starmaker Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 I've done posters and been on panels before, but this was the first time that I did a full presentation of a paper (it's also my first first-author paper). I am very tired, because there is a 12-hour time difference between home and the conference location, and my body seriously doesn't believe that it's supposed to be asleep and be awake at the times that I want it to. Most interesting takeaway lesson: If you're getting to the conference venue by riding a bike three and a half miles through a typhoon, wear crappy clothes, and bring your nice ones in a waterproof bag. Your raincoat will not actually protect you from getting soaked in those conditions. Fortunately the nice conference volunteers gave me a shirt to wear while mine was drying, and mine dried in time for my presentation.
Zencarrot Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 You flew to a foreign country with a 12 hour time difference and rode a BICYCLE to the conference venue? lol. I'm going to provide a supplementary recommendation and say that a taxi is a more appropriate option. Especially when there is typhoon-esque weather. On a related note - congratulations on your first presentation. It's a great feeling of relief isn't it? I hope your paper was well-received. cliopatra, Ennue and Zencarrot 3
UnlikelyGrad Posted September 6, 2011 Posted September 6, 2011 You flew to a foreign country with a 12 hour time difference and rode a BICYCLE to the conference venue? Ha! That's exactly what I was thinking. On a related note - congratulations on your first presentation. It's a great feeling of relief isn't it? I hope your paper was well-received. Yes, congratulations! I just gave my first presentation too. It was nerve-wracking up until the moment I started speaking, but then things went so well. And I was very relieved to be done! Hope you're happy with the aftermath too.
starmaker Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 Heh, I didn't speak the local language, so I wasn't confident about my ability to communicate with a taxi driver. Yeah, it was a nice feeling. It was a pretty low-key atmosphere, so I wasn't too nervous. And then at the banquet I got to watch professors do shots of the famed local liquor (which is 58% alcohol by volume and burns like fire).
Two Espressos Posted September 8, 2011 Posted September 8, 2011 Congrats! It's just an undergraduate conference, but I'm presenting my first conference paper in October. I'm very excited and extremely nervous.
bdon19 Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Congrats! It's just an undergraduate conference, but I'm presenting my first conference paper in October. I'm very excited and extremely nervous. Two Espressos, same here! I'm presenting for the first time October 1st. I'll be presenting a short version of my writing sample, which is...well...still in an adjustment phase. I need to give myself a serious ass-kicking in the next few weeks!! Two Espressos 1
natsteel Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 I'm also presenting for the first time this November at a regular conference. Nervous doesn't even begin to describe it... Congratulations to both of you!!
Bukharan Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 I just presented for the first time as well. It went well, and that feels great!
bdon19 Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 My first conference presentation was yesterday! It went really, really well! I came out of it so happy and with much more enthusiasm for working on the longer version of this paper for my writing sample!!
mooochael Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 My first conference presentation was yesterday! It went really, really well! I came out of it so happy and with much more enthusiasm for working on the longer version of this paper for my writing sample!! congrats!
Two Espressos Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 My first conference presentation was yesterday! It went really, really well! I came out of it so happy and with much more enthusiasm for working on the longer version of this paper for my writing sample!! Congrats! I just presented at my first undergraduate conference on Saturday. It went quite well for me also; I really enjoyed the work of my other presenters: they were quite intelligent and insightful. Seeing as how a small undergraduate conference excited me this much, I'm even more enthusiastic for graduate school!
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