{"id":5487,"date":"2019-06-25T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/15-tips-to-prep-you-for-academic-conferences\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T04:52:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T04:52:11","slug":"15-tips-to-prep-you-for-academic-conferences","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/15-tips-to-prep-you-for-academic-conferences","title":{"rendered":"15 Tips to prep you for 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\">Attending academic conferences is an important part of a researcher\u2019s life. You get to meet new people, learn more about your field, exchange ideas, visit new cities, and so much more! Basically, conferences offer loads of opportunities to learn and connect! Since you know already know how beneficial conferences can be for your career, I\u2019m sure most of you must be looking forward to this academic conference season.<\/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\">However, participating in conferences can be overwhelming at times. So while you gear up to attend some exciting ones, let me arm you with some handy tips that will help you gain maximum value from your conference experience. This infographic lists 15 ways of making the most of academic conferences and will be your easy guide this conference season.<\/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><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228844%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\/15%20Tips%20to%20prep%20you%20for%20academic%20conferences_0.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<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\/8-reasons-why-you-should-attend-academic-conferences\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">INFOGRAPHIC: 8 Reasons why you should attend 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.editage.com\/insights\/making-connections-at-international-conferences\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Making connections at international 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.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-network-at-a-conference\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">How to network at a conference<\/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.editage.com\/insights\/8-tips-for-presenting-a-paper-at-an-academic-conference\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">8 Tips for presenting a paper at an academic conference<\/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.editage.com\/insights\/9-tips-for-presenting-at-an-academic-conference\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">9 Tips for presenting at an academic conference<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-5487","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>15 Tips to prep you for academic conferences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Academic conferences offer researchers loads of opportunities to learn and connect. 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