Conferences are organized events where the latest research is presented and can be more prestigious than journal publications. Presentations are sometimes published in conference proceedings which collect the academic papers and serve as a written record of the work. Conference papers provide a first look at new research and breakthroughs, and allow for discussion between attendees, while differing in content and style from journal articles.

1. What are Conferences?
• Organised events where the latest research is presented.
• Can also be called symposia, workshops or meetings.
• Within the field of computing, presenting at a conference can be
even more prestigious than being published in a journal.
• Not all conference presentations are published, but key
presentations are included within a collection of papers called
conference proceedings.
• In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers
published in the context of an academic conference. They are the
written record of the work that is presented to fellow researchers.
• They can be a valuable way of identifying experts in your subject
area - you can then search using the author's name in online
databases.

2. Why use Conference Papers?
• First time a research breakthrough is made public
or current issues are debated.
• Papers presented at a conference long before, if
ever, they are published in professional peer-
reviewed journals.
• Conferences often provide a forum for discussion
between attendees
• Papers different in both content and style from articles
published in journals.