Call for Papers
Proceedings
of the
National Conference on
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Sustainability
A special issue (with International Standard Book Number ISBN) on the conference theme
https://sites.google.com/site/stemsconference2016
Call for papers
STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The STEM subjects are strategically important subjects and form the basis for any economy. In other words, any country's engineering turnover and manufacturing sector rely on STEM economy. A very strong STEM subject teaching and training is required to produce top scientific research and STEM skilled workforce. Governments of the so-called developed countries have long identified STEM Education & Communication as their top priority at school level and at university level (higher education). The basic challenges for STEM teaching are (i) to help students successfully pass the examinations (to avoid choking :-) & drop-outs) and (ii) to help youngsters identify how these subjects are fascinating and could lead to more specialized, satisfying, varied and rich careers.
Generally speaking, sustainability is the term describing endurance of systems and processes. Brundtland Commission (1987) - the United Nations' Commission on Environment and Development defined Sustainable Development as "the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The Earth Summit (1992) - the United Nations' Conference (in Brazil) on Environment and Development: There is this urgent need to find a more sustainable way of life; reduce environmental emissions and use resources carefully.
As a result of these efforts (including the Johannesburg Declaration & Plan of Implementation, 2002), today (i) the environmental policy making process and (ii) scientific research in most of the developed nations rely heavily on the transition to sustainable production and consumption patterns.
Environmental Protection Agency, Government of USA: Sustainability is based on a simple principle - Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have, the water, materials, and all the resources to protect human health and our environment.
In September 2015, the world leaders (countries) discussed and tried to establish a set of global goals to eradicate poverty, to progress and prosper by adopting those (proposed) sustainable development goals. For more on this, please click the link below:
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
The Convener of the C-STEMS believes that "sustainability in itself is multi-disciplinary field and has emerged as the broadest and all-encompassing concept of all and it (sustainability) is one of the few significant words that will soon be (should be) carried over broadly outside the scientific language. He appeals: "concern and care" (for the planet). At present, because of the pollution, climate change and related environmental issues, science-technology-engineering-mathematics i.e. STEM appear to be even more important than before. These subjects offer one of the major sources of improvements in our planet. The Convener of the IC-STEMS believes that there is a need to move toward a model in which sustainability is integrated with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) as our approach and attitude for economic, environmental, strategic, and social development.
There was no research conference series to address and highlight the recent advances in STEM for Sustainability and thereby to shed light on the strategic, scientific, environmental, ecological, economical and energy challenges. RISER - a registered charity in India, identifies STEMS as one of its priorities in skill development programmes, education, research enterprise and even in the further education sector. It is essential to generate the public support through organized ways and educate all about such issues. In the spirit of that, IC-STEMS 2016 (RISER Conference) see major advances in the ongoing endeavors directed towards diminishing the impact of anthropogenic and industrial activities on the environment. We sincerely appeal researchers from various fields to contribute to this interdisciplinary theme of "STEM for Environmental & Social Sustainability" and share their research outcomes as poster, oral, lectures at the conference and publish their works as original research articles, short communication, perspective, and mini-review, etc. in the Proceedings of the National Conference on STEMS, published by the RISER Publishing unit.
Manuscripts must be prepared according to the guidelines given, available at
https://sites.google.com/site/stemsconference2016/manuscript-template
♦ Research paper submission deadline: 31 January 2016
♦ A graphical abstract is not mandatory for papers.
♦ All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed to ensure a high quality research publishing.
The corresponding author(s) will bear an additional INR 1000 as printing charges.
Please indicate in your cover letter that the submitted paper is 100% original and has not been published previously and is not currently submitted to any other journal and will not be submitted elsewhere before a final decision is made by the editors of this proceedings.
Key dates
Abstract submission deadline for speakers: 29 February 2015
Manuscript due: 15 February 2016
Authors’ notification: 05 March 2016
Date of Release of the Proceedings: 12 March 2016
Please send the papers to the convener on E-mail: stemsconference@gmail.com
Abstract Structure (for speakers at the conference)
Overall font: Times New Roman
Title: 12 pt, all caps, bold, centralize text, single spacing,
Author: 11 pt, Italics, bold, centralize; underline presenting author,
Institution affiliation (address) with e-mail ID: 10 pt,
Text: Font size-12pt (max. 100 words)
Note: Authors requesting ORAL Presentation or Lectures are advised to submit their short CV with photograph.
poster board: 1x1metre; posters should fit in this board. Please send the abstract to the convener on
E-mail: stemsconference@gmail.com
ORAL PRESENTATION
As per the wish of speaker (preferably 20 slides of MS Powerpoint presentation for 15 minutes)
LECTURES
As per the wish of speaker (preferably 40 slides of MS Powerpoint presentation for 40 minutes + 5 minutes question time)
MS Word page setup: Paper size: A4; Page margins: Top and bottom 1.0” Left and Right 1.5”, Overall font Times New Roman
Minimum pages: 2 (Maximum 5 pages)
TITLE OF THE PAPER (Times New Roman 12 pt. bold, all caps, single spacing, centre)
Manmohan M. Singh1*, Richard N. Zare2, Nikhil D. Modi3 and Ishaque R. Shaikh4
(Times New Roman, Italics, 12pt, single space, bold, centre, *Corresponding author, Underline presenting author)
1 Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi - 110016, India
2 Environmental and Sustainability Science Department, St. Xavier University, Boston 234 54, USA
3 R.S.S. College, Banaras Hind University, U.P., India
4 Chemistry Department, Poona College, Camp, Pune – 411 001 India
(Times New Roman 10 pt, centre)
Email : 10 pt
Text of the abstract should be Italicized and arranged with single spacing, Times New Roman font size 11 pt. and should have no more than 100 words
Section Headings (Times New Roman 12 pt., bold)
(Introduction, Experimental, Results and Discussion, References)
Text Materials should be in Times New Roman 12 pt. with 1.5 spacing and justify format.
Please do not number the sections and sub-sections, if any.
Figures/Photograph/Tables
B/W Figures/Tables and Equations should be numbered in Arabic numerals in the order of appearance in the text.
All Tables should be numbered with a descriptive title at the top in Times New Roman font 11 pts.
Table 1.
Fig. 1:
All Figs./photographs should be numbered with Captions in Times New Roman font 11 pt at the bottom.
Equations
Equations should be left justified and numbered in the order of occurrence in the text.
References [Reference in the text should be as superscript in square bracket as[1].
(Times new roman, Font 12 pts, Reference style is given below)
[1]. Isak R. Shaikh and Alamgir A. Shaikh Journal of Catalysis, 2O12, 293, 409-411.
[2]. X. Wu, A. K. Mahalingam, Y. Wan, M. Alterman, Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 4635 – 4638
[3]. Author1, Author 2 Name of book, Volume, Edition, Editor, Published by, City, Year
(Put * on the name of the corresponding author. The name of the presenting author should be underlined.)
Please See: Conference proceedings with ISBN number will be published. You are requested to submit your research papers in the above format only. An additional INR 1000 will be charged (from the corresponding author) as printing charges for an accepted research paper (maximum 5 pages).
Conference Proceedings with ISBN
Accepted abstract or research papers from oral/poster presentations, invited talks and industrial presentations will be published in the form of proceedings (with International Standard Book Number) and will be made available to all the delegates / participants.