Is it good practice to include "future work" in a conference paper after "conlusions"?

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Miranda Yeoh Popular answer

Hello Sami, I would include future work after conclusions for a conference paper because it is highly likely that it can be improved and later published in a journal. Or if I have been discussing limitations of the study, I should include future work and suggest how to overcome the limitations that I cannot do at present. Our work is based on the efforts of others before us, and becomes a basis for new work. Will this help you to decide? Thanks for the question. Cheers.😊

Miranda Yeoh

Sami Awad

Thank you Miranda for your response. You're right the "likelyhood of improvement" is the key.. In this case I shoud include future work.

Many thanks.

Han Ping Fung

Is it good practice to include "future work" in a conference paper after "conclusions"?

You should because:

future work is closely related to your research limitation - if you can pen down your research limitation in the conference paper, you should also include future work / recommendation how you might want to bridge the gap in future.

future work also prompt you to think or offer you a second chance how to redeem yourself / rectify the errors / mistakes in your current research without empirically doing it i.e. sounds like asking you "if you are allowed to re-do the same research again, how you will do it differently?"

reading the future work in your conference paper also offer new opportunities / ideas for other researchers to embark on new research for further knowledge contribution.

Muhibul Haque Bhuyan

I think there should be few suggestions for future works after conclusion but it is not necessary to include it in a separate section.It may be a paragraph in the conclusion section. If you write some suggestions, it signifies that you have understood your limitations or you are aware of possible improving areas or you have alternate idea in your mind as well.

Michael Brückner

Yes, it is.

You can provide directions for peers on how to improve the research reported in the paper. It shows your commitment to advancing your field of study.

This part of your paper is, by the way, a valuablesource for young researchers to collect ideas for their own research projects.

Thank you for your insightful answers. I tend to agree that it is necessary now especially the part limitations and ideas for other researchers.

Thank you Han, Muhibul Haque, and Micheal. I appreciate your answers.

Albert Manfredi

May I be cynical about this? One needs a "future work" section if one wants the research to remain funded. Wouldn't want sponsors or potential sponsors to get the impression you're done, right?

absolutely true.. however in our case the research is not funded at all. But in my case I will keep it anyway. Thanks for your answer.