{"id":5485,"date":"2019-05-31T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T12:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/8-reasons-why-you-should-attend-academic-conferences\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T10:00:11","slug":"8-reasons-why-you-should-attend-academic-conferences","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/8-reasons-why-you-should-attend-academic-conferences","title":{"rendered":"8 Reasons why you should attend academic conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">The academic conference season is here and I\u2019m sure many of you might be looking forward to attending some great conferences. If not, let me give you a few reasons why you should be attending them. Academic conferences are a great place to meet new people, exchange ideas, and build strong professional relationships. Being a part of conferences can enhance your knowledge and open doors to exciting career opportunities. And that\u2019s not all. Here\u2019s an infographic that lists 8 reasons why you should attend academic conferences.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Feel free to download a PDF version of this infographic and use it as a handy reference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228419%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/8%20Reasons%20why%20you%20should%20present%20at%20academic%20conferences.png\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/why-attend-scientific-conferences\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Why attend scientific conferences?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>References:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalacademicinstitute.com\/8-reasons-to-attend-international-academic-conferences\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">8 Reasons to attend international academic conferences<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exordo.com\/blog\/guide-to-academic-conferences\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Your complete guide to academic conferences<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2404],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5485","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-promoting-your-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 Reasons why you should attend academic conferences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are 8 reasons why you should attend academic conferences.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/8-reasons-why-you-should-attend-academic-conferences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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