FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS

THEME: LEVERAGING RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DATES: 14TH – 16TH JUNE, 2023
VENUE: BLENDED (PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL)

SUBTHEMES:

  1. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security;
  2. The Built Environment and Infrastructure Development;
  3. Climate Change, Environment, Health and Tourism;
  4. Education and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development;
  5. Energy, Manufacturing and Industrialization;
  6. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics for Development;
  7. ICT, Entrepreneurship and the Blue Economy

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

  1. Abstracts of 250-300 words* should be emailed to: MksU5thconf@mksu.ac.ke
    *clearly indicate whether oral or poster presentation;
  2. Abstracts should be in one continuous paragraph and include up to 6 keywords for online indexing;
  3. Abstracts should include the names of the author(s), affiliations, postal, email, and telephone contacts, with the corresponding author indicated in a footnote;
  4. The full paper should be 3000-8000 words (6-16 pages) prepared in Times New Roman, size 12 font, with spacing of 1.5 and in editable text format;
  5. All references cited in the papers should follow the APA 6th Edition Citation Style;
  6. The full paper should be emailed to: MksU5thconf@mksu.ac.ke

Abstracts and papers can be submitted/presented either in English or Kiswahili depending on the discipline.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
• All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed.

• All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will also be placed in an open-access online conference archive.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for submission of abstracts  

Notification of acceptance  

Deadline for submission of full papers

Early registration deadline

Normal registration deadline

Late registration

Exhibition registration deadline

Conference dates

31st May 2023

2nd June 2023

6th June 2023

15th May 2023

31st May 2023

After 31st May 2023

30th May 2023

14th-16th June 2023

REGISTRATION FEE:

 DESCRIPTIONEarly RegistrationNormal RegistrationLate Registration
1Scholars from the East Africa CommunityKES4,500
US$ 45		KES5,000
US$ 50		KES5,500
US$ 55
2Scholars from Other RegionsKES5,000
US$ 50		KES5,500
US$ 55		KES6,000
US$ 60
3Postgraduate StudentsKES1,000
US$ 10		KES1,000
US$ 10		KES1,500
US$ 15
4Conference ExhibitorsKES10,000
US$ 100		KES15,000
US$ 150		KES20,000
US$ 200

NB: REGISTRATION FEE HAS BEEN REVISED

PAYMENT DETAILS:
Fees MUST be deposited in the following Account:
Account Name: Machakos University
Bank: National Bank of Kenya (Machakos Branch)
Account No. 01020078499401
Bank Code: 12 Branch code: 048
Swift Code: NBKEKENXXXX

Mpesa Paybill: 625625 A/C NO: 01020078499401

Contact:
Conference Secretariat,
Machakos University,
P.O.   Box 136-90100, Machakos, Kenya.
Email: secretariat2023@mksu.ac.ke
Tel: +254722150263

Registration Form