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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
10 tips for first time conference attendees
If you haven't been to a conference before and you're planning to attend one soon, then today we're sharing some tips to make your first conference experience better: Download the Conference Monkey Directory - 6 Month Conference List
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- Posted 6 years ago
Conference Testimonials - Charles Kalinzi from Uganda
INOMICS supports students and researchers in attending conferences with a €500 grant Hear their perspectives on attending conferences and what advice they have to give other academics.
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- Posted 6 years ago
5 Top Speakers in Health Conferences
If you're thinking about attending a conference, then as well as the location and the scale of the event, you should be sure to check out who the keynote speakers are. A keynote speaker can be inspiring to everyone in attendance at a conference, and as well as learning about new research or recent developments in the field, you'll have the opportunity to discuss and debate with your fellow conference attendees. The keynote speech sets the tone for the conference, so a great keynote speaker can lift an entire event.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
5 Top Speakers in Engineering Conferences
When you're attending a conference, you know that having the right speakers can make the experience truly productive and memorable. A great speaker can inspire discussion and debate as well as teaching you about a new topic. Here are five of the best speakers for engineering conferences: James McLurkin
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- Posted 6 years ago
5 Top Speakers in Economics Conferences
The right speaker can turn a standard conference into something truly memorable. Attending an event with a famous or well-regarded keynote speaker can be a great way to learn more about the latest developments in your field and to see what issues are currently being debated. Plus, a great speaker will be entertaining and engaging, giving you a whole new enthusiasm for your work. If you're hoping to get inspired by a great conference speaker in the field of economics, here are five of the very best speakers in the field: 1. Daniel Kahneman
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
Tips for conference organisers: How to choose a good venue for conferences
If you're thinking about organising a conference or workshop, then there are a ton of different issues for you to consider. Who will your speakers be? How many people will you invite? How far ahead do you need to start planning? There's a lot to keep in mind!
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
Tips for conference organizers: How to invite top speakers to your conference
When you're organising a conference, you know that you want the top speakers from your field to attend. But how can you maximise the chances that they will accept your invitation? Give plenty of notice
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
How to arrange appointments during conferences
As well as being opportunities to meet new people, to network, and to hear about the latest research in your field, conferences are attended by people from all around the world. If you need to arrange a meeting with a researcher who is based in another country, then conferences are good locations to use as you'll both be in the same place at the same time. What sort of meetings might you arrange during conferences? We'll discuss this in today's article.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Should I attend conferences outside of my field?
There are hundreds of conferences held all over the world on all sorts of different topics. You probably know which the big conferences in your field are, and maybe you've attended them in the past. But if you work in an interdisciplinary setting, or if your work has crossover with another field, you might be wondering – should I attend conferences outside of my field? Today, we'll discuss the pros and cons of this, and at the end we'll share some tips for how to prepare for a conference when you're new to the field. Pros of attending conferences outside of your field:
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
How to manage your time during conferences
Conferences can be great career boosters and good fun to attend, but they can also be chaotic, rushed, and rather intimidating. If you are someone who struggles with time management, you may find the conference days difficult to navigate. To help with this, try these tips on managing you time during conferences:
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
5 types of people you will meet at conferences
Ahh, conferences: the best chance to see the many diverse characters of academia in one room. And yet, you always seem to bump into the same sorts of people at these events. If you've attended a conference, you've surely met each of these people:
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
4 Business Card Mistakes That Ruin Networking Opportunities
Most of us have a story about a first date that seemed to go well, yet the person never called us back. It's often a guessing game trying to figure out what you did wrong. Did you talk too much? Get food stuck in your teeth? Have bad breath? It's an uncomfortable experience—and it isn't isolated to romantic relationships. Every researcher has met a potential collaborator or client at a conference, presented them with a business card… and never heard from them again. If your networking connections are ghosting you, it's easy to get stuck wondering what's wrong.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
When should I start attending conferences?
