Scientific conferences are a major part of any PhD journey and by now have become just as normal to me as having Finnish lunch at 11 o’clock – or sauna. Speaking from my experience, these three things are very similar in nature in a multitude of ways: discussing current developments in research, debating technical details that only a handful of people in the room (can pretend to) understand and yes, even sharing food. But conferences are much more than just these moments and