15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme:
Africa and the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda
Africa Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at its Satellite Meeting hosted by University of South Africa (UNISA) Cape Town Campus in partnership with Cape Peninsula University of Technology [CPUT] on the theme “Africa and the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda”.
13 – 14 August, 2015 (Arrival: 12 August, 2015)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology [CPUT] Library, Belville Campus, Cape Town, South Africa
Proposal should address one or more of the sub-themes in English or French:
Papers should be original, well researched and never presented anywhere else.
Each paper is expected to be about 2000 words in length, and to be presented and discussed within 20 minutes in about 10 slides.
Should you be interested in contributing, please provide:
Submission of proposals and abstracts: |
2 February 2015 |
Notification to authors: |
28 February 2015 |
Submission of full text: |
1 May 2015 |
Registration is 50 EUROs. All interested participants must register in advance.
Please send your proposals by e-mail to:
Rosemary Shafack
Email: roshafack@gmail.com
and
Victoria Okojie
Chair, IFLA Africa Section
Email: vicokojie@yahoo.com
All proposals must be in before 2 February 2015.
At least one of the paper's authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the Satellite conference. Abstracts should only be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of attending the conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.
All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2015 will be made available online via the IFLA Library under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLA Author Form.
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation letter can be issued to authors.
List of opportunities for support is available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.
Last update: 17 June 2015