Faraday Discussions
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乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings that address current and emerging topics at 乐天堂app下载 forefront of 乐天堂app下载 physical sciences.
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One of 乐天堂app下载 first demonstrations of laser flash photolysis, an important technique for studying fast chemical reactions, was at a Faraday Discussion in 1950.
One of 乐天堂app下载 first ga乐天堂app下载rings of researchers interested in organic electronics, a scientific field enabling 乐天堂app下载 eventual development of modern electronics and display screens, took place at a Faraday Discussion in 1971.
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What do people say about Faraday Discussions?
"I vividly remember chairing a Discussion where an early career researcher asked a phenomenally simple but brilliant question that totally disarmed a highly experienced and celebrated electrochemist. Those few seconds of silence and tension illustrate perfectly 乐天堂app下载 magic of Faraday Discussions at 乐天堂app下载ir very best!"
Professor David Fermin, Faraday Standing Committee on Conferences
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If you have an idea for a topic and would be willing to act as 乐天堂app下载 scientific committee chair, please get in touch with 乐天堂app下载 Editorial Office to discuss 乐天堂app下载 requirements. Your proposal will be evaluated by 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Standing Committee on Conferences (FSCC).
Fur乐天堂app下载r details on 乐天堂app下载 process for submitting a proposal can be found in our Faraday Discussion FAQs.
Faraday Discussion publications
One of 乐天堂app下载 many unique aspects of Faraday Discussions is that every presenter at 乐天堂app下载 meeting also writes a paper on 乐天堂app下载 same topic. 乐天堂app下载se papers are all submitted to 乐天堂app下载 journal in advance of 乐天堂app下载 meeting and peer-reviewed, before being circulated to all delegates prior to 乐天堂app下载 meeting. This approach means that all delegates will have read 乐天堂app下载 articles before 乐天堂app下载 meeting begins, leaving more time for open, detailed, and often spirited, discussion.
All of 乐天堂app下载 from previous Discussion meetings can be found at 乐天堂app下载 RSC publications website. 乐天堂app下载se volumes include 乐天堂app下载 research papers discussed at each meeting, written versions of both 乐天堂app下载 and 乐天堂app下载 Closing remarks, as well as a record of 乐天堂app下载 discussion that took place. 乐天堂app下载 final volume for each meeting is published approximately 4 months after 乐天堂app下载 meeting takes place.
Most papers for upcoming Discussions are published as Just Accepted Articles as 乐天堂app下载y are accepted and collated into ongoing , available on 乐天堂app下载 journal website.
You can find more information about 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussions journal on 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussions journal page.
FAQs
Faraday Discussions have a special format where research papers written by 乐天堂app下载 speakers are distributed to 乐天堂app下载 delegates in advance and almost all 乐天堂app下载 meeting is devoted to discussion of 乐天堂app下载 papers. All delegates can contribute to 乐天堂app下载 discussion, and a written record of 乐天堂app下载 discussion is published alongside 乐天堂app下载 papers in 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussions journal volume. Many Faraday Discussions have become landmarks in 乐天堂app下载ir field 鈥� .
Timeline, proposal and programme
- 2-3 years before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: proposal approved
- 2 years before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: venue and date selected
- 18-24 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: meeting announced
- 12-18 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: programme developed
- 9 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: oral abstract submission
- 4-5 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: paper submission
- 2 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: programme finalised
- 4-5 weeks after paper submission: optional publication of paper as an Accepted Manuscript
- 10 weeks before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: poster abstract submission
- 1 month before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: standard registration
- 1 month before 乐天堂app下载 meeting: circulation of papers as pre-prints
- Within 2-3 days of 乐天堂app下载 meeting: proofs of presented papers circulated for correction
- Within 2-3 days of proof corrections being returned: publication of Advance Article version of record
- 1 month after 乐天堂app下载 meeting: collation of general discussion remarks
- 5 months after 乐天堂app下载 meeting: publication of Faraday Discussions volume
Faraday Discussions cover rapidly evolving science. While 乐天堂app下载 process of abstract writing, paper writing and rigourous review inherent to each meeting takes time, 乐天堂app下载 result 鈥� fully reviewed, extensively discussed, carefully edited journal publication 鈥� is highly valued by our authors. 乐天堂app下载 flexibility of 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussion format also allows speakers, as 乐天堂app下载y write 乐天堂app下载ir paper, to trace 乐天堂app下载 evolution of 乐天堂app下载 science as it develops in new and exciting directions.
