Call for papers

10th Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2023] accepts the following types of submissions and they will be evaluated as follows:
  • Academic submissions:
    1.  Currency, importance, and relevance to the conference themes
    2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
    3. Clearly states design methodology and findings* (applicable for complete research papers)
    4. Originality and innovation
    5. Clarity of abstract as indicator of presentation quality

  • Professional and personal development:
    1.  Relevance to conference themes
    2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
    3. Idea flow as and indicator of presentation quality
    4. Creative and inspirational
    5. Contains applicable and beneficial items

  • NGO, Government, Non-Profit:
    1.  Relevance to conference themes
    2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
    3. Idea flow as an indicator of presentation quality
    4. Clearly stated implementation
    5. Societal impact
Proposals are accepted on a rolling admission basis as long as space is available or by September 20th 2022 at the latest and are to be be submitted along with the application form. All submissions will be peer reviewed and acceptance/rejections is based on the criteria specified above, as well as professional and personal background of the applicant, in order to ensure a dynamic and diverse learning environment. Admission decisions are made on a rolling admission basis, within 7 days after the application has been submitted. Admission may close earlier than the date stated above if space in the conference fills up.

SDC2022 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Md. Touhidul Alam KhanFCMA, CSRA
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan is multifaceted management professional with 30 years of diversified banking experience in setting strategies, conducting operational plans and establishing goals for credit, corporate & investment banking, sustainable development, sustainable banking, development economics, green industry, green banking, micro, small & medium enterprises, financial inclusion, anti-money laundering, public-private partnership, industrial management with competencies in originating and executing structured finance & syndication loan deals involving a variety of asset-backed securitizations in Bangladesh also having expertise in sustainability reporting and climate change. Mr. Khan is presently additional managing director, chief risk officer & chief anti money laundering compliance officer of Standard Bank, Bangladesh. During his long banking careers, he worked at Agrani Bank, Prime Bank, Bank Asia & Modhumoti Bank and held senior management positions in different capacities. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), associate fellow member of Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (IIBI), United Kingdom, certified professional and life member of Basel iii Compliance Professionals Association of the United States and the first certified sustainability reporting assurer in Bangladesh. He is also a contributor at the business magazine, ‘Asian Banking & Finance’, Singapore, Intrnational Correspondent of Islamic Fiannce News (IFN), the world’s leading Islamic finance news provider of Malaysia, contributor of ‘The Asian Banker’, Singapore and holds innumerable national and international prestigious awards to his credit for his writings. He is pursuing PhD on “Sustainability Reporting under Global Reporting Initiavie: A Study on Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh.”
Dr. Blessing Anyikwa
She is an Associate Professor from the Department of Adult Education, Faculty of Education with specialization in adult literacy. She graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1994 with a B.Ed. in Adult Education, Master’s and Ph.D. degree in Adult Education (Literacy) in 1998 and 2008 respectively from the University of Lagos. Her research focus is in Adult Literacy, Literacies (Environmental literacy), Adult Education, and literacy for disadvantaged groups in Nigeria especially in integrating those with indigenous education to formal, informal and non-formal education. She is a member of the Nigerian National Council for Adult Education (NNCAE), Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) amongst others. She has publications in Local and Foreign journals and has served as resource person at workshops, seminars and conferences within and outside Nigeria notable are UNESCO, UNICEF, NMEC amongst others.
Dr. Sujata Karve
Sujata is an Architect- planner with over 20 years of experience in academics and 10 years in sustainable planning and environmental design consultancy. Currently the Head of Department of M. Arch (Environmental Architecture) at BNCA, Pune, she holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture from MMCA, Pune, Masters degree in Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and was awarded a Ph. D in 2018 from the Savitribai Phule Pune University. With a focus on environment and environmental behaviour, she is actively involved in various research oriented activities and academics. She is also an environmental consultant with the Fourth Dimension Group, Pune. She is also on the Doctoral Research committees at BNCA, Pune, SRM University, Chennai and Dayanand Sagar College of Architecture, Bangalore and has acted as reviewer for the IC2UHI International conference. She has guided over 30 masters dissertations, over 50 research papers at masters level and 50 research papers at UG level.
Dann Diez
Dann Diez is a climate justice activist and international speaker on leadership, sustainability and green business. His passion for people and planet brought him to help and mobilize eco-actions in the island and indigenous communities. His training, experience and global involvement in social enterprise and sustainable development made a mark because of his dedicated commitment in sharing this to the grassroots communities. Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable Energy and Enterprise Development for Communities (SEED4COM) that empower communities and change lives through the promotion of Renewable Energy for all in off grid, last mile and disaster risks communities, environmental conservation, education and entrepreneurship. Dann is also the co-founder of Pusyon Kinaiyahan Internationale (alliance of the earth) a grassroots movement for the protection of people and the planet. Currently the Secretary General of the Philippine Marine Environmental Protection Association, Country Coordinator for Philippine Waste Platform, former Foundation for the Philippine Environment Visayas Regional Advisory Committee, former SK councilor and co-founder of the Students in Action for Values and Empowerment (SAVE) a political student organization in Cebu.
Aisyah Pia Asrunputri
Aisyah Pia Asrunputri, BA (Hons)., MM. is a lecturer, reviewer and doctoral student from Indonesia. She is the author of Building the Paradigm of Sustainable Learning Organization: Management Effort in Reaching Business Excellence (DD Publishing, 2018). Her current research focuses on the dynamic capabilities in the public organizations in emerging countries such as Indonesia. Pursuing this research agenda, she has been recently writing a book on how dynamic capabilities influence the pursue of competitive advantage. Since 2021, she has been a reviewer for numerous high impact Scopus journals including Nature.
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Srivastava
Dr. N. K. Srivastava did his B. Tech. from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) Kanpur, M. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar. Presently, he is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar. He has 25 years of experience in teaching and research. He has published over 60 research papers in various refereed journals and conferences and 05 Books/Book Chapters. He is reviewer of 34 peer reviewed refereed SCI/ Scopus indexed journals and e-books. He is member of organizing committees of 30 Scopus indexed international conferences of repute throughout the world over. He has visited 06 countries to present his paper in reputed International Conferences. He has been invited as national committee member to be part of ‘Subject Expert Group’ for “Liquid Waste Management” for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, an initiative of Ministry of Education, Government of India.
topics
  • Advanced Energy Technologies
  • Agriculture
  • Air pollution control and equipment
  • Bio fuels
  • Clean Coal Technology
  • Clean energy investments
  • Climate change
  • Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development
  • Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
  • Economic and Social aspect of Sustainable Development
  • Ecosystem Restoration
  • Ecosystems Management
  • Energy and Environment Energy Policy, Planning & Management
  • Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
  • Environmental dynamics
  • Environmental Ergonomics
  • Environmental hydraulics
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental policy in developing countries
  • Environmental Pollution & Management
  • Environmental restoration and ecological engineering
  • Environmental Science and Technology
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Global environmental change and ecosystems management
  • Global warming Green Energy Options
  • Green energy systems
  • Hazardous waste and waste treatment
  • Health and the Environment
  • Hydro power  Industrial waste treatment
  • Innovative clean technologies
  • Legal, economic and managerial aspects of solid waste management
  • Management of ecosystems, environment and water resources
  • Nuclear Energy Fission & Fusion
  • Policy makers and the Public
  • Pollution prevention in industry
  • Recycling technologies
  • Renewable Energy Standards
  • Renewable energy technologies
  • Renewable sources of energy
  • Resource management
  • Rural and urban development
  • Solar Energy
  • Solid waste Management
  • Sustainable Development and Education
  • Water pollution and treatment
  • Wind Energy 
presenting options
The following presentation formats will be possible at the conference:

