Twitter chemistry poster conference continues to grow as it celebrates its fifth anniversary

On 5 March, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will launch its fifth poster conference to be held at the world’s biggest conference centre: Twitter. Run entirely on social media, researchers can present virtual posters in 12 different categories, ask questions and network – all without having to leave the comfort of their office or home. The event started out as an idea of analytical chemist Matthew Baker from the University of Strathclyde, UK. ‘I was just looking at Twitter and most of it was just people tweeting their work, but there was no real engagement or questions,’ he explains. ‘I was trying to come up with ideas to get researchers into conversations on Twitter.’