The age of the Twitter conference

Avery‐Gomm, Stephanie; Hammer, Sjúrður; Humphries, Grant R. W.

doi:10.1126/science.352.6292.1404-b

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“…New formats, such as online conferences and recording and sharing talks, can contribute to achieve this goal (Avery‐Gomm et al. ). Publication of presented material makes conference presentations available not only to the scientific community but also to the general public.…”

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“…However, there is a great value in making conference communications permanent and increasing their reach so that those who are unable to attend become aware of the presented material. New formats, such as online conferences and recording and sharing talks, can contribute to achieve this goal (Avery-Gomm et al 2016). Publication of presented material makes conference presentations available not only to the scientific community but also to the general public.…”

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From conference abstract to publication in the conservation science literature

Arregoitia

González‐Suárez

2019

Conservation Biology

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Every 2 years, the conservation community comes together at The Society for Conservation Biology's International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) to share new developments in conservation science and practice. Publication of findings presented at conferences in scientific journals adds to the permanent record and helps increase the potential impact of the work presented. However, quantitative research on publication rates for meetings relevant to conservation is lacking. For the 25th ICCB, (Auckland, New Zealand in 2011), we examined study publication rates and presenter demographics, recorded titles, number of authors, presenter affiliations, gender, country of the study region, publication status, and elapsed time between presentation and publication. Of the 980 contributions (782 talks and 198 posters), 587 (60%) were published as peer‐reviewed journal articles or book chapters. Mean time to publication was 13.7 months for all presentation abstracts and 21.3 months excluding abstracts with corresponding articles that were published before the meeting. The gender breakdown of presenters was almost even (53% male, 47% female), but representation of the countries where the presenting authors were based was skewed. The political units with the most contributions were by far the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Presenters based in 16 different English‐speaking countries made up 74% of the total sample, but this did not influence the likelihood of their abstract leading to a publication. Examination of conference presenters and publication of their presentations is useful to identify biases and potential challenges that need to be addressed to make conference communications permanent and increase their reach beyond conference attendees.

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From conference abstract to publication in the conservation science literature

Arregoitia

González‐Suárez

2019

Conservation Biology

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“…Fully streaming conferences (beyond video-conferencing select talks) can be made feasible without many significant additional resources, and can also be accompanied by online (e.g. Slack) discussions and successful Twitter (poster) conferences (68)(69)(70)(71). Participants can also record and upload videos of their presentations that are posted to the conference website.…”

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Evaluating features of scientific conferences: A call for improvements

Sarabipour

Khan

Seah

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Scientific conferences provide valuable opportunities for researchers across career stages and disciplines to present their latest work and to network with their peers. The advent of the internet has opened new possibilities for interaction, collaboration and networking, yet the uptake of tools enabling remote participation at scientific meetings has been slow. Academic conferences have become more international with high proliferation in the number of meetings and attendees, but the format and quality of their organization lags behind what is possible. As a result, the experience of attending conferences in many disciplines today is not appreciably different in many respects. A few conferences in some disciplines have recently implemented valuable changes for the community and have become more receptive to attendees with families. Many meetings could still be improved significantly in terms of diversity, inclusivity, promoting early career researcher (ECR) networking and career development, venue accessibility, and more importantly, reducing the meetings' carbon footprint. These issues are openly visible and to some extent discussed among researchers on social media. It is important to accelerate and mandate these efforts so that researchers in all disciplines, in particular ECRs, consistently benefit from scientific gatherings, for years to come. We examined the current state of over 200 national and international academic meetings in various disciplines for key features of inclusivity and sustainability and propose solutions to make conferences more modern, effective, equitable and intellectually productive for the research community and environmentally sustainable for our planet.

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“…Leaving aside the options of virtual conferencing (8,9), there are several cheap and easy solutions available to reduce the negative environmental impact of conferences. These include offset programs, sustainable and zero-waste catering, and carbon neutral venues.…”

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