1.0 The RiD 2016 Conference
1.1 Overview
This is a 3-day conference event that brings scholars, professionals, practitioners and graduate students that are interested or are actively engaged in research and application of innovative to development. The conference aims at facilitating multidisciplinary research on developing country issues, stimulating collaborations between developing country researchers and their counterparts from the developed world, broadening and deepening global understanding of the various contextual factors influencing development, and advancing appropriate solutions to development challenges within this context.
There have so far been few platforms on which developing country scholars, practitioners and students have been able to engage and deepen their understanding of those key context-specific factors that could enable or inhibit meaningful and sustainable developmental progress. The need for such a platform has become even greater with the launch of t...
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1.0 The RiD 2016 Conference
1.1 Overview
This is a 3-day conference event that brings scholars, professionals, practitioners and graduate students that are interested or are actively engaged in research and application of innovative to development. The conference aims at facilitating multidisciplinary research on developing country issues, stimulating collaborations between developing country researchers and their counterparts from the developed world, broadening and deepening global understanding of the various contextual factors influencing development, and advancing appropriate solutions to development challenges within this context.
There have so far been few platforms on which developing country scholars, practitioners and students have been able to engage and deepen their understanding of those key context-specific factors that could enable or inhibit meaningful and sustainable developmental progress. The need for such a platform has become even greater with the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that provide all actors with the kind of targets that they, in partnership, need to work towards.
The conference will bring together global expertise on issues that reflect the contextual distinctiveness of the challenges in developing world - issues that should inform the direction of efforts towards ensuring that the SDG can be attained.
1.2 RiD 2016 Conference Theme
The 2016 conference will focus on the identification of various key contextual issues and so expand the common knowledge base from which strategic partnerships could be forged and collaborative efforts enhanced.
Subsequent conferences will build on this base through ongoing empirical research that supports the emergence of appropriate concepts, theories and practices for attainment of the SDGs within the developing country context.
1.3 Outline of RiD 2016 Conference Programme
The first two days will include presentations by keynote speakers (in plenary sessions) and presentations of selected research papers in the following 8 conference tracks:
Conference Tracks
Track 1: Entrepreneurship and Business Management
Track 2: Economics, Money, Banking and Finance, and Accounting
Track 3: ICTs, e-business, Mobile Computing, and Educational
Track 4: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Food Production and Safety, and Tourism
Track 5: Mining and Energy, Engineering and Local Adaptations,
Track 6: Policy, Regulation, Governance, Security and Conflict Resolution
Track 7: Environmental and Public Health, and Nutrition
Track 8: Research Philosophy, Methodology and Application
Papers that fall in other related categories are also welcome.
The third day will include:
1. Separate half-day workshops for Masters and PhD students, and
2. Case presentations by selected actors on field experiences in the application of innovation in sustainable development within the developing country context.
1.4 Call for RiD 2016 Conference Papers
A call is now being made for conference papers that focus on the various aspects that assist in deepening understanding of contextual issues affecting the pursuit of Local/Contextual solutions for sustainable development.
Abstracts and full paper can be sent by email to: Editorial@legacypublication.com.
Please take note of the following important dates:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 7th December, 2015.
Deadline for submission of draft full papers: 31st January, 2016
Deadline for submission of revised papers: 21st February, 2016
All draft papers will be subjected to a blind peer review process.
Accepted conference papers will be published in a referred Conference proceeding Book with an ISSN number.
For additional information on RiD 2016 conference paper submission, please contact: Editorial@legacypublication.com
1.5 Conference Participation Fees
A conference fee of $200 will be payable by 20th February, 2016. This covers participation for the 3 days, and includes conference material, lunches and snacks.
Early bird discounts are available as follows:
$165 for payment made by 31st December, 2015
$180 for payment made by 31st January, 2016
Group rates (7 or more participants) will also apply as follows:
$150 per participant for payment made by 31st December, 2015
$165 per participant for payment made by 31st January, 2016
$185 per participant for payment made by 15th February, 2016
An additional $85 is payable by participants that are presenting papers.
Lusaka offers a wide range of safe and good accommodation options that include hostels, B&B lodges and guest houses, and hotels.
To book your place at RiD 2016, please contact: Events@legacypublication.com
2.0 Journal Publication
2.1 Call for Submission of Journal Papers
This announcement also includes a call for papers to be considered for publication in a series of journals focusing on the developing country context. It is anticipated that good quality papers from the conference will also be considered for publication in any one of the journals in this series.
1. The Journal of Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
2. The Journal of Agribusiness in Developing Countries
3. The Journal of Developing Country Economics
4. The Journal of Developing Country Policy Analysis
5. The Journal of Enterprise Finance in Developing Countries
2.2 Submission Deadlines for Journal Publication
Please take note of the following submission deadlines
Abstracts must be submitted by 7th December, 2015
Draft full papers must be submitted by 31st January, 2016
Revised Papers must be submitted by 15th March, 2016
2.3 Journal Publishing Fees
A fee of $200 is payable for each article published in any of the above series of journals
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