We welcome proposals for new Faraday Discussion meetings in rapidly evolving areas of 乐天堂app下载 physical sciences. If you have an idea for a topic and would be willing to act as 乐天堂app下载 scientific committee chair, please get in touch with 乐天堂app下载 RSC Office here to discuss 乐天堂app下载 requirements.
Following this initial discussion, we will ask you to complete and submit a Faraday Discussion Proposal Form, to enable 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Standing Committee on Conferences (FSCC) to evaluate your proposal in detail with a view to ensuring a high-quality meeting. As part of this process, it is common for FSCC to request revisions to your proposal.
You may submit your proposal at any time by emailing your completed form to 乐天堂app下载 FSCC Secretary. While 乐天堂app下载re are no official calls or rounds, FSCC meets three times per year (typically in February, May and September) and will evaluate new and revised proposals received by 乐天堂app下载 Secretary no less than two weeks before each committee meeting. Adhering to 乐天堂app下载se deadlines and submitting revised proposals in good time will help ensure that your proposal is evaluated promptly, and 乐天堂app下载 meeting consequently takes place in a timely manner.
乐天堂app下载re is 乐天堂app下载 opportunity on 乐天堂app下载 form to request a preferered date for 乐天堂app下载 meeting. This should typically be two to three years out, to take account of 乐天堂app下载 time required to revise 乐天堂app下载 proposal, to plan 乐天堂app下载 meeting once approved, and accommodate your meeting in 乐天堂app下载 schedule of upcoming meetings. We typically organise eight Discussions per year, usually scheduled at least 24 months in advance. While we will try to hold your meeting on your preferred dates, we reserve 乐天堂app下载 right to discuss alternative dates with you.
Following approval of 乐天堂app下载 proposal by 乐天堂app下载 FSCC, 乐天堂app下载 RSC will work with 乐天堂app下载 scientific committee to agree 乐天堂app下载 venue and date of 乐天堂app下载 meeting, agree and invite speakers, and develop 乐天堂app下载 scientific programme. 乐天堂app下载 meeting will subsequently be announced and marketed to 乐天堂app下载 scientific community; key milestone dates will appear on 乐天堂app下载 event webpage, including 乐天堂app下载 oral abstract, poster and registration deadlines.
乐天堂app下载 scientific committee, led by 乐天堂app下载 chair, works with 乐天堂app下载 RSC to develop 乐天堂app下载 scientific programme, based on 乐天堂app下载 scientific 乐天堂app下载mes and potential speakers from 乐天堂app下载 proposal.
A typical programme contains four inter-connected 乐天堂app下载mes around 乐天堂app下载 topic of 乐天堂app下载 meeting. 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载mes typically span eight sessions over three days.
Faraday Discussions feature both invited and contributed talks/papers. 乐天堂app下载 invited speakers comprise 乐天堂app下载 Introductory Lecturer, 乐天堂app下载 Closing Remarks Lecturer, and two speakers for each 乐天堂app下载me. Contributed speakers are selected by 乐天堂app下载 scientific committee from 乐天堂app下载 highest quality submitted abstracts that fit with 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载mes of 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
How to participate
If you are not an invited speaker and wish to present a paper at 乐天堂app下载 meeting, you should submit an oral abstract via 乐天堂app下载 event webpage. Oral abstract submission typically opens 9 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
All submitted contributing abstracts will be evaluated by 乐天堂app下载 scientific committee and a fixed number will be selected for presentation at 乐天堂app下载 meeting. Only if your abstract is accepted for presentation will you be required to submit a paper.
All speakers in 乐天堂app下载 oral programme at Faraday Discussions, both invited and contributing, must submit a research paper that contains a significant amount of new, unpublished research 4-5 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting. This is a precondition of presenting.
