The conference committee will group individual papers into sessions lasting 90 minutes. There will be approximately 3-4 presentations in each session. Each presenter will be given 15 minutes to present their work. A guideline for preparing presentations will be provided to those whose abstracts are accepted. There will be approximately 30-45 minutes for discussion in each parallel session. We intend that this will encourage networking, collaboration, and shared learning. Please make it clear in your abstract how your work links to the main conference theme, and the sub-theme you are applying to.

Please submit an abstract of up to 400 words. 

• An abstract is a compendious summary of a piece of work, including its background, purpose, methodology, results, and conclusion.
• It should be one paragraph with a word limit of 400.
• Keywords should be provided as a must (no more than 5 words).
• Please do not include subheadings, bullets, lists and header/footer in the abstract.
• Abstract titles should be short, but descriptive. Informative titles, indicating key points are encouraged. Abbreviations should not be used in the title.
• Acronyms should be written in full the first time, mentioned in the text, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
• Local names or descriptions must be in Italics.
• There shall be no citations or references in the abstract 
• Title: Calibri, 12 points, Upper case, Centered text in bold
• Body: Calibri, 11 points; Line spacing: 1, Justified