Scientific Conference Organisation

Intro

Date: 1 October 2025

Time: 2:00 p.m. GST

Organising a scientific conference involves a huge amount of time and effort, and can be incredibly complex.

This workshop will offer valuable insights into how to organise and create a high impact scientific conference programme, tailored to the needs and priorities of your academic community. Sharing insights gained from 15 years’ experience of organising and chairing academic conferences across the world, Dr Emily Choynowski will outline how to select the conference theme, based on trending topics and relevant developments; how to create a relevant and appealing Call for Papers to attract expert speakers; how to build a high impact and appealing programme to attract delegates.

To register for this course, please click HERE.

What You'll Learn

1. Choosing the conference theme and title
2.    Planning the Call for Papers
3.    Evaluating submissions
4.    Choosing keynotes
5.    Building a high impact programme

Who It's For

This workshop is addressed to researchers interested in organising conferences or acting on scientific committees for conferences.

Get Prepared

There is no preparatory work necessary for this course.

Course Expert(s)

Dr Emily Choynowski

Chief Academic Officer, Knowledge E

Dr. Emily Choynowski is Chief Academic Officer at Knowledge E, overseeing the Research Development and Dissemination division, which provides scholarly content, academic publishing solutions, manuscript preparation support, and capacity building services to a wide range of organisations and academic bodies across the globe. She is also the Founder and Director of the Forum for Open Research in MENA, working with key regional stakeholders to promote the development and implementation of open science policies and practices across the Arab region – and in this position she serves as the Scientific Chair for the Annual Forum for Open Research. Meanwhile, as an independent scholar she is involved in the organisation of, and presents at, multiple conferences taking place across the world. (ORCiD ID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-1709).