Refining the conference experience for junior scientists in the wake of climate change

2020/02/18 by R. Johnson, Johnson, Ruth, Andrada Fiscutean +3
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Conferences and Exhibitions Management #Delphi Technique in Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2002.12268

openalex publication_date 2020/02/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

With the ever-increasing carbon footprint associated with conferences, scientists can learn to refine their conference experiences when they do need to travel. We offer insight on how to optimize the conference experience through attending speaker sessions, giving presentations, and networking.

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