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Why do we pay to present at conferences?
I recently presented at a conference abroad (my first one), and the entry fee was $50 USD. Now, as this was my first conference, the concept of paying to present at a conference is still a foreign one ...
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Why don't most academic conferences make their budget publicly available?
I wonder why most academic conferences don't make their budget publicly available.
Making budgets publicly available could help explain high conference fees (which attendees often complain about), ...
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Is it ok to show up to a conference without registering if I don't eat any meals?
I'm planning to attend a prestigious conference in computer science. The registration fees are very high (~150$ per day). I'm presenting as well, but on a co-located event directly after the main ...
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Why are the registration fees for academic conferences so high?
I was actually thinking about submitting one of my papers in a conference which is to be held in Spain (LATA 2014) but alas I might not be able to do so since the registration fees for this conference ...
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Do conference organizers make a good profit?
I was shocked to learn that the participation fee for a large annual European conference almost didn't change when the host country changed from one of the most expensive Western European countries to ...
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Should a speaker attend a conference where he/she is required to pay their own registration fee?
I have been accepted to present a paper at a conference in a recognised university.
There is no doubt about the 'legitimacy' or public standing of this university as it is recognised worldwide. In ...
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Why aren't there submission fees for submitting papers to conferences?
Current scenario (A):
Submit a paper for free. No matter the quality of the paper, submit anyway. What have you to lose?
If your work is accepted, pay to actually confirm the acceptance of your ...
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What is reasonable expenditure on meals during a conference?
I am currently at a conference in the US
and I will be reimbursed by my adviser.
I was wondering what is a reasonable per diem spending for meals?
Of course I could ask my adviser directly,
but I ...
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Is it unethical for professional societies to offer conference discounts to members?
There is a recurring pattern I see in conferences organized by several professional associations. Two different conference fees are offered, X for members and Y for non-members, with Y>X. Often, the ...
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Is it normal to partially cover fees to attend the conference by PI for postdoc?
If you are working as a postdoc, would you expect your PI to cover all fees for your conference attendance?
I heard some labs cover all, but I am not sure what is the culture and conditions in here. ...
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Is it ethical to request partial reimbursement to present something from my previous position?
I'm a postdoc based in Western Europe, and I'll be going to a far foreign country in South Asia for two weeks to present something related to my previous postdoc. The conference is paying for my ...
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Student registration fee at conferences for ex-students for work done as a student
I did some work as part of my final year undergraduate project and wrote a paper which has now been accepted at a conference. Though I am now working in the industry, I have listed my affiliation as ...
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Do any legitimate conferences charge per publication?
In computer science, or at least my subfield of it, most research is published in conference proceedings. The usual procedure is to write a full article, submit it to a conference, and then if it's ...
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Splitting conference expenses between authors
Suppose I submit a paper with a co-author to an expensive computer science conference, and we agree to split the expenses between us. How can it be done, from a bureaucratic perspective?
Suppose it ...
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How professional it is to ask for rebate in conference registration fees?
I got two papers accepted in a decent IEEE conference. My current organisation (an industrial R&D lab) says that the conference fees are way too high and they would consider approval of funds only ...
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"If multiple papers are accepted for presentation, each paper requires a separate registration fee." -> Why?
I have seen several conferences that specify:
If multiple papers are accepted for presentation, each paper requires a separate registration fee.
Why? Is that purely financially motivated (e.g. an ...
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Withdrawing paper from competition track of a conference due to the fee?
A few months back, I came across a competition page which asked for a solution approach for a new and tricky dataset in the domain (I will keep all the details anonymous).
Now, it was a new area of ...
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Is it suspicious for a conference abstract submission to be subordinated to registration?
My PhD advisor and I wish to participate to a specific international conference in our field.
The program seems legitimate and part of the scientific committee are respected researchers of my field, ...
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Conference registration fees by sketchy means?
Most conferences have registration fees that can be paid online. However, some conferences (such as IBIMA) don't offer Web-based payment processing and instead require that fees be paid by (a) wire ...
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Is listener's fees in a conference justified?
In a conference, where I am an author, I noticed that there is a substantial fees for registering as a listener for the conference.(10-30% less than the fees for professionals, students etc but it is ...
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Who should cover conferences expenses for research work done in a lab a researcher just left for another lab?
It would be quite interesting to have others' experience and opinion on what guidelines are followed, and/or would make sense to follow regarding conference expenses for a researcher having recently ...
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Asking the other professor (as other paper's co-author) to cover the conference expenses
I've just prepared a paper in cooperation with my own supervisor, in addition to the other faculty member at our department. Recently, my supervisor has just declared that he can not cover the ...
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Conference fee, travel costs and accommodation fees for Keynote Speaker and Technical Program Committees [duplicate]
I was invited to attend a conference as a keynote speaker and TPC panel. The sent message began:
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are honored to invite you as a keynote speaker and the TPC ...
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Can a person register a conference using someone else's credit card and still get IEEE membership discount?
I am in a situation where my paper is accepted in IEEE conference and only one of the author is IEEE member. For IEEE members, there is some concession in the registration fee. Can that co-author ...
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What are the fees when submitting to a paper to a conference as an independent researcher?
I am very inexperienced in this process and could only find generic information.
I would like to submit a paper to a particular conference, and I am not sure if there are fees tied to the submission. ...
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Advisor not responding to emails, conference fee deadline approaching
TL;DR:: My advisor, who is in charge of paying a conference paper registration fee, is nonresponsive and the deadline is approaching. What can I do?
I am working part-time in a research institute, ...
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Do we need to pay for author registration at a conference to present our paper at an non-archival workshop?
My paper recently got accepted in a non-archival workshop at a prominent computer science conference. Since it is non-archival, should I still pay author registration (which is between $500 to $1000) ...
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Where does one get the funding to participate in a conference as a student?
I received a few invitations to conferences on physics. In Australia, in Japan, in France, and others. I am finishing graduate school. But how can I take part in these conferences, if I need 1,000 ...
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