The rise of predatory conferences jeopardises the future of legitimate research events. But could conference IDs be the solution?
The rise of predatory conferences jeopardises the future of legitimate research events. But could conference IDs be the solution?
Following on from last week’s post on Guide to a Happy Chair at the Reviewing Process, this week we will look at the other side of the coin-the Reviewers. The reviewing stage happens after all abstract submissions are taken in. Reviewers are crucial to making a research project happen. The key to ensuring they are…
For a conference to be successfully set up and carried out, a lot of inputs have to be taken into consideration- from authors, reviewers and administrative staff to name just a few. With the exception of a meeting planner, most if not all other staff have other full-time duties. This poses a problem for the…
Event Coordinator came in at number 6 in Forbes list of the most stressful jobs of 2012. That’s in the same league as: pilots, military soldiers and fire-fighters! Mobile event apps should make your life easier, so we took a look into which ones do this best. [UPDATE: We’ve just launched our own mobile conference…
It’s official, according to an industry analysts from Gartner, 2013 will be the year that smartphones surpass PC’s as the most common method for accessing the web. So, we went ahead and researched some mobile applications that could be useful for your event. However, with new apps being released every day, it’s easy to get confused….
Academics can receive hundreds of call for papers emails every year (as you can see in the image below!). Yours will have to be catchy, neat and informative if you want them to open it. [July 2017 Update: Ex Ordo announce PaperCrowd, the free research conference directory. Organisers can add a conference and make it visible…
Hurrah! We scooped top prize at the European Business & Innovation Centre (EBN) Award, announced at a major conference in Finland last Friday. The Kauffman FastTrac META Group European Entrepreneurs Award (phew!) is an initiative aimed at EU entrepreneurs who have recently established a high-growth potential start-up. The scope of the prize is to give…
