COVID-19's Indirect Attack on Women
EMBL will hold a virtual conference, 'The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in science: Challenges and solutions' on 9 September.
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Biogen Conference Likely Led to 20,000 COVID-19 Cases in Boston Area, Researchers Say
Biogen Conference Likely Led to 20,000 COVID-19 Cases in Boston Area, Researchers Say
A new study shows the Biogen conference held at Boston's Marriott Long Wharf hotel in February played a far greater role in spreading the coronavirus than previously thought.
#ECRWednesday Webinar: Reforming Academic Conferences
Join this month's webinar to hear what could be done to reform the conference experience for both organisers and participants.
'Loving the Minimal FOMO': First Major Physics Conference to Go Virtual Sees Record Attendance
'Loving the Minimal FOMO': First Major Physics Conference to Go Virtual Sees Record Attendance
The American Physical Society held its massive April Meeting online because of coronavirus - and registrations soared.
Open-Access-Days 2020 in Bielefeld: At home but open
Due to the confusing situation in the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers have decided that the Open-Access-Tage 2020 will not be held as an on-site event in Bielefeld.
Point of View: Mitigating the Impact of Conference and Travel Cancellations on Researchers' Futures
Point of View: Mitigating the Impact of Conference and Travel Cancellations on Researchers' Futures
As the scientific community adapts to new working conditions in response to the growing pandemic, early-career researchers recommend actions to help lessen the unintended consequences of canceled conferences.
Conference on "Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust in Science"
Conference on "Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust in Science"
This new meeting at the Wellcome Genome Campus will bring together an international audience of researchers motivated to improve the robustness of scientific research.
Coronavirus Fears Cancel World's Biggest Physics Meeting
Physicists who were set to attend the American Physical Society's Denver conference are using virtual platforms to share their talks.
Coronavirus Just Caused the American Physical Society to Cancel Its Biggest Meeting of the Year
Coronavirus Just Caused the American Physical Society to Cancel Its Biggest Meeting of the Year
Last-minute move causes chaos for thousands of researchers
Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages
Exhausting, expensive, and exclusive, these conferences needs to be modernized. The future of science depends on it.
Seven Steps to Make Travel to Scientific Conferences More Sustainable
Seven Steps to Make Travel to Scientific Conferences More Sustainable
Researchers should learn to travel better to mitigate their climate impacts. Institutions can help by facilitating and rewarding sustainable travel behaviour, rather than fuelling the pressure to attend conferences, say Olivier Hamant, Timothy Saunders and Virgile Viasnoff.
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized.
Open Science Day - EPF Lausanne
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of EPFL, the important topic of open and reproducible science is given the place it deserves.
Researchers Meet Innovators
In this 2-day meeting participants will learn how to contribute to innovation covering a large variety of roles in the value chain.
Towards Persistent Identification of Conferences
Conference talks are a key element in scholarly communication. It is the primary mechanism for sharing research results and getting feedback. However, conferences in most disciplines never reached the same level of maturity as traditional journal publications in terms of quality management, which led to challenges like fraudulent conferences. There is need for a better control mechanism that can deliver credible information about conferences.
Tired of Male-dominated Meetings, Leading Cancer Conference Makes Nearly All of Its Speakers Women
Tired of Male-dominated Meetings, Leading Cancer Conference Makes Nearly All of Its Speakers Women
October meeting in Germany reverses the usual gender ratio
Crowdfunding Science Festival 2018
Celebrating Science Booster - Switzerland's only platform for science crowdfunding.
The Art of Crafting Conferences
The benefits and challenges of three approaches to scientific meetings.
OpenCon2018 Switzerland
The first OpenCon satellite event in Switzerland will take place on September 21-22 at the SNSF in Bern. Registrations are open until the end of August.
How to Get the Most Out of a Conference
It helps to choose the right scholarly meeting and to swallow your discomfort with schmoozing.
No Women No Panel Campaign
The No Women No Panel Campaign initiated by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has been supported and reiterated by several of her colleagues from the European Commission. She committed to ensuring at least one other woman is part of panels she is invited to speak at.
STEMM Equality Congress, Amsterdam - Oct 2018
STEMM Equality Congress (SEC) is an annual two day event that looks at ways of addressing equality and diversity in STEMM through policy, practice and collaboration. 2018's Congress will be held in Amsterdam.
Transforming Research, in the Face of Uncertainty, Scarcity, and Bias
Last week's Transforming Research conference in Baltimore, MD, gathered a range of speakers across the academic and professional spectrum.
Seven Things I Learned at the 8th International Peer Review Congress
Here's a brief summary of some key takeaways from this year's Peer Review Congress, held every four years. A talk by the Swiss National Science Foundation was especially enjoyed.
The 8th Olympiad of Research on Science & Publishing Begins
Once every 4 years editors, publishers, and meta-researchers assemble in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress - an intense researchfest about "enhancing the quality and credibility of science".
International Conference on Research for Development
5–8 September 2017, Bern, Switzerland
Evidence-Informed Policy Making
Feeding high-quality evidence into policy making remains difficult, but is essential for improving public interventions.
Open Science Fair 2017
Open Science Fair 2017 is having its first opening international conference in Athens, Greece, 6-8 September 2017.
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