Call for Abstracts

8th Edition of the UoM Research Week

21 to 25 September 2015

The 8th Edition of the UoM Research Week will be organised by the University of Mauritius from 21 to 25 September 2015.

The Research Week aims at providing a consolidated platform for staff, students and researchers to interact and carry out peer discussions of ongoing or emerging research at the UoM. The main objective of the Research Week is therefore to showcase ongoing research being undertaken at inter and intra-departmental levels across the UoM.

Faculty, students, and affiliated researchers are invited to submit up to five (5) abstracts inclusive of oral presentations and poster sessions (either as author or co-author). Stakeholders are also called upon to participate in collaboration with UoM researchers.

Oral presentations will be of a duration of 15-20 minutes, with time for questions. Poster presentations should be on A1 format.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts should be submitted online at latest by 26 June 2015 (Extended to) 27th July 2015 and should include the following details:

• The presentation title;
• The name, affiliation and email of all authors;
• Paper type (oral or poster);
• A word description (between 300 and 400 words) of the presentation (abstract);

The abstract should comprise the background and objectives of the study, approach and methodology, major findings of the research work, conclusion and significance, and up to five (5) keywords.

All abstracts will be blind reviewed and the corresponding author will be notified of acceptance at latest by 14 August 2015. Accepted abstracts will be published in the UoM Research Week Book of Abstracts.

Those who wish, may submit their full paper(s) to the UoM Research Journal (url: http://vcampus.uom.ac.mu/pvcacd/resjournal/) at latest by 30 October 2015 for online publication in the Special Issue of the Journal.

All abstracts should be formatted as per template and submitted via the online submission system.

Important Dates

Online submission opens on 25 May 2015 
Abstract Submission Deadline: 27 July 2015
Notification of Acceptance: 14 August 2015