AAACU 22nd Biennial Conference “Harnessing Education as a Vehicle for Sustained Growth in Asia”

Venue: VSU, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines

Date: 15-19 October 2018

Submission Dateline: 31 July 2018

 

The Conference Committee is inviting all active AAACU member-institutions to submit
scientific abstracts for oral presentation addressing any of the following topics:

• Impact in climate change
• Renewable energy
• Poverty alleviation
• Gender and development
• Health and peace
• Advanced technologies employed in agriculture for improved productivity and provitability
• Research partnership (collaboration) to address regional priorities
• knowledge protection, transfer and commercialization
• Food and nutrition security
• Environmental concervation
• Innovation in education
• Trends i higher and advanced education
• Science and risk coomunication

Students Summit and Participation of AAACU non-member institutions

1. For students wishing to present papers in the Student’s Summit, the same topics above also apply.
2. Associate members of AAACU (those SUCs who have signified in writing their intention to join
   and have not yet been officially admitted) are also eligible to participate in the Conference.
   Other institutions may also submit paper for presentations

 

Submissions:

• All abstracts must be received by the Conference Committee STARTING 1 June 2018.
  DEADLINE for submission is 31 July 2018.
• The Conference Committee in VSU is responsible for selecting papers for presentation and
  allocating them time to a program session.
• Authors whose abstract will be selected (on the basis of abstract topic and quality of
  submissions) will give a 15-minute oral presentation about their research and participate in a
  facilitated group discussion.
• Authors will receive an email confirming the receipt of their submission ON OR BEFORE 31
  August 2018.
• Authors whose abstracts have been accepted must submit to the Conference Committee the
  full paper by 30 September 2018.
• Any changes in the presentation details (e.g., name, title) and or presenter after 31 August
  2018 will no longer be entertained.
• Papers accepted for presentation are also required to prepare a poster of their paper to be
  displayed at the Conference Hall. The poster should be printed on 30” wide x 40” high (76 cm x 103 cm) tarpaulin with high resolution photos. It should include the following:
  – Title
  – Full name of authors, designation and institutional affiliation
  – Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusion and Recommendation

 

Conference Registration Fees

Students – Php 3,000.00 inclusive of 7 meals from Oct 15 evening until October 17, 2018; 4 snacks
(Oct 16-17, 2018), 3 nights accommodation in dorm-type (air-con)(Oct 15-17), conference kit, and
welcome dinner with AAACU members (Oct 17).
For students wishing to extend until the 19th Oct to participate in the field tour, an additional Php
2,000.00 will be collected to cover for meals and the tour.

AAACU associate and non-members – Php 5,000.00 inclusive of 9 meals from Oct 16 evening
until Oct 19, 2018; 5 snacks (Oct 17-19 am), 3 nights accommodation (Oct 16-18, 2018; discounted
twin-sharing), conference kit, welcome dinner and tour.
AAACU member institutions – Top author or corresponding author from active AAACU memberinstitutions (paid annual dues) is entitled to free-registration

 

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