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For a long time you have been working in relative isolation. Interactions with the wider academic community have been limited to reading articles in scientific journals and perhaps hearing some anecdotes about other groups from your supervisor or more senior PhD students. Now you are going to meet some of these big-name scientists at your first international conference. Your excitement about the trip is mixed with some apprehension, since presenting your own results was a requirement of attending the conference. You are not just going to listen to the big-name scientists, you will also be participating by reporting something to them.
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
– William James
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Gosling, P., Noordam, B. (2011). Your First International Conference. In: Mastering Your PhD. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15847-6_14
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