When you received this invitation it sounded boring, but unfortunately you couldn't say no. Your career is important and events of this kind are essential. You really hope there will be at least a decent party afterwards. A bit of really decent booze. You will need it to go through hours of chit chat with a bunch of pompous scientists. And maybe there will be the possibility to do some networking: according to the guest list there will be some well connected people, and maybe you can score some useful deals.

VIPs and Politicians