Category Archives: conference survival tips

going to a huge conference

Posted on April 8, 2019 by pat thomson

I’m at a conference. A huge, utterly ginormous, gobsmackingly giant North American conference. As only the North Americans can do. It takes up a whole downtown conference centre and the meeting rooms of two additional hotels. The five-day conference runs … Continue reading →

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viva? conference presentation? it’s all about the ‘improv’

Posted on August 24, 2017 by pat thomson

So it’s one of those academic occasions when you have to present yourself and your work  – to people who are there to judge you. Think the viva. The interview panel. The first encounter with a new class. The conference … Continue reading →

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travel diary – a mid-conference musing

Posted on December 3, 2014 by pat thomson

I’m in Queensland and it’s hot. As you’d expect in a tropical state -it’s hot but not too humid. I go back to England this coming weekend where it’s not exactly warm, so I am not complaining about high 20C. One … Continue reading →

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conference blog: survival essentials

Posted on September 4, 2014 by pat thomson

So you’ve arrived at the conference venue and you’ve registered. You’ve got your conference bag and had a quick look to find the printed programme. There’s other papers in there too. Publicity leaflets about forthcoming books. Publicity materials about the … Continue reading →

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