6th Annual International Conference 1st Call For Abstracts and Papers

6TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

THEME: ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

VENUE: MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTRE DATES: 29TH – 31ST MAY, 2024

SUB-THEMES
1.Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Food Security;
2.Housing, Urban Planning, Smart Cities and Infrastructure Development;
3.Health, Recreation and Tourism;
4.Innovations in Education and Knowledge Management;
5.Energy Solutions, Manufacturing and Industrialization;
6.Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics;
7.Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship;
8.Governance, Culture, Languages and Social Sciences;
9.Computing Technologies: Artificial Intelligence,Block Chain, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and Digital Creatives.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1.Abstracts of 250-300 words should be emailed to:MksU6thconf@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, spacing of 1.5 and in editable text format;
5.All references cited in the papers should follow the APA 6thEdition Citation Style;
6.The full paper should be emailed to:MksU6thconf@mksu.ac.ke
Abstracts and papers can be submitted/presented either in English or Kiswahili depending on 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.

REGISTRATION FEE
   DescriptionEarly RegistrationNormal RegistrationLate Registration
  1Scholars from the East Africa Community  KES5,000  KES6,000  KES7,000
  2International ParticipantsUS$50US$65US$75
  3Postgraduate StudentsKES2,000KES2,500KES3,000
  4Conference ExhibitorsKES10,000KES15,000KES20,000

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
IMPORTANT DATES
a)Deadline for submission of abstracts      15th January 2024
b)Notification of acceptance15th February 2024
c)Deadline for submission of full papers15th March 2024
d)Early registration deadline10th April 2024
e)Normal registration deadline24th April 2024
f)Late registrationAfter 10th May 2024
g)Exhibition registration deadline17th May 2024
h)Conference dates29th-31st May 2024

For registration and more information, contact

Conference Secretariat Machakos University P.O. Box 136-90100, Machakos, Kenya

Email: secretariat2024@mksu.ac.ke Tel: +254729482924 OR +254713