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Every year, thousands of students step onto a stage, hearts pounding, dreading the moment they must present their work. Simultaneously, in lecture halls around the world, an equal number of scientists - people who have literally dedicated their lives to the excitement of discovery - struggle to keep their eyes open during seminars. Why is there such a massive disconnect? Why do we allow the communication of our science to become a source of anxiety for the speaker and boredom for the audience? 

Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, shares the tacit knowledge that has helped many build careers and fund research centers worth hundreds of millions of dollars. This is knowledge that we often assume students will intuit but rarely communicate directly, and gray-haired PIs are equally welcome to join and share your own tips during the discussion.

Erik will explore practical, simple techniques to improve this broken dynamic without requiring heroic preparation efforts, targeting poster design, elevator pitches, and scientific talks. He will discuss how to replace linear, sleep-inducing data dumps with narratives that are unexpected, concrete, and memorable. Erik's goal is to help shift your mindset from fear to joy, turning public speaking into an amazing opportunity to advocate for your science rather than a hurdle to survive. Whether you are designing your first poster or preparing for a job interview, he will share strategies to craft scientific stories that build careers. We often pretend that data speaks for itself. It doesn't. It needs a translator.

Come learn how to be the voice your research deserves.