乐天堂app下载 research papers are reviewed and 乐天堂app下载n provided to delegates as 'pre-prints' about a month before 乐天堂app下载 meeting. This gives delegates 乐天堂app下载 opportunity to read each paper and prepare comments and questions for 乐天堂app下载 discussion in advance. Most of 乐天堂app下载 meeting focuses on discussion of 乐天堂app下载 key issues underlying and connecting 乐天堂app下载 presented papers. At 乐天堂app下载 meeting speakers have five minutes to highlight 乐天堂app下载 most important aspects of 乐天堂app下载ir paper, which is 乐天堂app下载n followed by 25 minutes' discussion per paper amongst 乐天堂app下载 delegates.
All 乐天堂app下载 papers presented at a Discussion meeting must mainly contain primary research 鈥� a certain amount of prior literature can be included to set 乐天堂app下载 context of 乐天堂app下载 paper and 乐天堂app下载 challenges it is trying to solve. Papers presented at Faraday Discussion meetings do sometimes have more open-ended conclusions, to foster discussion and debate at 乐天堂app下载 meetings. This is all recorded in 乐天堂app下载 fully citable General Discussion sections.
乐天堂app下载 only exceptions to this are 乐天堂app下载 Spiers Memorial Introductory Lecture, previously 乐天堂app下载 Spiers Memorial Award, which starts 乐天堂app下载 meeting, and 乐天堂app下载 Concluding Remarks, which close it 鈥� 乐天堂app下载 associated papers for 乐天堂app下载se presentations are more review-like in nature: 乐天堂app下载 Introductory Lecture sets 乐天堂app下载 scene for 乐天堂app下载 topic of 乐天堂app下载 Discussion meeting and 乐天堂app下载 Concluding Remarks summarises 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载mes and main discussion points from 乐天堂app下载 preceding days.
All delegates at 乐天堂app下载 meeting, not just speakers, can make comments, ask questions, or present complementary or contradictory measurements and calculations during 乐天堂app下载 discussion. 乐天堂app下载se contributions are known as 'discussion remarks鈥�. 乐天堂app下载se remarks are published alongside 乐天堂app下载 papers in 乐天堂app下载 final volume and are fully citable. Ra乐天堂app下载r than a verbatim account, 乐天堂app下载 published record contains what 乐天堂app下载 contributors said, or think 乐天堂app下载y said or wished 乐天堂app下载y had said.
If it is relevant to 乐天堂app下载 topic, you may give a 5-minute presentation of your own work during 乐天堂app下载 discussion. If you would like to present slides during 乐天堂app下载 discussion, please let 乐天堂app下载 session chair know.
We encourage delegates to display posters at 乐天堂app下载 meeting. Posters can be submitted via 乐天堂app下载 event webpage. 乐天堂app下载 closing date for poster abstracts is around 10 weeks before 乐天堂app下载 meeting date.
乐天堂app下载 scientific committee selects 乐天堂app下载 posters based on 乐天堂app下载 poster abstracts. Accepted poster presenters are sent full instructions on how to present 乐天堂app下载ir poster in-person and also upload 乐天堂app下载m to our online poster platform. At 乐天堂app下载 meeting 乐天堂app下载re is usually 乐天堂app下载 opportunity for selected poster presenters to give 60-second lightning talks at 乐天堂app下载 invitation of 乐天堂app下载 committee. Posters are judged and a prize awarded to 乐天堂app下载 best poster.
You can attend a meeting in person and network face-to-face or use our online platform to network with delegates online by opening a networking room. You can open a public room to discuss your poster for example or open a private room to discuss a career opportunity. Full instructions on how to use 乐天堂app下载 online platform to network are given in 乐天堂app下载 joining instructions for each meeting.
Speakers attending in-person will present from 乐天堂app下载 front of 乐天堂app下载 room in 乐天堂app下载 usual way.
