Currently searching for conferences related to workplace training and learning and saw that on some websites they ask potential participants to submit papers to attend. Do people submit these papers to get published at the conferences? Can I attend such conferences just to listen?
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Some conference papers are kind of like an easier version of publishing research. Your paper doesn’t have to be as complete or polished as somethingyou would submit to a journal. But if your concept is not well founded you can get embarrassed during the question and answer session, so you need to be prepared.
The Q&A can also help you fine tune your concept and identify areas that need more work, so it can be like rapid response peer review.
Other conference papers, specifically for engineering (in my experience) are just a summary of a potential presentation. In this case, the material may not be ground breaking or new research, but just collects information from a lot of sources into a helpful reference format. And usually gives some insight into a niche design process.
I have actually presented one of these before. My company got requested to present on a particular topic by one of the organizers, and I got paid to develop the presentation and give it. I had to submit a summary paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Also got me a big chuck of PDHs. Went over well, and buzz from it got us more work in the field.
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