Building and maintaining networks is crucial for career development, creating trustworthy professional relationships and staying ahead of your peers on the learning curve. Good industry networks often lead to better job prospects, references, peer review opportunities and much more.

Networking during events can be fruitful. Imagine meeting a scientist you admire at the same conference you are attending. Wouldn't it be a dream come true and a great networking opportunity to interact with them? It would be just as disheartening if you started talking to them and said nothing.

It's always a good idea to prepare questions you want to ask and thoughts you want to share to create meaningful connections without taking up too much time.

Watch this 4-minute video that will give you some helpful tips and strategies to maximize the effectiveness of networking at events.

This is the second of a series of three videos previewing Roohi Ghosh's training session on /"Making the most of attending conferences./" Roohi, who has over 16 years of experience in the academic industry, has been facilitating workshops in renowned institutes in Japan and India. She has also given webinars for researchers around the world.

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