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Meet-the-Experts

MSACL strives to offer a congress experience that values training and mentorship (see travel grants, short courses and Practical Training tracks), and provides avenues by which early-career attendees can gain experience presenting (see Poster Lightning Talks, the Poster Contest, Podium opportunities).

But that is not enough. No, it is not. Time for Phase 2.

Our goal now is to create "natural" (see, in the wild) opportunities by which early career attendees can approach, interact and connect with mid- to late-career (aka, grizzled) attendees; such interactions can be the most instructive, and leave the strongest impressions. To this end, we have developed a program called, Meet-the-Experts (aka Meet-the-3XP3rt5, see leet speak). The objective is to provide a mechanism by which experienced attendees can connect with early career participants in a low-pressure, natural setting for scientists, such as browsing Booths, Posters, and/or chatting over drinks.

Introducing ...

Expert mentors browse booths or view posters as they normally do, but with one or more mentees along to observe, participate and learn from experience. During Office Hours, Experts will be available at tables in the Meet-the-Experts area of the Exhibit Hall where attendees can sign up to have a 10-15 minute chat about ... anything.

But let's not take ourselves too seriously ...

*The term "expert" is ambiguous, but we're good at some things related to chromatography and mass spectrometry in laboratory medicine.
- Brian Rappold

You can sign up at the conference to participate in one or more Meet-the-Experts activities (i.e., Booth Tour, Poster Tour, Office Hours).

Don't miss this opportunity to establish lasting connections. This is where you can really leverage the common environment of the conference, and the willingness of people to share their knowledge and experience.

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