The state of scholarly events in 2023

20 July 2023

To contextualise the changes we’ve seen in the scholarly events industry over the past few years, we take a deep dive into how societies and associations are connecting and engaging with their communities, specifically through the lens of their research and technical conferences.

Over the course of 15 months (early-2022 to mid-2023), we conducted 27 open-ended interviews with a cross-section of our Ex Ordo customers, scholarly societies, and industry representatives. We asked each about their goals, activities, issues, and challenges. We listened, we learned. We identified several themes and trends. And we compiled a list of the top 10 insights, which we’re happy to share with you below.

The state of scholarly events in 2023

20 July 2023

Industry Trends

Tips for a better Conference Call

13 February 2014

When organising a large conference, a Chair will usually have a committee to help them with some of the day-to-day tasks. As committee members may be spread across a State or country, it is not always viable for everyone to meet at one particular location. This has increased the popularity of conference calls. A conference…

Conference Planning

Creating a Conference Environment that Delegates look for

30 January 2014

There are many different conferences happening all over the world in your sector – the problem from a delegate’s point of view is which one to choose to attend. They want to attend the one that will give them the most “bang for their buck” and have the perfect conference environment. You (as Chair) don’t…

Conference Planning Conference Day

Is an Open Peer Review System the Way Forward?

22 January 2014

The role of reviewing is to help the conference Chairs decide on whether to accept or reject papers or abstracts. Up to now, the most common forms of reviewing has been the single or double-blind review, where the authors don’t know who the reviewers are. However, the idea of using an open peer review system…

Research conferences

Teaching the Next Generation of Reviewers

2 December 2013

The best reviewers are the experts in a particular field with years of research under their belts. But where does the next generation of reviewers come from?

Peer reviewing Organising Research conferences

Getting the most out of conferences: Why the Research Stages matter (Guest Post)

26 November 2013

As it evolves from passing thought to (world-changing) publication, research develops through a series of stages, as written by Dr. Deirdre Duffy. Normally these include: Defining the parameters of the project (i.e. what you are not talking about); Identifying a research question (something which, as any researcher will tell you, takes a lot longer than…

Attending

How to Assign Copyright

19 November 2013

Authors don’t just submit to a conference to get reviewed – the core aim of many is to get their work published. Many conferences, especially the likes of a medical conference, tend to submit work to a Medical Journal for publishing after conference proceedings. In most cases, they need the author’s permission. But how do…

Conference Programme