A Workshop that Works

TL;DR

This paper offers practical suggestions from scientists to improve the organization of scientific workshops, aiming to enhance collaboration and creativity among participants.

Contribution

It provides a set of scientist-derived recommendations for organizing effective scientific workshops to foster collaboration and innovative progress.

Findings

Recommendations for workshop organization to maximize collaboration

Strategies to enhance creativity during workshops

Guidelines from scientists for successful workshop planning

Abstract

The main goal of a scientific workshop is to bring together experts in a specific field or related fields to collaborate, to discuss, and to creatively make progress in a particular area. The organizational aspects of such a meeting play a critical role in achieving these goals. We here present suggestions from scientists to scientists that hopefully help in organizing a successful scientific workshop that maximizes collaboration and creativity.