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Author Guidelines

Author instructions (abstracts for papers, posters, and lightning talks)

The abstract should:

• Be written in English-language, approximately 300 - 500 words, double-spaced and Times New Roman, 12 pt.
• Provide a summary of the author(s) details (name, affiliation, position) and a brief biographical statement of no more than 50 words.
• Be structured to include Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
• Use APA 7^th edition style of referencing.

The conference editorial board reserves the right to edit abstracts to ensure anonimity.

Presentations

• Paper presentations-15 minutes
• Lightning talk presentations- 5 minutes
• Poster- 1 hour in-person presence

Note:

• Translating services will be provided where need be for French and Portuguese.
• All withdrawals or cancellations must be done in writing and emailed to Mrs Boipuso Mologanyi (email:mologany@ub.ac.bw). Include the full title of your abstract, abstract control number, and author name.

Submission Preparation Checklist

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another conference for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Director).

Copyright Notice

Authors who submit to this conference agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright over their work, while allowing the conference to place this unpublished work under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and its initial presentation at this conference.
b) Authors are able to waive the terms of the CC license and enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., publish a revised version in a journal, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial presentation at this conference.
c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before and after the conference.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this conference site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this conference and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.