28th - 31st October 2018
University of Botswana Conference Centre
Gaborone, Botswana
Preamble
Research is conducted to generate
knowledge and this knowledge should be relevant to the needs of local communities
and impact lives. In Southern Africa most of the research output from
institutions of higher learning such as universities is not translated in to
solutions for industrial and social needs. Hence there is need to harmonise
postgraduate research and its relevance to societal needs. In the process of
solving societal problems, postgraduate research should also create employment
and impart entrepreneurial skills to communities. This will create a pathway of
transferring knowledge from institutions of higher learning to industries. In
this way, research will stimulate growth and development which is relevant to
developing countries of Southern Africa and beyond. This conference therefore
is aimed at challenging the status quo of how and why research is conducted in
our universities and the role of research in changing societies and creating
employment and opportunities.
Goal of the conference
The goal of the conference is to
provide a platform for sharing information on Post Graduate Research with regards
to best practices relevant to countries in the Southern African Development
Community (SADC).
The specific objectives of the
conference are:
To provide a regional platform for
knowledge sharing and to integrate and co-ordinate initiatives in graduate
research
b) To support capacity development
through collaborative research for sustainable development
c) To raise awareness and
mobilisation for research support to a broad range of stakeholders with the view
of ensuring participation and ownership of interventions.
DATES
TO REMEMBER
Call for Abstracts Open: 20 April
2018
Deadline for Submission of
Abstracts: 1 June 2018
Abstract Decision Letters Emailed:
14 July 2018
Full Papers Due (For Accepted
Abstracts Only): 14 August 2018
Acceptance of Full Papers
Communicated: 14 September 2018
Registration Deadline for
Presenters: 6 October 2018
Abstract received after the deadline
will not be accepted
For more information: https://easychair.org/cfp/sadc_icprsd2018
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