Abstract

In this session, we introduce academic conferences and position them as important sites of researcher communication. The session will cover key facets of academic conferencing including pre-conference decisions, as well as strategies for both participating in and presenting at conferences. Our session will conclude by considering some critical questions about the future of academic conferences.

James Burford and Emily F. Henderson work at the University of Warwick. They are the co-founders and current editors of the academic blog Conference Inference and the authors of the book Making Sense of Academic Conferences: Presenting, Participating and Organising (Routledge, 2022).