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After the conference

A Common Ground conference does not end when its dates do. The presentations stay up, the discussion boards stay open, and the network you joined by presenting is still yours.

The discussion board

What stays

  • The digital media. Every accepted contribution has media and it stays up permanently. The talks do not come down
  • The discussion boards. One per presentation, and none of them ever close. A question next month still reaches the presenter, by notification and by email
  • The presentation pages. Title, abstract, presenters, theme and keywords — the record of what was presented, and where the other two live

This is what Common Ground calls the conference’s legacy resource, and it is the argument for filling a presentation page in properly. The page outlives the week by a very long way.

Your certificate

A conference issues three documents at three different moments, all from the event’s card under My events. The two letters download from Download letters and certificates; the certificate appears on your own proposal or presentation listing.

  • Letter of acceptance — on acceptance. For a funder, or a head of department
  • Letter of invitation — released by registering, not by acceptance. This is the visa document
  • Certificate — after the conference, once an administrator has verified that you took part. It is automatic: you do not have to ask for it

The certificate is automatic but not instant. An administrator verifies participation first, so if you need it for a deadline, allow for that rather than expecting it the moment the conference closes.

What you leave with

  • The peers you made. A peer connection was never tied to the conference. It sits in your Peers page for as long as you both keep it — their posts reach your feed, and you can message each other indefinitely
  • Membership, if you presented. Every presentation type carries membership of the host research network. An audience pass does not
  • A returning-member discount on the next conference, on top of everything membership already includes

Membership is a year of the network’s journals and books, read or downloaded from the Bookstore, plus the community’s own feed — and a cheaper way back to the conference after this one.

The conference was the event; the network is the thing it belongs to. Presenting put you inside it, and that does not lapse when the dates do.

Publishing what you presented

Presenting is not the end of the work. There are two routes on from it.

  • The conference proceedings — the conference’s own publication, collecting work presented at it
  • The network’s journals — you can submit to the imprints the research network publishes. That is a separate submission, on its own terms and its own timetable, rather than an automatic consequence of presenting

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do the presentations stay up?

Permanently. The digital media does not come down when the conference ends, and neither do the presentation pages.

Where is my certificate?

On your proposal or presentation listing, on the event’s card under My events. It arrives automatically once an administrator has verified that you took part, so it is not there the moment the conference closes.

Can I publish what I presented?

Two routes: the conference’s own proceedings, and the research network’s journals, which you can submit to separately.

Can I still ask a question?

Yes. Discussion boards never close, and the presenter is notified twice over however long afterwards it is.

I attended but did not present. Am I a member?

No — an audience pass does not carry membership. Presenting does, whatever the presentation type.

Do I keep the peers I connected with?

Yes. A peer connection is platform-wide and has nothing to do with the conference; it stays until one of you ends it.

Can I go back and watch something I missed?

Yes, on its presentation page — which is also still the place to ask the presenter about it.

Related: The discussion board Related: Meeting peers

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