Tips for Chairing a Plenary Session at Academic Conferences
What is a Plenary Session?
You’ve been invited to chair the plenary session at an academic conference. It is scheduled to take place at the top of the conference agenda, and will…
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Where Will the Next Great Research Breakthroughs Come From?
Whether your benchmark for "solitary genius" is Shakespeare, Austen, Newton, Goodall, Darwin, Einstein, Franklin, Picasso, or Da Vinci, there is a certain romanticism to the notion…
How to Find a Research Collaborator
It’s a Lot Like Dating
You may not need to resort to Match.com or eHarmony.com, but the process of finding a collaborator for your research study can be just as nerve racking.…
How Do I Explain My Academic Work to All Audiences?
Academics are constantly asked to explain their research to colleagues, at conferences, in interviews, sometimes even to our grandmothers! Of course, being able to give a highly…
How to Recognize a Good Academic Conference
Location
Just as in real estate, where the conference is being held can carry more weight than the content being presented:
Too exotic could be tough to get approved—Bora…