Networking at a Virtual AI Conference

7/18/2026intermediate

Speakers

You

あなた

Lukas

リサーチエンジニア（ドイツ）

この場面について

オンラインAIカンファレンスの雑談ラウンジで、初対面の海外リサーチエンジニアと世間話をしながら人脈を広げる場面

Summary (JP)

あなたはオンラインAIカンファレンスの合間にある雑談用の「ネットワーキングラウンジ」で、ドイツ出身のリサーチエンジニアLukasと出会います。お互いの発表内容や所属チームについて話した後、共通の関心分野（モデルの評価手法）を見つけて意気投合し、最後にLinkedInでつながることを約束します。カジュアルながらも自然な自己紹介・雑談の流れと、連絡先交換のフレーズを学べるレッスンです。

会話

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You:

Hi, mind if I join this table in the lounge?

Lukas:

Not at all, go ahead! I'm Lukas, by the way.

You:

Nice to meet you, Lukas. I'm just taking a break after that last session.

Lukas:

Same here. That keynote was pretty dense, honestly.

You:

Right? I had to pause and rewind a few times. So what brings you to this conference?

Lukas:

I'm a research engineer at a lab in Berlin. I have a poster session tomorrow afternoon, actually.

You:

Oh, nice! What's your poster about?

Lukas:

It's about building better evaluation benchmarks for reasoning. What about you?

You:

Small world, actually. I've been working on the exact same problem this year.

Lukas:

No way! What kind of benchmarks have you been using?

You:

Mostly a mix of public ones and some internal test sets we built ourselves.

Lukas:

That's really similar to what we're doing. We should compare notes sometime.

You:

I'd love that. Would you like to connect on LinkedIn after this?

Lukas:

Sure, let's do that. I'll shoot you a message once I find your profile.

You:

Sounds good. Are you going to the next session, by the way?

Lukas:

Not sure yet. Honestly, the hallway track is my favorite part of any conference.

You:

Ha, I totally agree. Let's grab a coffee and keep chatting, then.

Lukas:

Perfect, let's do it.

Vocabulary

networking lounge

Meaning: （カンファレンスなどの）交流ラウンジ、雑談スペース

Example: Let's hang out in the networking lounge until the next session starts.

keynote

Meaning: 基調講演

Example: The keynote this morning was really inspiring.

evaluation benchmark

Meaning: 評価用ベンチマーク

Example: We built our own evaluation benchmark for reasoning tasks.

small world

Meaning: 世間は狭いですね（意外なつながりを見つけたときの表現）

Example: Small world! I used to work with someone from your team.

connect on LinkedIn

Meaning: LinkedInでつながる

Example: Would you like to connect on LinkedIn after this?

poster session

Meaning: ポスター発表セッション

Example: I'll be presenting my poster session tomorrow afternoon.

shoot someone a message

Meaning: （カジュアルに）誰かにメッセージを送る

Example: I'll shoot you a message once the recording is up.

hallway track

Meaning: （カンファレンスの）廊下での立ち話・非公式な交流

Example: Honestly, the hallway track is my favorite part of any conference.

Quiz

1. Where does this conversation take place?

2. What is Lukas's job?

3. What topic do You and Lukas discover they're both interested in?

4. What do they agree to do at the end of the conversation?

5. What does Lukas say was his favorite part of the conference?

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