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Hi annae, I am not familiar with the 3-year Ph.D. specifically. It does seem like trying to finish coursework and dissertation for a program in such a short time would limit the amount of extra time for non-dissertation publication, however, if you are seeking a faculty position, it would not seem that it is any less important to do. As far as the expectation on you as a student, my advice is that this should be clearly stated by your advisor, and it seems that he/she did quantify their expectations. For example, my advisor expects us to publish once a year, others at my school do not expect anything, but regardless, there is no reason you should be left guessing. Many conferences publish a proceedings which contain the fulltext of all papers presented at the conference, and if that is the case where you present, your paper can be listed on your CV as a publication. I am personally taking about 4-5 years for my Ed.D. and am doing quite a bit of publishing projects on the side and it is a lot to handle, but someone who finished the same program in about 3.5 years also has the record for most publications while in the program so anything is possible.