Conference talks are outdated by the time they're given: decouple publication from presentation
moarbugs · x · 2026-09-18
Point 2 of moarbugs' thread on academic conference failures: very long cycles mean talks are long outdated by the time they're given. The fix: separate publication from presentation — at conferences you want to hear what people discovered last month, not last year.
Related event: Researcher Lists Three Big Problems With Academic Conferences(3 posts)→
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