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Evaluating features of scientific conferences: A call for improvements
bioRxiv - Scientific Communication and Education Pub Date : 2021-01-18 , DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.02.022079
Sarvenaz Sarabipour , Aziz Khan , Samantha Seah , Aneth D. Mwakilili , Fiona N. Mumoki , Pablo J. Sáez , Benjamin Schwessinger , Humberto J. Debat , Tomislav Mestrovic

Scientific conferences provide valuable opportunities for researchers across career stages and disciplines to present their latest work and to network with their peers. These meetings have largely been held in-person with rapid proliferation in the number of meetings and attendees. Yet the format and quality of their organization lag behind what is possible and as a result the current experience of attending conferences in many disciplines remains unchanged in many respects. We created a database of 270 national and international academic conferences held in-person during 2018-2019 in various disciplines and examined them for their features, costs and impact on the community. We found that many meetings could still be improved significantly in terms of diversity inclusivity promoting early career researcher (ECR) networking and career development venue accessibility and importantl reducing the meetings carbon footprint. It is important to accelerate and mandate efforts to improve conferences so that researchers in all disciplines in particular ECRs consistently benefit from scientific gatherings, for years to come. We discuss a combination of approaches and recommendations to make conferences more modern effective equitable and intellectually productive for the research community and environmentally sustainable for our planet.

中文翻译:

评估科学会议的功能:呼吁改进

科学会议为跨职业阶段和学科的研究人员提供了宝贵的机会,以展示他们的最新工作并与同行交流。这些会议大部分是当面举行的,会议和与会者的数量迅速增加。然而,其组织的形式和质量落后于可能的范围,因此,当前参加许多学科会议的经验在许多方面都保持不变。我们创建了一个数据库,其中包含2018-2019年各学科亲自举行的270个国家和国际学术会议,并检查了它们的功能,成本以及对社区的影响。我们发现许多会议在多样性包容性方面仍可得到显着改善,从而促进早期职业研究人员(ECR)的网络和职业发展场所的可访问性,并重要地减少了会议的碳足迹。重要的是要加快并授权改善会议的努力,以便在未来几年中,各个学科的研究人员,尤其是ECR,始终如一地受益于科学聚会。我们讨论方法和建议的组合,以使会议对研究界更现代,更有效,更公平,更富有知识,对我们星球的环境可持续发展。重要的是要加快并授权改善会议的努力,以便在未来几年中,各个学科的研究人员,尤其是ECR,始终如一地受益于科学聚会。我们讨论方法和建议的组合,以使会议对研究界更现代,更有效,更公平,更富有知识,对我们星球的环境可持续发展。重要的是要加快并授权改善会议的努力,以便在未来几年中,各个学科的研究人员,尤其是ECR,始终如一地受益于科学聚会。我们讨论方法和建议的组合,以使会议对研究界更现代,更有效,更公平,更富有知识,对我们星球的环境可持续发展。
更新日期:2021-01-19
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