VCWAP 2025: Dánae Sanz-Pérez wins Best Talk Award

Congratulations toDánae Sanz-Pérez awarded the prize for the Best Talk During the 5th edition of VCWAP, 44 early-career women researchers gave talks on Zoom. Among them, Dánae Sanz-Pérez’s presentation stood out and was awarded Best Talk. Thanks to our sponsor Transmitting Science (thank you!), Dánae will be able to choose between two prizes: either two […]

VCWAP 2025: Rosa Alonso Montero wins Best Paleoart Award

Congratulations toRosa Alonso Montero awarded the prize for the Best Paleoart During the 5th edition of VCWAP, women paleoartists showcased 20 reconstructions on GatherTown©, an interactive platform that fosters real-time discussions. This year, we introduced a brand-new, custom-designed map by Imola Benkö, creating an immersive experience set in an archaeological and paleontological excavation site. Among […]

VCWAP 2025: Asmaa Ziati wins Best Poster Award

Congratulations to Asmaa Ziati awarded the prize for the Best Poster During the 5th edition of VCWAP, early-career women researchers presented 42 posters on GatherTown©, an interactive platform that fosters real-time discussions. This year, we introduced a brand-new, custom-designed map by Imola Benkö, creating an immersive experience set in an archaeological and paleontological excavation site. […]

VCWAP 2024: Congratulations to Lucía Villaescusa, awarded the second Prize for the best Talk

Congratulations to Lucía Villaescusa, awarded the second Prize for the Best Talk! At the 4th Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists (VCWAP), early-career women researchers delivered 41 high-quality talks. Lucía Villaescusa‘s presentation particularly impressed the jury, earning her the Second Prize for the Best Talk. Lucía was awarded a course of her choosing from […]

VCWAP 2024: Congratulations to Holly Martin, awarded the first Prize for the best Talk

Congratulations to Holly Martin, awarded the first Prize for the Best Talk! At the 4th Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists (VCWAP), early-career women researchers delivered 41 high-quality talks. Holly Martin‘s presentation particularly impressed the jury, earning her the First Prize for the Best Talk. This grants Holly access to a course of her […]

VCWAP 2024: Congratulations to Sandra Hähle, awarded the Prize for the best Paleoart

Congratulations to Sandra Hähle, awarded the Prize for the Best Paleoart! The Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists (VCWAP) hosted its second Virtual Paleoart Gallery this year. Thirteen women paleoartists exhibited reconstructions that brought to life beings from the past, accompanied by a commentary explaining the combination of scientific hypotheses and artistic choices behind […]

VCWAP 2024: Congratulations to Abril Castagnola, awarded the Prize for the best Poster

Congratulations to Abril Castagnola, awarded the Prize for the Best Poster! During the 4th Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists (VCWAP), early-career women researchers presented 33 posters on Gather Town©, a dynamic platform for remote meetings that allows for online face-to-face interactions. Among the array of posters, Abril Castagnola‘s work captured the attention of […]

How to prepare an oral presentation for a conference?

How to prepare an oral presentation for a conference? There’s no one way to present your work. In fact, being creative will help you get your audience’s attention. However, we’ve put together some basic tips we think could help you produce a presentation suitable for an international scientific congress.  Feel free to supplement our tips […]

How to prepare a poster for a conference?

How to prepare a poster for a conference? Despite there is no magic perfect receipt to make the perfect poster – and we encourage you to unleash your creativity! – we want to give a basic list of 5 do’s and dont’s! 1 – Know the conference requirements Before starting your poster, it is crucial […]