academic conference

symposium

Formal expert discussion meeting

• colloquiumAcademic discussion meeting
• summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
• conventionAgreed standard of behavior

forum · convene · delegates · attendees · registration · venue · proceedings · agenda · plenary · session

keynote

Central theme or speech

• speakerOne who talks
• podiumRaised platform for speakers
• lectureEducational spoken presentation

talk · paper · poster · slides · address · speech · presenter · audience · Q&A · abstract

publication

Issued written material

• methodologyFormal procedural framework
• citationMention of a source
• journalRecord of daily events

findings · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · hypothesis · fieldwork · ethics · innovation · breakthrough · funding

connections

Relationships between things

• collaborationJoint intellectual work
• colleaguesProfessional associates
• peersThose of equal status

mentoring · mingling · reception · socialize · contacts · partnerships · affiliations · alumni · introductions · icebreaker

academia

Higher education community

• facultyInherent power or ability
• professorSenior university teacher
• dissertationExtended academic treatise

thesis · tenure · scholarship · monograph · lectureship · professoriate · postdoc · researcher · institution · university

• conferencessymposium, keynote, forums, meetings, gatherings
• campus fictionschool stories, campus romance, campus politics, campus protest, college comedy
• intellectual gatheringssalon, symposium, colloquium, forum, book club
• philosophy worldethicist, logician, metaphysician, epistemologist, aesthetician
• academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
• researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review