Conferences
Conferences on a small budget: the funding exists, and much of it goes unclaimed
Travel awards are frequently undersubscribed because most people never look for them.
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Conferences
Conferences
Conference abstracts: written months early, so promise only what you will have
The abstract is due long before the work is finished, which is exactly where the trap is.
Presenting and Speaking
Chairing a session: your job is time and access, not commentary
A chair who talks too much takes time from the people the audience came to hear.
Conferences
Choosing conferences: pick where your readers are, not where the biggest crowd is
A small specialist meeting often does more for a career than a large general one.
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Poster sessions: the poster starts the conversation, it does not replace it
A poster crammed with text does the opposite of its job — it makes people read instead of talk.