Gordon Research Conference!
I’ve been asked to give a talk at the Gordon Research Conference this year on X-ray Science! This is one of the most prestigious science conferences and I feel very, very honored and fortunate to have been invited. Gordon conferences are international in scope and given for particular subjects only once every couple of years.
The work they wish for me to discuss deals with my surface coherent scattering project (or x-ray speckles from metal surfaces). I suppose I should get back to work on the analysis! We’re still debating exactly what our results mean.
However, aside from my relatively junior status as a researcher, this is very appropriate in at least a couple of respects for a GRC talk. It’s a new demonstration technique, and we don’t know it all yet! Part of the tradition of the Gordon Conferences is to present new, unpublished work. Everyone is supposed to respect that new work means “don’t run out and try to scoop someone else,” and things like recording devices are prohibited.
All in all, even just attending such a conference is a great chance to meet and talk with some really great people. Being asked to speak at the conference is just incredible and I’m very excited to have this opportunity.