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Shake up conferences

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Emojis, smartphone technologies and revamped guidelines would boost transparency at scientific meetings, say Shai D. Silberberg and colleagues.

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  1. director of research quality,

    Shai D. Silberberg

  2. a health programme specialist,

    Devon C. Crawford

  3. director of the Division of Extramural Activities,

    Robert Finkelstein

  4. director at the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Walter J. Koroshetz

  5. chair of the SRC advisory committee,

    Robert D. Blank

  6. past president,

    Hudson H. Freeze

  7. deputy executive director for policy,

    Howard H. Garrison

  8. director of science policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Bethesda,

    Yvette R. Seger

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Silberberg, S., Crawford, D., Finkelstein, R. et al. Shake up conferences. Nature 548, 153–154 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/548153a

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