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. 2022 Jan 1;149(1):dev200438.
doi: 10.1242/dev.200438. Epub 2022 Jan 4.

The future of conferences

Sally Lowell  1 , Alistair Downie  2 , Holly Shiels  3 , Kate Storey  4
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The future of conferences

Sally Lowell et al. Development. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests S.L., A.D., H.S. and K.S. are Directors at The Company of Biologists and serve on the committee of The Company of Biologists Sustainable Conferencing Committee. S.L. is the Meetings Officer for the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB). H.S. is the honorary Vice President of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI).

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