Dear All,
We are pleased to announce the call for posters and ignite presentations for InterSol2020 (4th EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas). Just as in previous years, we hope to showcase the best in research from across the continent to industry practitioners, government officials, think tanks, research organisations, NGOs, CBOs and private companies and African Institutions of Higher Education, Science and Technology. We hope you will circulate this call widely among your network and students, including on physical noticeboards, as we hope to attract over 100 diverse and multidisciplinary researchers from across 22 countries in Africa.
Please email Dr Jessica Thorn jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk to register as a poster presenter, oral presenter or observer. . Registration for these tracks is at no cost due to our kind sponsors but spaces are limited. Please note the deadline for all poster and ignite talk submissions will be the 25th February 2020, and all submissions must be sent directly to Hamidu Seki on has536@york.ac.uk. We will let you know the outcome of your submission by the 27th of February and final submissions should be sent by the 3rd of March.
Topics for presentations
We invite oral and poster presentations in all areas related to the following topics, including but not limited to:
1. Building disaster resilience to extreme events: translating the local to global
2. Land use transitions and spatial modelling
3. Scenarios, complex systems thinking, and multi-criteria decision analysis
4. Human health and pollution in the total environment
5. Nature-based and ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change
6. Ecological infrastructure, green and blue spaces and ecosystem services
7. Environmental justice and the role of civil society making resilience equitable
8. Balancing development and conservation agendas
9. The role of Artificial Intelligence in solving Africa’s grand challenges
10. Challenges and opportunities to curving career attrition of African women in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
11. Environmental migration, gender and the food-water-energy nexus
12. Innovations in adapting to water scarcity and abundance
13. ICT and innovative connectivity as enablers for sustainable development
Ignite oral presentations specifications
- Submit proposed title, a 250-word abstract of the research,
- Indicate which topic of the conference you will be addressing
- Ignite talks provide a great platform for people to quickly share project updates that don’t require a full 20-minute presentation. By automating slide progression of 20 slides and condensing the talk to 5 minutes, it provides a fun platform for both the presenter and audience! Each slide displays for 15 seconds.
New to the Ignite format? Follow the link below for more information. Click here for Ignite Presentation Tips!)
Poster specifications
- Posters must be in portrait format
- Dimensions must comply with A0 specifications (33.1 x 46.8 in)
- Posters must be submitted in Powerpoint format (.ppt), for ease of review
- Indicate which topic of the conference you will be addressing
- Please structure your posters with sections such as title, author/s and author affiliations, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, conclusion, literature cited, contact information, and acknowledgements. Aim for 500-1000 words for all the content.
For all inquiries please contact:
Amayaa Wijesinghe (Tutorial Chair) - amayaa.wijesinghe@linacre.ox.ac.uk,
Hamidu Seki (Poster Chair ) - has536@york.ac.uk,
or Dr Jessica Thorn (General Chair) - jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk
We hope to see you or your organization's representation at this event.
Best wishes
Prof. Olago
Department of Geology
University of Nairobi
College of Biological and Physical Sciences
Chiromo Campus, Riverside Drive
PO Box 30197-00100
Nairobi, KENYA
