multiple conference questions

[somedude14]

so the good news is that my honors thesis abstract was accepted at 3 conferences this year. the bad news is there is no way i can make it to all 3.

nor, was i sure if it is ethical to present the same research 3 times. i was accepted at 3 different types of conferences, one professional psychology conference, one undergrad psych, and one general research conference.

first, is it ethical to present at all three conferences because they are different audiences?

second, if i have to turn down one or two, does this make me look bad? i didn't know if i would be accepted to i applied to all 3.

third, i probably won't make the professional one (which i'm guessing looks the best on my CV) can i still put this on my CV as a presentation?

thanks for any feedback!!

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[Ollie123]

1) It is a bit of a grey area on presenting at multiple conferences. People do it all the time, don't get me wrong. As long as they are different audiences I don't see a problem - even if they overlap I think its largely circumstance-dependent. However, some conference want you to "sign" some kind of document stating that they essentially get "dibs" on your research because they want the press coverage, though I doubt they'd care if it was presented to your school or something like that. I had to sign something like that for a talk and poster at APA. If you had to do that its obviously a no-no.

However you should NOT put the same poster down 3 different times on your CV - that is certainly sketchy.

2) Yes, it looks bad. Many conferences will "blacklist" you for a year or two where you aren't allowed to present anything there, or at least say they will (never put this to the test).

3) If you don't present, definitely don't put it on your CV.

Is your advisor going? Perhaps he would be willing to present it for you.

 

[AgapeBlue]

so the good news is that my honors thesis abstract was accepted at 3 conferences this year. the bad news is there is no way i can make it to all 3.

nor, was i sure if it is ethical to present the same research 3 times. i was accepted at 3 different types of conferences, one professional psychology conference, one undergrad psych, and one general research conference.

first, is it ethical to present at all three conferences because they are different audiences?

second, if i have to turn down one or two, does this make me look bad? i didn't know if i would be accepted to i applied to all 3.

third, i probably won't make the professional one (which i'm guessing looks the best on my CV) can i still put this on my CV as a presentation?

thanks for any feedback!!

1st: There really isn't a question of ethics when presenting a study, which I am going to assume is a poster of some sort? I've presented the same study at 2 different conferences for two different audience/conference types and there were no issues. Congrats that people are interested in your work! 😀

2nd: See Ollie's answer 🙂

3rd: The part of your CV that lists presentations will have the conference that you were actually able to attend.

Definitely sit down and have a chat with your faculty advisor/mentor and get their take on all of this.

Congrats again and have fun!

AB🙂

 

[AgapeBlue]

1) ..However, some conference want you to "sign" some kind of document stating that they essentially get "dibs" on your research because they want the press coverage, though I doubt they'd care if it was presented to your school or something like that. I had to sign something like that for a talk and poster at APA. If you had to do that its obviously a no-no.

I have never dealt with this and had no idea. You people are a plethora of knowledge.

2) Yes, it looks bad. Many conferences will "blacklist" you for a year or two where you aren't allowed to present anything there, or at least say they will (never put this to the test).

Blacklisted? Seriously? Yikes. Talk about harsh. So apparently ignore my suggestion and we'll pretend I didn't say anything.

 

[Ollie123]

Blacklisted? Seriously? Yikes. Talk about harsh. So apparently ignore my suggestion and we'll pretend I didn't say anything.

Yup. Though again, haven't exactly tried it to see if they follow through.

I can kind of understand it, its a pain in the butt for them. They find people to review it (though posters are generally not getting "real" peer-reviews). They rent/arrange necessary space and supplies. They incur printing costs for the abstracts. The costs aren't exactly massive, but I can understand why they would want to deter it...if they didn't it would likely happen more frequently, and over the years it could definitely add up.

 

[cara susanna]

In the future, be aware that it's pretty rare for posters to get turned down. I would only submit a poster abstract to a conference if you were sure you could go.

 

[AgapeBlue]

Yup. Though again, haven't exactly tried it to see if they follow through.

I can kind of understand it, its a pain in the butt for them. They find people to review it (though posters are generally not getting "real" peer-reviews). They rent/arrange necessary space and supplies. They incur printing costs for the abstracts. The costs aren't exactly massive, but I can understand why they would want to deter it...if they didn't it would likely happen more frequently, and over the years it could definitely add up.

I can certainly understand the "why" behind this, I am still shocked...but good information to keep in mind.