What We Can Learn From Our Peers Around The Globe?

Since the end of the XIX century, international conferences have been an integral part of the organization of scientific knowledge. For example, since 1900, the International Congress of Biological Sciences assembles once every five years. More than 2500 biological scientists have exchanged their skills and knowledge by participating in such international conferences!

International activities in the field of biology

It is obvious that the main purpose of international conferences is the exchange of experience and direct communication of fellow researchers. Some biologists are not well known in the world, especially if they are involved in general science. In this case, participation in conferences serves a very simple but extremely important goal: colleagues will learn about your research. Therefore, it is necessary to participate in global conferences.

Why do we need international conferences?

Attending international conferences and presenting the results of your research is important for each researcher.

We may highlight three main objectives:

• The first goal is to get comments, criticism and questions from colleagues. Sometimes comments and questions help improve the study or research. You can pay attention to those aspects of the problem that you could previously miss. By the way, you can approach certain researchers and ask for personal comments;
• The second goal is to get acquainted with the research of colleagues and think about new areas of biological research. There are a lot of publications, and it is quite difficult to keep track of what is happening in this science. In addition, the publication release cycle is rather long, or the publication may fail at all, especially if the results were statistically insignificant. At the conference, you have the opportunity to get acquainted with different studies and research. Moreover, you can think about in which direction you should move further in your research;
• Finally, the third important goal is communication and the possibilities of international collaboration;
• In my opinion, there are two important consequences of participating in international conferences in any science;
• The first consequence is involvement in the international community, discussion of issues and concerns of the international community of biological scientists. Of course, this is important for all sciences;
• The second consequence is gaining popularity. At conferences, colleagues can get acquainted with your research, which often leads to the fact that the research or study becomes well-known all over the globe.

Conclusion

So, we may conclude that international conferences are necessary for communication of scientific schools in the field of biology; drawing public attention to problems of biology; participation of leading domestic and foreign scientists in the discussion, assessment of the state and problems of biology; development of intellectual creativity and cooperation of young scientists and students; joint research and academic work in the field of biology.