Conference Notes Template

When to use this

Notes scribbled in real time and never opened again help no one. This structure forces synthesis: what did you actually take away, and what will you do about it?

# Conference Notes — [Conference name]

**Dates:** [Dates]   **Location:** [City]   **My attendance:** [Full / part]

## Top 3 takeaways (one sentence each)
1. [Insight that changes how I think about something]
2. [Insight that changes how I think about something]
3. [Insight that changes how I think about something]

## Sessions worth noting
### [Session title] — [Speaker]
- Main argument:
- Best supporting evidence:
- What I disagree with:
- One question it raised for me:

### [Session title] — [Speaker]
[Same structure]

## People I met
| Name | Org / role | Why they're worth a follow-up | When I'll follow up |
|------|------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|      |            |                               |                      |

## Ideas to bring back to my work
- [Idea] — applied to [my context, who I'd talk to]
- [Idea] — applied to [my context, who I'd talk to]

## Actions
1. [Specific action with a date]
2. [Specific action with a date]
3. [Specific action with a date]

## Revisit date
[Date — 30 days out — when I'll come back and check what actually changed]