DSS Leeds team presented variuos techniques, tips, guidelines and suggestions for searching, applying and presenting at conferences

1. The Art of Conferencing
Where to look for?
How to apply?
Make the most of your experience
Alessandro Biraglia
Vita Kadile
Andreea Bordianu

2. The Art of Conferencing – Where to Look for? 30/04/2013 Slide 2/16
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 Association
Journal of Marketing
Journal of Marketing Research
Journal 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!

10. The Art of Conferencing – Experience 30/04/2013 Slide10/16
BE FOCUSED

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LIST EXPECTATIONS

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STAND OUT

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NETWORK
1. APPROACH PEOPLE
2. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
3. GIVE THINGS
4. DON’T PUSH YOUR AGENDA
5. BE PRESENT + CONNECT
6. 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