Academic conferences are highly sought after by institutes engaged in researches, researchers pursuing their careers in these institutes or independent researchers and students who are willing to take up research projects. Global as well as national conferences attract all kinds of gifted minds and form an indispensable part of knowledge exchanges. Better connectivity, knowledge sharing and improved cooperation are some of the immediate evident results of these types of conferences. Most conferences come with subsequent workshops where researchers present their ideas or works in front of others, and a healthy atmosphere of knowledge exchanges in form of interactive sessions occur. These interactive sessions are of utmost importance as many times institutes pursuing research activities in same areas of interest are separated by geopolitical differences as well as time restraints. However, these platforms present these institutes and research scholars with a unique opportunity to get a glimpse of the work that has been conducted in other institutes.

Students and interns are frequently encouraged to attend these conferences to update their knowledge and for establishing communication links with institutes where they might work in future. So, both the prospect of future employments, knowledge exchange and personnel development are completed in one go.

Like every year, 2016 too is dotted with prescheduled conferences on a wide range of fields. Based on our understanding of important areas of discussions, we have shortlisted 10 academic conferences of 2019:

• International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Management (ICSTEM)

Scheduled to be organized on January 16th, at Chennai, India, these conferences stress the need for global to share their experiences and ideas in person with their peers expected to join from different parts of the world. These also serve to foster connectivity amongst researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Management related techniques.

• 11th international Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC)

Scheduled to be held at Rome, Italy on January 23rd this year, artificial intelligence is an important area of research as tech giants and other leading agencies have ramped up their investments and research works in these areas. Artificial intelligence is thought to be an area which will provide immense support to human activities in areas of research, space explorations and many others.

Similarly, soft computing focuses on a collection of methodologies which aims towards exploitation of tolerance for imprecision, partial truth and uncertainty to achieve robustness, tractability and low cost solutions.

• International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Advanced materials (IC2NM)

Nanotechnology is an emerging field of significant areas ranging from medical service, pharmaceuticals to construction and electronics. Many state owned enterprises and private research houses as well as independent researchers have focused on nanosciences recently to facilitate creation of materials never before attempted, and build technologies which are one of a kind. This conference will take place at Rome, Italy on January 24th.

• International Conference on Recent Advances in Medical and Health Sciences (ICRAMHS)

Scheduled at Istanbul, Turkey on February 3rd of this year, conferences on medical advancements are one of the most sought after, as medical technologies are one of the most respected fields, and advancements are treated as highly essential globally to provide better treatment regimes.

• 23rd International Conference on Management and Information Technology (ICMIT)

Scheduled to take place at Manila, Philippines, on February 6th, this conference will witness gathering of all leading organizations in the field of Information Technology and Management Sciences, to discuss the global business climate and better interconnectivity and data sharing to provide improved opportunities.

Some other conferences which holds importance:

• International Conference on Tourism, Hospitality and Marketing- Mauritius, January 21st
• International Conference on Current Research in Engineering and Technology- India, January 17th
• International Conference on Chemical and Biochemical Engineering- India, February 6th
• International Conference on Science, Social Science and Economics- USA, February 27th
• International Conference on Environmental Science and Development- Canada, march 5th