Students Ph.D. Forum at ICST Conferences

“By Students for Students”

The primary objective of the Students Ph.D. Forum is to create a platform for Ph.D. students to present and discuss their dissertation research with fellow students and experts in their respective areas of specialization at any related ICST conference. The Ph.D. Forum allows students to get feedback on their research in a friendly and supporting environment from their peers, faculty and industry representatives. Furthermore, the Ph.D. Forum also provides a great opportunity for all types of networking activities, such as Ph.D. students looking for academic supervisors, corporate recruiters targeting talented young researchers or university officials searching for potential postdoctoral candidates. The Ph.D. Forums also play an important role in the development of the ICST Technology Forums by bringing together Forums officials dynamically involved in Forums activities.

Benefits

1) Professional Exposure: By participating in the Ph.D. Forums, young researchers expose themselves to all facets of scientific professional life. The forums provide an opportunity for presenting research projects/dissertations, receiving constructive feedback and getting involved in the activities of the ICST Technology Forums;

2) Innovative Publications: Best papers of the Ph.D. Forums can be considered for the official proceedings publications of the conference. In addition, complete papers presented at the Ph.D. Forum can be included in Students Pub, student publications;

3) Benchmarking Activities: Ph.D. Forums represent benchmarking opportunities for students by providing a unique platform to learn about popular/unpopular topics, research methods and professional approaches. Ph.D. Forums are beneficial for graduates already working in specific areas as well as students in the phase of identifying their potential thesis topics. It also introduces them to ICST’s Reputation Index – Ucount, a system of asserting value to scientific research via the community;

4) Networking Opportunities: Ph.D. Forums are venues of interaction not only for the participating students and academics but for academic, corporate and governmental recruiters and representatives of funding agencies as well.

5) Reduced registration fees: Participants of the Ph.D. Forums pay the lowest registration fees that usually correspond to the Early Student Member Fee of the respective technical/academic conference. Special pricing is also available for Students interested in attending the Ph.D. Forums only and not the related technical sessions, workshops or tutorials of the conference;

To get involved with the Ph.D. Forum at ICST fill in the application form below.