False, verbose_name='created')),
+                ('modified', model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField(default=django.utils.timezone.now, editable=False, verbose_name='modified')),
+                ('submission', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='co_speakers', to='submissions.submission', verbose_name='submission')),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='co_speaker_submissions', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, verbose_name='co-speaker')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'verbose_name': 'co-speaker',
+                'verbose_name_plural': 'co-speakers',
+                'unique_together': {('submission', 'user')},
+            },
+        ),
+    ]

backend/submissions/models.py

@@ -284,3 +284,27 @@ class Meta:
         proxy = True
         verbose_name = _("Submission Confirm Pending Status")
         verbose_name_plural = _("Submissions Confirm Pending Status")
+
+
+class CoSpeaker(TimeStampedModel):
+    submission = models.ForeignKey(
+        "submissions.Submission",
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        verbose_name=_("submission"),
+        related_name="co_speakers",
+    )
+
+    user = models.ForeignKey(
+        "users.User",
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        verbose_name=_("co-speaker"),
+        related_name="co_speaker_submissions",
+    )
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.user.email} as co-speaker for {self.submission.title}"
+
+    class Meta:
+        verbose_name = _("co-speaker")
+        verbose_name_plural = _("co-speakers")
+        unique_together = [["submission", "user"]]