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| There are both disciplinary conferences and general conferences. The reasons for attending the two differ. **Disciplinary conferences** are smaller events but tend to draw most people working in your specialty of choice, so once you're entrenched in a subject it becomes extremely important to attend these to secure your reputation with the people that matter as well as keep up-to-date with all the newest results that might affect your research immediately. In contrast, **general conferences** are most useful for getting a broader perspective of what's happening outside your sub-field and understanding the broader context of how what you are doing is relevant to astronomy in general, though there are usually discipline-specific tracks there as well. These tend to be very large meetings. | There are both disciplinary conferences and general conferences. The reasons for attending the two differ. **Disciplinary conferences** are smaller events but tend to draw most people working in your specialty of choice, so once you're entrenched in a subject it becomes extremely important to attend these to secure your reputation with the people that matter as well as keep up-to-date with all the newest results that might affect your research immediately. In contrast, **general conferences** are most useful for getting a broader perspective of what's happening outside your sub-field and understanding the broader context of how what you are doing is relevant to astronomy in general, though there are usually discipline-specific tracks there as well. These tend to be very large meetings. |
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| | Never been to a conference before? Nervous about speaking? Presenting a poster at the American Astronomical Society conference is a great way to share your work in a student-friendly setting! http://aas.org Conferences happen in the winter and summer. |
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| A list of **many** (all?) astronomy related conferences is maintained at http://www1.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/meetings/ | A list of **many** (all?) astronomy related conferences is maintained at http://www1.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/meetings/ |
| * [[conferences:AAS 219th Meeting]] (January, 2012 - Austin, TX) | * [[conferences:AAS 219th Meeting]] (January, 2012 - Austin, TX) |
| * [[conferences:AAS 220th Meeting]] (June, 2012 - Anchorage, AK) | * [[conferences:AAS 220th Meeting]] (June, 2012 - Anchorage, AK) |
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