When you are working as an academic, attending conferences is an important part of your job. Attending a conference allows you to present your work to the academic community, to hear about the latest research by others in your field, and to network with fellow researchers to help expand your knowledge and promote your career.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
4 Reasons a Conference Binder Makes an Unforgettable Presentation
Your research is finished, and you can't wait to present your latest discovery at an upcoming conference. Unfortunately, organizing your findings has been a nightmare. It's tough deciding how to best present a project to people who know little about it—especially when you know every single angle.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
5 biggest struggles when applying for conferences
Ahh, conferences. They can be deeply informative and a lot of fun – but they can be a headache too! One point of pain in attending conferences is the application stage, where you send off an abstract of your work together with information about yourself and hope to be allotted a poster presentation or a coveted talk. If you're applying for conferences and finding this to be a stressful experience, don't worry, you're not alone! Here are five of the biggest struggles that academics face when applying for conferences.
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- Posted 6 years ago
Meet the Winner of the ESD Conference Invitation
Conference Monkey is proud to introduce the winner of the ESD Conference Invitation. Conference Monkey invited one lucky participant to our partner conference, Economics and Social Development Conference, which took place in Prague. Meet Elmira Mirguseinova from Lithuania. 1. Could you introduce your academic background?
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- Posted 6 years ago
5 Best Cities for Conferences
Trying to choose a conference? Not sure where to go? Here are our tips for five of the best cities in which to attend a conference.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 7 years ago
How to Revamp Your Company Logo in 2017
The new year is well underway, but there’s still plenty of time to update your brand image in 2017—starting with a redesigned logo. Creating a cool new logo is a great way to show customers …
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 reasons why your paper got rejected from a conference
When you want to present your work at a conference, either as a poster or as a presentation, then you need to first submit an abstract. A committee from the conference will go through all the abstracts and choose some of them to be presented at the conference. So there are times when you will be not be invited to present your work at the conference. But why is this? What leads to your paper being rejected from a conference? Here are five reasons that this might happen.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to properly cite your conference paper
One of the great things about attending conferences is getting to learn about the latest and most cutting-edge research before its published in journals or books. You can hear authors presenting their newest work, sometimes even before their experiments or data collection are complete. This information is very interesting to have, however, it is also more speculative than published work as it has not been peer-reviewed or edited. For this reason, it's important to be clear when you cite a conference paper, so that your audience can see that the work has not been peer-reviewed. To help with this, here's a guide on citing conference papers.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 Tips to improve your experience at conferences
1.Talk to people you don't know as well as those you do Conferences are, among other things, a great place to catch up with friends and fellow academics working in your field. If you've been in academia for a while then it's likely that you'll bump into some people you already know at a conference, or maybe you'll even arrange a meetup with friends beforehand. It's good to keep in touch and to have an excuse to get together socially with your colleagues. However, don't forget to make time for speaking to new people too. Not only will this help you hear new ideas and new perspectives, it will also help you to grow your professional network. So make an effort to talk to some new faces as well as catching up with friends.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to write an abstract for conference paper
If you want to get your work out to the academic community before you publish it, then presenting at a conference is an excellent opportunity. When you give a talk or present a poster to a conference audience, you can share your work, gather feedback and new ideas from other attendees, and raise your own profile as a researcher.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to choose the right conference for me
With so many great conferences being held every year, it can be hard to decide which you should attend. Most researchers have a limited budget for conference travel, so it's important to pick your conferences wisely. But how do you know which conference is right for you and for your career? Here are five factors to consider when choosing a conference to attend.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to Wisely Plan a Budget for Conference Trip
Planning a budget for a conference trip is fairly straight forward, but if this is your first conference then you need some basic information to help you with your planning. Here are some tips on how you can plan your budget.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Top Economics Conferences 2016/17
Are you looking for a great economics conference? Here we list some of the top economics events taking place 2016/17.
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