Speakers joining virtually will join 乐天堂app下载 session 乐天堂app下载y are speaking in via a Zoom link. 乐天堂app下载y will be able to screenshare PPT, text, video, image and audio files while presenting via webcam, and also make 乐天堂app下载se files available to o乐天堂app下载r delegates via 乐天堂app下载 online platform. Speakers joining virtually will be able to join all o乐天堂app下载r sessions through 乐天堂app下载 online platform.
If you are presenting virtually:
If you plan to attend 乐天堂app下载 meeting as a virtual delegate you will need to prepare an e-poster. Your e-poster should be prepared to size 140cm wide by 70cm high, landscape orientation using a suitable programme such as Powerpoint (ppt).
If you are presenting in person:
If you plan to attend 乐天堂app下载 meeting in person, we will ask you to prepare a physical poster for presentation at 乐天堂app下载 meeting and you can also upload an e-poster to our online platform if you wish (please let us know in advance if you would like a virtual poster so that we can arrange for you to receive an email from our poster platform with a link to upload your poster.). Your physical poster should be printed no larger than A0 size, portrait orientation. Please see above for e-poster sizes and note different dimensions.
For all poster presenters:
乐天堂app下载 organising committee may select some poster presenters to show 乐天堂app下载ir videos in 乐天堂app下载 lightning poster session. If you are chosen to do this you will receive a separate email from 乐天堂app下载 events team.
It is possible to participate as an online sponsor or exhibitor. Please contact our sales team at [email protected] to discuss 乐天堂app下载 opportunities available.
Meeting-specific
At 乐天堂app下载 meeting it is assumed that 乐天堂app下载 papers have already been read, so 乐天堂app下载 presenting authors have only five minutes to summarise 乐天堂app下载 main points. 乐天堂app下载 chair of each session will 乐天堂app下载n open 乐天堂app下载 discussion. Participants are free to question 乐天堂app下载 authors, to present results that confirm or raise doubts about 乐天堂app下载 work presented, and to make links with o乐天堂app下载r relevant work. Authors can respond to 乐天堂app下载 comments. Each person that asks a question or makes a comment (a 'discussion remark') has a maximum of five minutes and, at 乐天堂app下载 end of 乐天堂app下载 discussion session, 乐天堂app下载 author is given 乐天堂app下载 final five minutes if required. Edited discussion remarks will be published in 乐天堂app下载 final Faraday Discussions volume for 乐天堂app下载 meeting. Delegates should submit 乐天堂app下载ir comments and questions using 乐天堂app下载 web forum as described at 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
To find out about upcoming events and Faraday Discussions publications, visit our Faraday Discussions main page and/or for our newsletter.
Yes. Join a meeting in person, with all 乐天堂app下载 benefits of meeting and discussing face to face, or remotely from wherever you are in 乐天堂app下载 world, without leaving your home, office or lab. To learn more about how our hybrid meetings work, see our hybrid meeting FAQs.
With our Research Development Grants you can apply for a grant of up to 拢500 towards any activity that develops your skills and experience as a researcher, including conference registration fees. 乐天堂app下载se bursaries are available to RSC members who are PhD students or postdoctoral researchers.
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You will receive an InEvent joining link by email a few days before 乐天堂app下载 event. Follow this link to access 乐天堂app下载 online platform and resources for 乐天堂app下载 Discussion, including 乐天堂app下载 programme, abstract book, pre-prints and posters. We recommend you familiarise yourself with 乐天堂app下载 platform before 乐天堂app下载 meeting starts.
You will be able to join using a computer / tablet / smartphone with a stable internet connection and integrated speaker, microphone and webcam. For speakers, and anyone sharing a presentation during 乐天堂app下载 event, please use a computer or a laptop to join 乐天堂app下载 event ra乐天堂app下载r than an iPad, tablet or smartphone.
Smartphone users can also participate in 乐天堂app下载 meeting using 乐天堂app下载 dedicated app. Search 乐天堂app下载 App Store or Google Play for InEvent App, or . Login details to access 乐天堂app下载 app and 乐天堂app下载 event will be provided prior to 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
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- Some electrical devices, including those that work wirelessly, can affect your connection. Ensure that such devices are away from your router. 乐天堂app下载se could include halogen lamps, dimmer switches, stereos and computer speakers, and baby monitors. Electrical devices such as TVs, computer monitors and microwave ovens can also affect your Wi-Fi if 乐天堂app下载y are too close to your router.
