The academic conferences provide a platform for postgraduate students and academics to share knowledge and ideas, as well as widen their networking.
Remember to take business cards along and exchange them so you can keep touch afterwards and follow-up on conversations in sharing resources and knowledge.
Best regards,
Debra
Dear @Mohamed, here is one fine resource, as well as some fine research questions related to your question. I do see that you have a few questions regarding conferences.
Academic Conferences: Updating, Networking and Rock n’ Roll!
https://howtopublishinjournals.com/2014/01/06/academic-conferences-updating-networking-and-rock-n-roll/
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_beneficial_is_it_to_participate_in_any_International_National_Conferences_or_Symposiums
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_Scientific_Conferences_be_too_big_to_be_effective
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_role_of_scientific_conferences
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_most_important_to_create_attractive_and_successful_Scientific_Conference
Approach speakers afterwards to discuss their presentations. After giving my first conference presentation, I was approached by a speaker from a different university who has a shared interest in my topic and we have not only kept in touch but have collaborated on an article.
Introduce yourself to people during the breaks etc, and if you know people there already introduce them to your travelling companions/colleagues who might not know them.
Enjoy the atmosphere and be pro-active in talking to others.
The academic conferences are effective way for networking, what are the most important means for networking at conferences?
Some of the means / methods of networking in academic conferences include:
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Linguistics
- Composition Studies
- Publications