CEPAS 2026 programme is now online- which got us thinking: how do YOU do conferences?
How Do You Do Conferences? 5 members have voted
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1. How do you plan your conference day?
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Full schedule planned weeks in advance 📋0%0
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Rough plan the night before100%5
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I check the programme that morning0%0
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I go with the flow and see what happens 🌊0%0
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2. Do you stick to your specialty?
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Neonatal sessions only — I have a full programme already0%0
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Mostly neonatal, but I'll wander if something catches my eye80%4
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I deliberately seek out sessions outside my specialty20%1
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Depends on the conference0%0
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3. Programme format — what's your weapon of choice?
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Printed programme, always 📄20%1
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App only 📱20%1
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Both — I don't fully trust either60%3
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I ask a colleague where to go 😅0%0
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4. How do you take notes?
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Notebook and pen, old school 📓20%1
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Laptop or tablet80%4
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Photos of slides (when allowed 😇)0%0
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Voice memos0%0
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I don't — it either sticks or it doesn't0%0
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5. Corridor conversations or scheduled sessions — where do you learn most?
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Scheduled sessions, always20%1
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Honestly, the corridor conversations20%1
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Both equally40%2
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The conference dinner, let's be honest 🍷20%1
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The interactive scientific programme for CEPAS 2026 is now online, and if you haven't explored it yet — check out https://www.cepas.org/scientific-programme. Built on more than 15 years of collaboration between the European Academy of Paediatrics, the European Society for Paediatric Research, and GFCNI, the CEPAS programme brings together science, clinical practice, advocacy and paediatric training in one place. Sessions, topics, networking opportunities — it's all there, and it's a lot.
Which brings us to a question we've been thinking about. With a programme this rich, how do you actually navigate a conference? Do you plan every session in advance or follow your instincts on the day? Do you wander beyond neonatology or stick to what you know? Paper programme or app — or both, just in case?
We're genuinely curious how the 99nicu community does it. We've put together a quick poll — it takes two minutes, the results are live, and we'll be sharing them at our session at CEPAS in October.
Because let's be honest - everyone has their own system. Or complete lack of one...
Share your approach in the comments too — we want to know if the 99nicu community is a meticulous-colour-coded-schedule crowd or a go-where-the-wind-takes-you crowd. Probably both. Probably at the same time.
Hope to see you in Lyon!
- Kat from 99nicu.org
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