However, at the same time I think it would be very good for me professionally - it's a national conference and in one of my research interest areas. I'm a third-year grad student and I've already presented at two national conferences this year, both on my dissertation research, and this third one would be about a side project.
I'm also going to be in a much smaller conference in February hosted by my department at my home university. Do you think there is a point where conference presentations are overkill? Does having more actually cheapen the value somehow, or do you think it's a situation of "the more the better"? Not to stroke everyone's egos but for genuine feedback Thanks!
I went to one first semester and I'll be at another one this semester, plus the grad student conference my school is putting on, which I'm required to present at. I feel like this is easily doable for me, since I'm not putting in a huge amount of extra work to get my presentations ready.
I have been on course to do about 1 a year. Great for networking and all that but I don't think it matters too much. I'm in the 3rd year of my PhD, and I've done conferences per year.
I try to mix it up between solo papers, co-authored papers, and roundtables. I've never done a poster session. I did 1 in and 5 in as an undergrad.
Besides that, though, I'm not planning on presenting a paper or poster this year as it's my first year in my PhD program and all my research prior to this is not relevant to my current research projects. How can people afford so much travel? I don't think I'd be able to get enough funding for more than one per year My university gives a small travel grant to a student who has a paper accepted at a conference just one grant per school year.
Additional conferences are paid for out of my pocket, so I try to select ones that are relatively close to where I live and don't require a plane ticket perhaps just train, or carpool with others who are attending the same conference. I also cut corners on hotels when I can e. I've also gone to conferences where I just go for the day on which I'm presenting, thus only having to stay overnight once, rather than for multiple days but then you're sacrificing attending the rest of the conference, so it's a trade-off.
You could also look into grad student conferences run by students, for students at other universities close to where you're located. The fees are usually cheap if not completely free and it's a good chance to meet other grad students in your field plus it's an excuse to chat with professors from other universities. University, department, and if necessary advisor's funds. I only paid for 2 out of my 6 presentations so far out of pocket. I also got lucky on two of my presentations because I presented a poster at a pre-conference sub-society of a larger more general society and the parent conference with only a small marginal cost.
I typically attend 2 conferences per year though not this year because I'm overseas doing fieldwork. The regional conference offers funding to student presenters, which I've always been successful at getting. And, because it's regional, there are usually cheap flights or I can drive there. For the national conference, I use a combination of personal, departmental, and grad association funds to pay for as much as possible.
To save on expenses, I always try to stay with friends or, if that's not possible, split a room with others to cut down on the cost.
No expenses at all. My colleagues presented our joint work in 3 other conferences: we got partial funding from two conference and one was invited. I'll also go on a research trip over the summer, the funding for that will come from a university-internal grant.
Beyond that I'll have to either pay my own way or apply for outside funding sources. I don't know if the expected number of presentations ramps up with each increasing year of grad school but.. I've been encouraged by my professors to do at least one student conference usually one held by the uni and a professional conference.
I start grad school in the Fall, so I expect that in my first year 2 will be expected from me.. So, I choose my conferences carefully. They are based on two questions I ask myself: 1 will my intellectual tribe be there? Don't you? I attend every year and sometimes an extra one where I'm not presenting. As a pre-tenure faculty member in an interdisciplinary program, I don't have a lot of opportunities to engage with others in my area of research.
So, conferences are very important for me in terms of getting feedback on my work, networking, and finding out about what others are up to and how their work is received by others in the audience.
However, I'm in a good position to go a-conferencing: I have very good funding, I'm single with no children, and I often piggyback a short vacation onto one of my conference visits. In the summer of , there two conferences that I'm planning to attend, both in the South of France and about 3 weeks apart. I foresee a nice vacation in there…. This year I haven't done any so far too busy but I have started applying again. The trip out took me twelve hours thanks to a four hour layover in Pearson Airport and the trip back took eight hours.
I left Alberta Saturday night and arrived home at 6am on Sunday. The topic of conferences has cropped up here multiple times. There have been posts and responses that discuss the ethics and practicality of recycling conference papers.
Lately, I have been wondering how many is too many? Like the author of this article and the author of this one I am of the mind that conferences are a great way to get a sense of your field, especially as a graduate student. This was made possible both by my mentors who build conference travel funding into their RA budgets, as well as my choice to attend association conferences like ACCUTE which offer travel support for graduate students.
But, if I really wanted to attend a conference and felt like it was going to be useful for my professional development I paid for it myself. Though I am still in a contract position I am qualified to apply for some conference travel support through my university. Graduate students are typically afraid to take on regular faculty in such forums.
Conferences enhance academic profiles. Conference presentations are included on your CV. In some fields, peer-reviewed conference presentations are important additions to your scholarly record.
Once again, only slightly true. Then I stopped going to them entirely for several years, and it made no difference: I actually got more contract work. Teaching experience and publications are what count. Conferences are just schmooze-fests. I have been accepted to speak at a high profile conference in the States and applied on a whim to do so.
It was to my delight that I was accepted, and the idea that we as grad students underestimate our own work and originality really resonated. Like anything, it is what you make it. They can help propel your career. What about attending graduate student conferences?
If it is, the leading scholars will be there, as will potential collaborators. The major conferences also tend to offer professional development workshops for graduate students, which can be extremely helpful.
Does the conference publish any portion of its proceedings? On a CV, publications generally trump conference presentations, so presenting at a conference that will publish your paper — especially if there is peer review involved — is an efficient use of your time.
Does the conference offer awards to the best paper? Again, awards do wonders for CVs, so look for conferences where you have a chance to win one. Does the conference offer funding for graduate students travelling from afar?
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