http://www.accmom2014.pitt.edu/

http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/pitt-host-...ting-minds

This is the second ACC student meeting hosted by Pitt his year, which hosted the inaugural student president conference in the fall.

Here's the highlight video from the conference.






BTW, all of the students' travel is covered by $75K from the ACC. Next year NC State hosts.

For those into comparisons, I do no know of another athletic conference that sponsors something equivalent.

Just looks like a student convention.

(04-10-2014 07:07 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Just looks like a student convention.

That's what it is, essentially. Academic conference are pretty much just a bunch of powerpoint talks and poster presentations. It's the primary way to distribute work before it is published in order to garner feedback, as well as initiate collaboration. In this case, it serves mostly as presentation practice for undergrads as they aren't going to establish collaborations on their own since there is no focus to the topics at this meeting. It's a good experience for undergrads, and actually these are selected from the schools, so it is an honor and a line on their CV. Certainly the faculty reps accompanying them mingle.