Hello all,

so.. I will be presenting at a my first ever conference on 26th-27th October in another country, but only got told last week that I have been selected. I was thinking of simply not attending, yet today I received an email telling me that the foreign minister of that country is going to deliver an opening speech on the first day (my session is on the second day). I have not written anything/nor written anything/researched because I thought they had not chosen me. Is it still possible to come up with a paper? Should cancel? I really want to go, but I am worried I might make a fool of myself. HELP!

What do you mean by you haven't researched or written anything? You must have submitted an abstract detailing work you had done and work to be done in order to apply for the conference?

Failing this, I attended a conference earlier in the year and there were a few PhD students in the early stages of their PhDs who just presented a few results and a lot of background and what they were aiming to do, so it's still possible for you to go.

Ditto - you must submitted an abstract surely? I find presentations by early PhD students about methods etc a snore personally.