Which conferences?

How do you choose the right conference for your paper?

Conference checklist

In the first instance, talk to your supervisor about which conference/s it would be beneficial for you to attend and present at.

The following checklist provides some considerations that may be useful when choosing a conference.

Refereeing

	The papers will be refereed on the full paper and prior to publication
	The refereeing will be conducted by independent, qualified experts. Review by the editor of the proceedings does not meet the requirements for peer review

Standing of the conference

	The conference is of national or international standing. The list of participants and keynote speakers may help to prove this
	If the conference is called a ‘workshop’ or ‘seminar’, it may still have national or international significance. As a general rule conferences held intra-state with participants only from that state will not have this standing

Publication

A full proceedings will be published – not just abstracts of the papers. Publishing can be via hard copy, the web or CD

Updating your profile

Update your vita or curriculum vitae, e-portfolio, homepage, blog or other profile (see Networking in the research community online workshop) by providing information such as:

	details of the full paper from the proceedings
	a table of contents, preface or introduction to the proceedings and all bibliographic information (ISBN, title of proceedings, editor of proceedings, publisher, date of publication)
	proof of national or international significance
	proof of peer review

Publishing your research

Which conferences