Conferences are pivotal engines of scholarly communication and career development in surgery. They compress discovery, critique, and networking into high-signal exchanges that accelerate the path from idea to implementation. This chapter synthesizes evidence-informed practices for each stage of the conference lifecycle. It outlines strategic selection of meetings, disciplined preparation of structured abstracts aligned with reporting standards, and audience-centered design of oral and poster presentations. Key principles include clarity of the research question, early disclosure of study design, estimation-first reporting with confidence intervals, and visualizations that show distributions rather than summary bars. Advanced sections demonstrate how short, purpose-built surgical videos and three-dimensional models enhance comprehension when paired with explicit learning objectives and how cognitive load theory guides slide architecture, signaling, and progressive disclosure. Practical guidance for virtual and hybrid delivery emphasizes bandwidth resilience and equitable engagement. The chapter closes with professional conduct and networking strategies that convert session visibility into durable collaborations and manuscript conversion. Throughout, tables and checklists provide rapid reference for abstract reporting, rejection avoidance, slide craft, and poster specifications. The goal is a pragmatic blueprint that helps presenters deliver rigorous, memorable messages while safeguarding accuracy, inclusivity, and ethical standards.