Events
4th Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Guyana
Date: May 18 – 20, 2022
The Office for Undergraduate Research will host the 4th Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Guyana in the period May 18 – 20, 2022 under the theme: Celebrating creativity, innovation, and invention.
URC22 will maintain its focus on showcasing undergraduate research, inspiring students and strengthening the research environment and culture at the University of Guyana.
45th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies
Date: July 5 – 9, 2022
The Society for Caribbean Studies (SCS) invites the global community of scholars to submit abstracts of no more than 250
words for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean and their diasporas, for
presentation at our 2022 international conference. We invite papers from all disciplines of Caribbean Studies across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The Society is eager to receive proposals for papers about the non-Anglophone Caribbean. Proposals may address any theme or topic focused on the Caribbean’s extended region (the Greater Caribbean) and should be submitted by 10 January 2022.
The SCS postgraduate conference will take place during the main conference this year. If you would like your paper to be considered as part of the postgraduate conference (Tuesday, 5 July), please, indicate this when you submit it.
Visit their website to learn more about this event, and submit Abstracts here.
Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF) 10
Date: September 14 – 16, 2o22
The Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University (AU), Canada, will be co-hosting the Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF10) in Calgary. The theme is “Innovations for Educational Resilience.” PCF10 will address issues and challenges in formal, non-formal and informal learning, reflecting a spectrum of ideas — from policy interventions to practical innovations — for building resilience and supporting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4.
Presentations will be grouped around four sub-themes: Building resilience; Fostering lifelong learning; Inspiring innovations; Promoting equity and inclusion. There will be a special focus in each of the sub-themes on (i) educating girls and (ii) using emerging technologies for education and training (e.g., applications of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and robotics).
Past Conferences
Caribbean Academy of Sciences 2021
Date: August 9-14, 2021
Abstracts Deadline: 30 May, 2021
The Virtual 22nd Biennial Conference will be hosted this year by the Guyana Chapter under the theme: Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in a Greener Caribbean.
Visit their website to learn more about this event.
Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CoETaL) Teaching Conference 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Date: September 20-24, 2021
Abstracts Deadline: August 2, 2021
The University of Guyana’s CoETaL’s Biennial Teaching Conference will be held this year under the theme: Scholarship of online transition during emergency remote leading, teaching, and learning.
Visit their website to learn more about this event.
University of Guyana Graduate Symposium
Date: October 6-8, 2021
Abstracts Deadline: July 30, 2021
The University of Guyana’s inaugural Graduate Symposium will be held this year under the theme: Innovative Research for Sustainable Development amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Visit their website to learn more about this event.
Caribbean Urban Forum 2021
Date: June 16-18, 2021
The University of Guyana (UG) will be the lead host for the 10th Caribbean Urban Forum. This year’s theme is Urbanisation: Processes, Policy, and Emerging Challenges. This will be a virtual Forum and brings together urban planners, environmental experts, municipal managers, community developers, policymakers, academics and allied professionals to address urban issues in the region.
Visit their website to learn more about this event.
Caribbean Studies Association Conference 2021
Date: May 31-June 4, 2021
The 45th Annual CSA Conference will be hosted by Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: Identity Politics, Industry, Ecology and the Intelligent Economy in Caribbean Societies.
Visit their website to learn more about this event.
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