Evaluating features of scientific conferences: A call for improvements


January 18, 2021

Scientific conferences provide valuable opportunities for researchers across career stages and disciplines to present their latest work, and to network with their peers. This research finds that many meetings could still be improved significantly in terms of diversity, inclusivity, promoting early career researcher (ECR) networking and career development and venue accessibility. Read the full paper on bioRxiv here. 

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