The Conference Circuit

In which I sit through a conference panel and do not obtain enlightenment.

Academic conference travel warrants a good credit card.

Why is the keynote speech such a train wreck at most academic conferences?

Balance careful preparation for an initial Q&A with a willingness to abandon those plans and wing it.

Many scientists have strong preferences about whether to give a talk or present a poster.

Presenters should have the right to ask people not to live-tweet, and shouldn’t have to explain their reasons.

We really don’t need another vague list of URLs and book titles from your conference panel.

In an online marketplace, don’t overlook the old-fashioned book exhibit.

How can graduate students make the most of a conference book fair?

Conferences give the opportunity for romantic deception, and conferences take it away.

Given a chance to explore an old passion, an assistant professor learns the rules and realities of a conference romance On a beautiful spring day several years ago, the e-mail message came. I should have expected it, but it still knocked me for a loop. It said, in part, “I really think we should…