  • Video presentation (remote presenters): Pre-recorded videos will be uploaded on the conference platform and available for discussion
  • Poster presentation:  Posters are exhibited in the conference hall and available for questions and discussions
  • Oral presentation: In-person to a live audience
publication
​​Tomorrow People Organization is a member of CrossRef. Published paper will be assigned individual DOI and will be indexed in CrossRef citation database as well Google Scholar and  SDC digital library. ​
Papers presented at the conference will be published in the official ISBN conference proceedings publication, if submitted by deadline and in the requested format.

Tomorrow People Organization is a member of CrossRef. Published paper will be assigned individual DOI and will be indexed in CrossRef citation database as well Google Scholar and SDC digital library. 

In order to have your paper published in the official conference proceedings, your submission should have been previously approved and registration arrangements completed.

Paper publication is not mandatory. Authors who have completed registration arrangements and wish their paper to be published in the official conference proceedings publication must submit their paper and/or abstract by October 15th 2023. Otherwise, only the abstract will be published if it meets formatting requirements and is approved by the SDC2023 reviewing board. 

In addition, authors will have a possibility to have their papers published in the range of journals published by United Scientific Group that Tomorrow People Organization is a proud partner of, including:

NANOWORLD JOURNAL (https://jnanoworld.com/) (Indexed in SCOPUS)
Journal of Food Chemistry & Nanotechnology (http://foodchemistryjournal.com/) (Indexed in SCOPUS)
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Formatting guidelines for the SDConference2022 Proceedings:
  • A4 size paper
  • Single line space
  • Margins: 2 cm on the left and 2 cm on the right
  • Format: Align left
  • No footers and headers allowed and no numbered pages
  • Fonts:
                Title: Times New Roman 14 bold
                Subtitles: Times New Roman 12 bold
                Text: Times New Roman 12
  • Front section (first page):
  1. Title of submission
  2. Name/s of author/s
  3. Affiliation/s of the author/s
  4. E-mail address of corresponding author
  5. Abstract of maximum 250 words (or one page)
  6. Key words 3-10 (under abstract)
  • Main section (manuscript):
  1. Introduction
  2. Results (where applicable)
  3. Discussion
  4. Methodology (where applicable)
  5. Conclusion 
  • End section:
  1. Acknowledgments (where applicable)
  2. Funding (authors of academic research papers must clearly disclose sources of funding for conducting their  research; any grant received should be clearly indicated. If you have not received any external funding from your research, please state: "This research received no external funding)
  3. Conflict of interest (authors of academic research papers must state any circumstances that may be perceived as a conflict of interest in terms of representing or interpreting the research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please state: "Authors declare no conflict on interest")
  4. References (APA style)

* Full paper template - DOWNLOAD
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Deadline for proceedings submissions (for registered authors): October 15th 2023
Submissions received after this date or/and in a format different than specified will NOT be published. We strongly recommend early submissions to allow enough time for a review and feed back from the reviewing board.