Chat withsomeonebefore themorningsession startsDiscuss anew projectidea withsomeoneGet a newidea foryourprojectMeetsomeonewhose paperyou’ve readAnswerquestionsabout yourprojectGo dancingwithconferencepeopleAsksomeonejunior to youwhat they’reworking onMeetsomeonewho hasread yourpaperAsk aquestionafter atalkChat withsomeone youmet at theconferencemultiple timesShow upto all thesessionsGet invited tobe on a paperyou wouldn’totherwisehave been onFile yourtravelpaperworkwithin a weekof your returnDo karaokewithconferencepeopleTalk with aprize postdocdoingsomethingsimilar to youMeet a gradstudentworking onsomethingsimilarGet invitedto chatduring acoffee breakAsk aquestion tosomeoneabout theirposterGet anidea for anewprojectGet invited todinner withsomeone youdidn’t knowlast weekDo/seesomethingcultural withsomeone fromthe conferenceTalk withsomeone whohas apermanentposition youmight wantChat with acollaboratorEmailsomeoneafter theconferenceto follow upChat withsomeonebefore themorningsession startsDiscuss anew projectidea withsomeoneGet a newidea foryourprojectMeetsomeonewhose paperyou’ve readAnswerquestionsabout yourprojectGo dancingwithconferencepeopleAsksomeonejunior to youwhat they’reworking onMeetsomeonewho hasread yourpaperAsk aquestionafter atalkChat withsomeone youmet at theconferencemultiple timesShow upto all thesessionsGet invited tobe on a paperyou wouldn’totherwisehave been onFile yourtravelpaperworkwithin a weekof your returnDo karaokewithconferencepeopleTalk with aprize postdocdoingsomethingsimilar to youMeet a gradstudentworking onsomethingsimilarGet invitedto chatduring acoffee breakAsk aquestion tosomeoneabout theirposterGet anidea for anewprojectGet invited todinner withsomeone youdidn’t knowlast weekDo/seesomethingcultural withsomeone fromthe conferenceTalk withsomeone whohas apermanentposition youmight wantChat with acollaboratorEmailsomeoneafter theconferenceto follow up

Conference Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. N-Chat with someone before the morning session starts
  2. O-Discuss a new project idea with someone
  3. N-Get a new idea for your project
  4. N-Meet someone whose paper you’ve read
  5. I-Answer questions about your project
  6. B-Go dancing with conference people
  7. N-Ask someone junior to you what they’re working on
  8. B-Meet someone who has read your paper
  9. G-Ask a question after a talk
  10. B-Chat with someone you met at the conference multiple times
  11. I-Show up to all the sessions
  12. I-Get invited to be on a paper you wouldn’t otherwise have been on
  13. B-File your travel paperwork within a week of your return
  14. O-Do karaoke with conference people
  15. O-Talk with a prize postdoc doing something similar to you
  16. I-Meet a grad student working on something similar
  17. B-Get invited to chat during a coffee break
  18. I-Ask a question to someone about their poster
  19. G-Get an idea for a new project
  20. O-Get invited to dinner with someone you didn’t know last week
  21. G-Do/see something cultural with someone from the conference
  22. G-Talk with someone who has a permanent position you might want
  23. G-Chat with a collaborator
  24. O-Email someone after the conference to follow up