March 2017 - Business travel portal YouConfer.com is actively inviting academic conference attendees to pass on their knowledge to budding academic researchers by submitting conference suggestions and reviews. 

 

In the age of the sharing economy it is crucial that the right sources of information from experienced academics is being distributed to future researchers. 

 

Lisa Gibbons, co-founder of YouConfer.com stated "Academic conference delegates are the most relevant source of conference suggestions for researchers. We have found that more and more delegates are confused when searching for relevant conferences to attend". Even the meta search engines that offer listings of events are being flooded". 

 

As the number of conferences on offer increases, the search engines are unable to process which conferences are the most appropriate or beneficial to the needs of the delegate. By embracing the academic community YouConfer.com has created a conference travel platform where academics and business conference attendees can decide on the conferences that ought to be displayed. 

 

Conference organiser Shane Craen believes that "all delegates need to be guided towards the most relevant events. The most common way is peer to peer referrals but many people are searching the web and end up attending conferences which have little educational value". 

 

YouConfer.com allows conference organisers to submit their conferences by providing basic details, a short description of the programme and the keynote speakers. Conference listings are selected based on quality and only the most relevant conferences are posted on the site for interested readers and delegates to make enquiries. 

 

To add or suggest a conference fill in the conference listing application or reach out to a member of the team.