August Epple

Organizing Scientific Meetings

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Produktbeschreibung

Dealing with virtually all aspects of scientific meetings, August Epple gives invaluable guidance for prospective organizers. He covers events from local afternoon Symposia to International Congresses with more than 1000 participants. He also provides insight for the tourist industry into the specific requirements that make scientific meetings different form others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780521589192
• ISBN-10: 0521589193
• Artikelnr.: 22396817

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: What can go wrong?
2. The decision: To run or not to run
3. Scientific and related events: variety delights
4. Social events: something for every taste and budget
5. The program: how to accommodate pigs in a poke
6. Selection of the meeting site: a touch of Russian roulette
7. The dates of the meeting: you can't win
8. Publications: cruel and unusual punishment
9. Selection of participants: how to lose old friends and make new enemies
10. Committees: you have to live with them
11. Accompanists: you better love'm
12. Office and staff: don't take chances
13. The budget: a jungle with pitfalls
14. Fund raising: some would rather see their dentist
15. Allocation of travel support: not much fun either
16. Schedule of preparations: from dream to reality
17. Announcements and other information: clarity pays
18. Design of forms, name tags, tickets, signs and stickers: how about using some common sense?
19. Satellite meetings: think twice
20. Checklist of important no-nos
List of appendixes
Appendixes A-R
Index.