Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
School of Data Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Aug 25;18(8):e1010395. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010395. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Special sessions are important parts of scientific meetings and conferences: They gather together researchers and students interested in a specific topic and can strongly contribute to the success of the conference itself. Moreover, they can be the first step for trainees and students to the organization of a scientific event. Organizing a special session, however, can be uneasy for beginners and students. Here, we provide ten simple rules to follow to organize a special session at a scientific conference.
它们聚集了对特定主题感兴趣的研究人员和学生,可以为会议的成功做出重要贡献。此外,它们可以成为培训生和学生组织科学活动的第一步。然而,对于初学者和学生来说,组织特别会议可能并不容易。在这里,我们提供了组织科学会议特别会议的十个简单规则。