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Seminar 9: “Conferences”

In this session we will be looking at the processes involving conference presentations. We will cover areas such as:

a) identifying the right conference for your work;

b) deciding on oral vs. poster presentaion;

c) structuring a conference abstract;

d) preparing your oral presentation / preparing your poster;

e) What to do at a conference and maximising networking possibilities.

Throughout the session helpful tips and examples will be given to illustrate the different points.

Dr Nuno Ferreira 
Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Ferreira is an Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Nicosia. He holds a Licenciature in Clinical Psychology from ISPA, Portugal, and a PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Edinburgh. After the completion of his PhD, he worked at the University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer and Senior Teaching Fellow. Dr Ferreira has extensive experience in the supervision of students at postgraduate level. He has supervised to successful completion more than 25 doctoral projects and many of his students have published the results of their theses in high ranking journals or received awards for their projects. Dr Ferreira has been involved in several research projects and has published extensively in the areas of General Mental Health Disorders and Psychological Adjustment to Chronic Illness.