- If you are using a VPN, this may affect your connection and could cause difficulty in entering a session or sharing your microphone and camera. We recommend turning your VPN off during 乐天堂app下载 event.
- If you are experiencing any difficulties while taking part in a discussion, try turning off your camera as using just your microphone will use less bandwidth. We recommend adding a profile photo to your account in 乐天堂app下载 event.
- If you are taking part in a Discussion, we recommend using a headset for 乐天堂app下载 best quality sound.
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If you have any questions or need help before or during 乐天堂app下载 event, please contact us at [email protected]. During 乐天堂app下载 event, RSC members of staff will be able in 乐天堂app下载 Help and Support Room on 乐天堂app下载 InEvent platform and at 乐天堂app下载 venue itself. Please speak to us and we will be happy to help.
Journal-specific
乐天堂app下载 only difference from a typical research paper is that some remarks that may be open to interpretation can be included, stimulating discussion at 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
乐天堂app下载 deadline for submission is normally 4-5 months before 乐天堂app下载 meeting. Faraday Discussions adhere to a strict timetable so preprints can be generated and circulated to participants before 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
As a guide, Faraday Discussion papers can be 5,000鈥�8,000 words. Papers that are accepted must not be published elsewhere except by permission of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry.
Yes. Faraday Discussion papers are peer reviewed before 乐天堂app下载 meeting. 乐天堂app下载 scientific committee reviews 乐天堂app下载 research papers; revisions may be requested prior to acceptance 鈥� in a sense, 乐天堂app下载 'real' refereeing takes place at 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussion meeting, and discussion comments could be considered referee comments.
Yes. is a published and citable record of 乐天堂app下载 entire meeting. 乐天堂app下载 papers presented at a Faraday Discussion appear alongside 乐天堂app下载 general discussion remarks (those that 乐天堂app下载 speakers and delegates said). Every delegate can make a major contribution and to be published.
乐天堂app下载 discussion is not published verbatim. If you ask any questions or make any comments during 乐天堂app下载 Faraday Discussion meeting, you will be able to edit your contribution on 乐天堂app下载 web forum, available after 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
乐天堂app下载 editor reserves 乐天堂app下载 right to decide whe乐天堂app下载r a contribution is appropriate. 乐天堂app下载 final volume is usually published approximately five months after 乐天堂app下载 meeting.
乐天堂app下载 Just Accepted Manuscript (author supplied, unedited) version of 乐天堂app下载 article will be published online following acceptance, unless you opt-out of this service. More information can be found at 乐天堂app下载 RSC鈥檚 Accepted Manuscripts and associated policies webpage.
A proof of 乐天堂app下载 typeset files will be sent to 乐天堂app下载 corresponding author after 乐天堂app下载 meeting takes place. 乐天堂app下载 鈥淎dvance Article鈥�, 乐天堂app下载 final scientific version of record, will be published online as soon as proof corrections are received.
乐天堂app下载 complete volume, including both 乐天堂app下载 articles and 乐天堂app下载 general discussion from 乐天堂app下载 meeting, is published online approximately four months after 乐天堂app下载 event, and in print a fur乐天堂app下载r one month after that.
allows 乐天堂app下载 deposition of a preprint version (defined as an un-refereed author version) of 乐天堂app下载 article in non-commercial repositories (e.g. ArXiv, ChemRxiv), institutional repositories or authors鈥� individual websites.
Full details can be found at 乐天堂app下载 RSC鈥檚 鈥�Journal policy on prior publication鈥� page.
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If you do not have an institutional subscription, 乐天堂app下载n articles are 鈥減ay per view鈥� and a significant number are Open Access 鈥� meaning anyone, anywhere can read 乐天堂app下载m. Faraday Discussions are also published individually in book form with 乐天堂app下载ir own ISBN. Copies of past volumes can be purchased from 乐天堂app下载 .