The Art of Conferencing

Where to look for?How to apply?

Make the most of your experience

Alessandro BiragliaVita Kadile

Andreea Bordianu

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The first opportunities for presenting to a conference are available at the University of

Leeds or in partner institutions

Leeds University Business School

Doctoral Conference

White Rose Spring Doctoral Conference

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There are databases you can subscribe to receive alerts or to look for forthcoming

events:

Conferencealerts.com

Allconferences.com

However they are often full of initiatives not actually relevant for your specific topic, maybe

not reporting the best ones

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Another option can be looking for conferences linked to a journal or an academy/society that

are relevant for your topic

American Marketing AssociationJournal of Marketing

Journal of Marketing ResearchJournal of international Marketing

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Strategic Management Journal

Society of Consumer Psychology

Strategic Management Society

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Another option is to ask about conferences to members of your division (supervisor, other

academics, older colleagues)

Remember: your research can be related to more than one discipline. This being “on the

fence” increases the number of possible good conferences you can apply to.

Also, if your topic is very relevant for practitioners (or you need to network with

them) you might consider a business convention rather than an academic

conference (but be aware of the limitations this might bring with itself)

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A couple of tips:

1.Consider the possibility of presenting your research to doctoral colloquium sessions. Many conferences provide

this session before the actual starting date and they often offer bursaries to attend the main conference as

well.

2. Pick your conference also on the basis of the location. Remember: networking is a

funny activity as well!

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General advice on Application process:

Check conference tracks (whichever fits better for your paper)

Check deadlines and dates (both for proposal / abstract / full paper submission and actual conference, as well as fees)

Check submission guidelines! and process (structure, word / page limit, graphical materials, references etc.)

Strategic Management Conference

Association of Consumer Research Conference

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

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General advice on Application process:

Before submitting:

- check for examples of submissions or past papers- get you paper peer-reviewed (colleagues/staff)- proof reading- make sure this paper hasn’t been published anywhere yet (other conferences or journal publications)- check copyright information of the particular conference - do not submit the same paper to several conferences!

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Submission Complete

ACCEPTED REJECTED

- Registration deadline! - Use reviewers’ comments - Full paper submission - Obtain additional reviews deadline! - Ask for help - Fees (funding)! - Check past papers - Practice presentation (with colleagues, divisional TRY AGAIN! staff) - White Rose Annual Doctoral Conference!

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BE FOCUSED

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LIST EXPECTATIONS

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STAND OUT

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NETWORK1. APPROACH PEOPLE2. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY3. GIVE THINGS 4. DON’T PUSH YOUR AGENDA5. BE PRESENT + CONNECT6. DON’T MAKE FAKE PROMISES 7. FOLLOW UP & KEEP IN TOUCH

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PREPARE WELL

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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

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HAVE FUN AND DON’T EAT TOO MUCH