UOWD HDR Colloquium 2017

Call for papers - submission due date: 5 April 2017

UOWD invites you to submit your proposal for an oral presentation or/and poster presentation in their inaugural Annual HDR Colloquium. 
The Colloquium is designed to enhance HDR student’s experiences by showcasing your research, sharing of ideas, networking with fellow HDR students and create and strengthen professional and research ties in a friendly and supportive environment.  
The Colloquium offers a unique collaborative opportunity for PhD and DBA students from UOWD to receive useful and instructive feedback on their thesis research as well as on potential ideas for publications and conference presentations.

Conference Proceedings

The one-day event, hosted by UOWD, will begin with key note addresses and short presentations from renowned academic speakers.  The program will also include panel and roundtable discussions led by experienced doctoral supervisors who will provide valuable strategies for doctoral students to succeed in each thesis stage. 
 
Participants will then be split into thematic presentation sessions which will be chaired by experienced academics. Each session will be organised as follows:
 
• A Presenter will give a presentation of a research paper (20 minutes)
• The Session chair will give a short critical analysis of the presenter’s work (5 minutes) 
• A Q&A led by a session chair will follow (5 minutes).
 
All presenters will receive a participation certificate and prizes will also be awarded for best presentations at the end of the program.

Tentative Schedule: Conference Agenda

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

  8:30 am to 9:00 am        Registration and Reception

 9:00 am to 9:15 am         Opening Ceremony 

9:15 am to 9:30 am          Guest of Honor Address

 9:30 am to 10:10 am        Keynote address

10:10 am to 10:30 am       Presentation: Day overview

10:30 am to 11:00 am       Coffee break and Networking

11:00 am to 11:45 am       Panel Discussion

11:45 am to 1:00 pm         Parallel  sessions - I

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm           Lunch

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm           Parallel sessions - II /round table

3:30 pm to 4:00 pm           Coffee break

4:00 pm to 4:30 pm           Awards & Closing session

Submission guidelines and key dates

For the oral presentation you are requested to submit a 300 - 500-word proposal/abstract. If you intend to submit a poster presentation, please use the templates provided by UOWD.

Key Dates

Abstract Submission deadline                        5 April, 2017
Notification of Acceptance                              15 April, 2017
Poster Submissions                                       15 April, 2017
Registration & Final Presentation                   30 April, 2017
Submission                                                     or 1 May, 2017
Colloquium date                                              17 May, 2017

Abstracts should be submitted to [email protected] in the following format:

• Microsoft Word document, Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced, justified paragraphs.

• Margins: 1 inch top, bottom, and sides.

• Authors’ names’ and affiliation should be included on a separate page (i.e. cover page)

• Any references should use the Harvard referencing style

• Images may be included if relevant
   

Colloquium Chair and Director:

Dr Vijay Pereira, Associate Dean of Research

Colloquium Co-chairs

Dr Flevy Lasrado, Assistant Professor

Dr Munyar Nyadzayo, Assistant Professor

Please submit all abstracts to: Veronika Loessl - [email protected]