CALL FOR CONFERENCE

EASTERN AFRICAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS MANAGEMENT (EARIMA) CONFERENCE, 29TH AUGUST – 3RD SEPTEMBER 2015.

Venue: Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda

Theme of the conference: Building Capacity in Research and Innovations Management in Eastern Africa for Socio-Economic Transformation

The conference will be organized along four streams/subthemes:

  1. Research and Innovations Management
  2. Research Funding
  3. Research Partnerships and Collaborations
  4. Research Policies and Networks

Aims of the conference

  • Professional development and capacity building of its members
  • Increasing the contribution of Research and Innovations to socio-economic transformation of societies
  • Increase uptake of research findings in policy formulation
  • Build effective collaborations and networks for the next generation of researchers, policy makers and stakeholders

Programme

The outline of the programme is attached. You will note that the first two days, Saturday and Sunday will be for half day workshops and the rest of the programme will be taken up by Concurrent sessions., opening ceremony, exhibitions and the EARIMA annual general meeting.

At this point we would like to invite interested groups of people or companies/organisations to book time for either a half day session of a concurrent session in any of the four streams mentioned above.

We also invite all researchers in all partner universities to register for the conference by visiting Details of how to pay can be found at the website

Note:

  1. Half day workshops: Morning and afternoon workshops on Saturday and Sunday run from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm and from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm respectively.
  2. Concurrent sessions will run for 1.5hrs (one and half hours).
  3. Exhibitions will be open all the time during the conference. They can be visited at lunch time, evening tea and on day 4 between 4.00 and 5.30 pm

Suggested timelines/deadlines

1. Call for expression of interest to conduct a half day workshop or a concurrent session 27th February 2015

2. Closing of receipt of abstracts31st May 2015

3.Feed back on submitted abstracts by 20th June 2015

4.Submission of full presentations by 20th July 2015

5. Early Registration before 18th June 2015

6. Late registrationAfter 18th June 2015

Costs applicable

Full conference registration(early)USD 400 per participant

Full registration (late)USD 450 per participant

Half day workshopsUSD 150 per half day workshop

For further enquiries please contact

Eli Katunguka-Rwakishaya

Email:

Tel: +256782971047

Website: