This is a skill that should be taught to everyone. I'm in neuroscience, and our meetings can be super awkward at times. Thank god for booze :) It's a shame tha

This is a skill that should be taught to everyone. I'm in neuroscience, and our meetings can be super awkward at times. Thank god for booze :) It's a shame that people don't speak about this as much though. We have a huge conference every year (~36k people) and yet many of them have no idea how to deal with a conference. Just an FYI, flying in to give a talk/poster/presentation and then flying out does not = a good conference. Gotta meet people, be persistent, organize your plan of attack, and meet people. Then meet some more people. If you have a hard time not being social awkward, drink. Then meet people:)