This paper presents a discussion of the possibility of using electronic technologies to support the mentoring role of academic conferences. Mentoring A fundamental activity of scholarship is mentoring. This includes both mentoring others and being mentored. A mentor is an advisor, guide, coach, counselor, consultant, friend, and confidant. A mentor can also be a committee of inquiry or a consultative body.
Mentors also play a critical role in scholarship by serving as a reviewer for ideas and papers.
The process of mentoring and being mentor is one of the critical success factors in scholarship. A mentor can be thought of as a friend whose relationship extends into the workplace and whose experience in a particular domain is greater than the person being mentored. In the academe, colleagues who are more experienced in a particular knowledge domain and who agree to work with a less experienced colleague become mentors. At any given life stage, a scholar is generally mentoring and being mentored. Technology is changing the mentoring process.