BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kuching BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20170322T080000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Kuching +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3e409159e7e5a42ea11292b7fb2a55ce CATEGORIES:Conference CREATED:20171222T160336 SUMMARY:CALL FOR PAPERS & PANEL PROPOSAL, THE BORNEO RESEARCH COUNCIL CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION:
6 – 8 August 2018 Organized by
INSTITUTE OF BORNEO STUDIES,
< strong>FACULTY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT< /p>
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The me: Translating the Past/ Envisioning the Future
Objectives
The objectives of the conference are as follows:
1. To promote and disseminate scientific research in the social , biological and medical sciences in Borneo;
2. To enable the research community, public, i nterested Borneo government departments, and others to keep abreast of ongo ing research and its results;
3. To serve as a vehicle for drawing attention to urgent rese arch and its results;
4. To provide a forum for the flow of information on Borneo research arising from many diverse sources;
Venue
The Conference will be held on campus at Detar Pu tra, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Session Themes and Panels
This will be a multidisciplinary conference dealing specifically with Borneo, with plenary sessions and sessions devoted to special topics and pa nels including but not limited to the following fields:
Social transformation on the island of Borneo
People and movement
Technology and development
Biodiversity, conservation and the environment on the island of Borneo
History, strong>archaeology
Other topics on Borneo
Languages of Presentation
The
official languages of the Conference will be English, Bahasa Melayu and Bah
asa Indonesia.
Abstracts
Intending paper presenters must submit abstracts of not more than 300 word s, 1.5 spacing, font 12 Times New Roman.
Final date for submissi on of abstracts – 31 March 2018
Deadline for completed papers (for CD circulation during Conference) – 30 June 2018
Panels
Intended pa nel proposals must include suggested presenters with paper abstracts of not more than 300 words, 1.5 spacing, font 12 Times New Roman.
Registration
Early Bird Registration be fore 31 May 2018
- RM 500 for participants and presenters (inter national)
- RM 400 for participants and presenters (Malaysian) span>
- RM 200 for students
Registration after 31 May 2018< /span>
- RM 600 for participants and presenters (international)< /p>
- RM 500 for participants and presenters (Malaysian)
- RM 25 0 for students
Potential Publication
Displays and Sale of Handicrafts and Books
Cultural associations, NGOs, b
ooksellers and academicians are welcome to sell their handicrafts, books an
d products during the conference. The cost of renting a display table is RM 900 per day (availability is subject to space). Applicant
s will be accepted on a first-come first served basis. Those participating
are responsible for managing their tables and sales.
Post-Conference Tours organized by Friends of Sarawak Museum
Three optional half-day post-Conference tours are being planned:
Costs and details will be posted soon.
Please visit the conference official website for
more info;
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tp://www.conference.unimas.my/2018/brc2018/
To Register click-on "registration fo rm"
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