Dates to Remember

Call for abstracts:
Under the overarching theme, a number of panels based on sub-themes will be organized. Panel write-ups  will be uploaded on the Conference website.  Speakers are requested to submit their
abstracts matching the panel sub-theme. For details of the panels, authors’ guidelines, submission
deadlines, etc., please continue to visit our website: www.sdpi.org

All abstracts will go through a software review for originality and if cleared will be reviewed by an editorial committee. Only those speakers with short-listed abstracts will be informed and will be requested to submit their papers by the deadline.

Panels for the forthcoming SDPI’s Seventeenth Sustainable Development Conference will revolve around the following themes; climate change, environment, human rights, economic growth, trade, education,  energy, minority rights, governance and more. For updates you may visit our website www.sdpi.org/sdc.php.

Seventeenth SDC: Conference format
There will be two to three keynote plenary sessions in which prominent  keynote speakers will be invited to address significant areas as highlighted in the overarching theme. The plenary each day will be followed by concurrent sessions / panels on sub-themes. The plenary will last for one hour and 30 minutes while the duration of each panel will be two hours with three to five presentations.

About the  past  SDCs: The SDPI has organised sixteen Sustainable Development  Conferences (SDCs) since the inception of the Institute in 1992. The SDC is a flagship event of the Institute that not  only  provides  a  forum  for  SDPI’s  own research but  also  invites  other  researchers and academics from the region to share their work and engage in dialogue with fellow panellists and the audience. The SDC series is also a prime conference in South Asia with a major focus on this region. In fact, it sets the tone and discourse for sustainable development in South Asia.

In the past SDCs, speakers have been invited from different regions and not just from South Asia. Some of the countries besides those in South Asia that have been represented include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Germany,  Indonesia,  Kazakhstan, Iran, Italy, Netherlands,  New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Palestine, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the UAE, UK and the USA.

Over the years, the conference series has grown and expanded in terms of participation from the audience.  SDPI’s Sixteenth  SDC showcased 27 panels  and two plenary  sessions:  opening  and closing.  In  these sessions,  161 panellists  participated  from Afghanistan,   Australia  (via  Skype), Bangladesh, Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Germany,  India, Indonesia,  Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand (via Skype), UK and the US. Of the 161 participants, 122 were speakers, 56 special commentators, chairpersons and guests of honour.

While six months are spent in organising the conference itself, another six months following the conference are spent in the publication process of the peer reviewed and edited anthology based on the papers presented. The papers go through extensive software and peer review; revisions  are made by authors where necessary; and, once approved by the referee, an edited manuscript  is prepared and sent to a publisher. The anthology is then launched at the succeeding conference. The synopsis of the anthologies can be viewed  at SDPI’s  homepage:  www.sdpi.org.This  year, our anthology titled “Creating Momentum: Today  is Tomorrow” will be launched at the occasion of the Seventeenth Sustainable Development Conference in December 2014.