Are scientific meetings merely aimed at thrashing out hot topics of research for future projects?
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A well prepared conference provides an opportunity for researchers from different backgrounds to meet and discuss their ideas . The social interaction is important as well to break away from routine lab work . It is important for young researchers to meet and interact with well established scientists . I think a conference or two a year is part of the life of people engaged in research .
Well, there are two schools of thought regarding conferences and conference proceedings... whilst some would believe that the conferences are the place where researchers find like-minded people and it would generate some important work from there... others would believe that it is a waste of time.
I can share my own experience - I have been lucky to be given the necessary funding while doing my PhD to attend conferences one of them was held at Cambridge University - that brought the woooow factor - and allowed me to be introduced to those who might be of the same mindset in relation to my research.
Unfortunately, it seems conferences are becoming too many and some without any proceedings, which is limiting funding from universities and limiting the benefits of such great forum of exchanging ideas and being introduced to people from the same lines of research.
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Theodora Issa
Depends on the conference. I once presented at Cambridge Uniiversity at a conference. It was a wonderful opportunity to publish an article in London in a reputable journal. Yet, we doctors should not go on the road everywhere. Our reputations could be at stake.
I totally agree with you Jose we should not go anywhere, but I believe those scholars who have just established conferences without the proper preparation for a conference, and without the proper ranking... Need to be aware of the damage they do...
A well prepared conference provides an opportunity for researchers from different backgrounds to meet and discuss their ideas . The social interaction is important as well to break away from routine lab work . It is important for young researchers to meet and interact with well established scientists . I think a conference or two a year is part of the life of people engaged in research .
Lately, we tend to get so many so called 'invitations' to present our research work to eminent doctors,scientists and professors at international conferences rotatingly held across the globe by some 'high-powered' bodies which appear to be some kind of 'event management' business bodies headed by highly qualified academia, charging more than handsome registration fees. What impact such expensive opportunities shall have is not understandable.
I went to two conferences, one of them was just today !! I have met some interesting people but all in all, nothing compares to publishing your work in a good journal !!
Ali - are publishing a paper in a journal, & attending a conference not two completely different things? For me, conferences are where I 'take part' - I speak, introduce topics to like-minded people, discuss issues & network. Anything I present is a 'conference contribution' & I do not regard it as a publication (in the sense of a CV category). It does though show I interact & contribute to my field. A paper however says (rightly or wrongly) that my work has been peer-reviewed & accepted for dissemination at (insert IF) X level. I see these as two different things & whilst we get intrinsic reward for being 'accepted', the journal paper is the one that many link to extrinsic recognition. Funnily though, there is a third type of motivator for doing something & that is the reward of the thing itself - so simply delivering the presentation, visiting the place, getting your thoughts on paper, may also play a role in determining which you choose.
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