Certificate of Attendance
Speakers receive a Certificate of Attendance documenting their contribution to the scientific programme. This includes presenting PhD researchers and speakers in workshops and invited sessions.
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Certificates & Scientific Awards
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Good science deserves recognition.
Behind every contribution are curiosity, careful work and the courage to share a new idea. Our certificates and scientific awards recognise that commitment — and the presentations that leave a lasting impression.
Participation & distinction
A contribution. A moment to remember.
Scientific Presentation Award
Outstanding presentations are recognised with an Award Certificate and a crystal plaque — a lasting expression of appreciation from the scientific community.
An attendance certificate and a scientific award are distinct: the award is a special recognition for selected presentations.
Recognition by the community
How presentations are recognised
The published selection process brings together session chairs’ assessments and nominations from the audience.
Present & exchange
Researchers share their work and engage in scientific discussion with the audience.
Evaluate & nominate
Session chairs evaluate presentations; participants can nominate contributions they find particularly compelling.
Celebrate achievement
Assessments and nominations are submitted to the scientific chairs. Selected speakers are honoured at the award ceremony.
Beyond the award
Five opportunities for distinguished contributions
Selected authors may benefit from the following opportunities beyond the award. These depend on the event programme, subject relevance and available resources; they are not an automatic package of benefits.
Featured on our website
A detailed feature can introduce the distinguished work, its scientific contribution and the people behind it. Short interviews and features in our communication channels may follow with the authors’ consent.
Extended papers for scientific journals
Selected authors may be invited to submit a substantially extended paper to a suitable SWS journal or, where an editorial arrangement exists, a partner journal. Editorial assessment and independent peer review still apply.
About extended manuscriptsInvitations to talks & workshops
A contribution may lead to an invitation to a future presentation, thematic workshop or online scientific meeting, where it fits the programme and is selected by the scientific committee.
Expert feedback & mentoring
Constructive feedback and expert exchange can help develop the next presentation or research paper. Early-career researchers in particular may benefit from focused guidance where suitable experts are available.
A separate Audience Choice distinction
Where included in the event programme, a separate Audience Choice distinction may recognise particularly engaging presentations or creative connections between science and art. It remains distinct from the scientific assessment by the expert panel.
Further opportunities for distinguished research
Let the research go further.
Authors of selected, outstanding conference papers may be invited to submit a substantially extended version of their work to a suitable scientific journal of the SGEM WORLD SCIENCE (SWS) Scholarly Society. Opportunities with partner journals may also be considered where an appropriate editorial arrangement is in place.
An extended manuscript should take the research further — through new results, additional analysis or deeper discussion — and disclose and cite the original conference paper.
An invitation is not a guarantee of publication. Every submission remains subject to editorial assessment, independent peer review and the journal’s own requirements and terms.
Share knowledge. Meet the community.
Bring your research into the conversation.
A conference’s value lives in the exchange: a thoughtful question, a new perspective, or a meeting that becomes the next collaboration.