Most of the time, the most high value conversations aren’t fully spontaneous for me but they’re rather on open questions that I’ve already prepped beforehand. They can still be very casual, it is just that I’m gathering info in the background.
I usually check out the papers submitted or the participants if it’s based on swapcard and do some research beforehand on what people I want to meet. Then I usually have some good opener that leads to some interesting conversations. These conversations can be very casual and can span wide areas but I feel I’m building a relationship with an interesting individual and that’s really the main benefit for me.
At the latest ICML, I talked to a bunch of interesting multi-agent researchers through this method and I now have people I can ask stupid questions.
I also always come to conferences with one or more specific projects that I want advice on which makes these conversations a lot easier to have.
Most of the time, the most high value conversations aren’t fully spontaneous for me but they’re rather on open questions that I’ve already prepped beforehand. They can still be very casual, it is just that I’m gathering info in the background.
I usually check out the papers submitted or the participants if it’s based on swapcard and do some research beforehand on what people I want to meet. Then I usually have some good opener that leads to some interesting conversations. These conversations can be very casual and can span wide areas but I feel I’m building a relationship with an interesting individual and that’s really the main benefit for me.
At the latest ICML, I talked to a bunch of interesting multi-agent researchers through this method and I now have people I can ask stupid questions.
I also always come to conferences with one or more specific projects that I want advice on which makes these conversations a lot easier to have.