Call for papers

8th Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2021] 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 15th 2021 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.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan, FCMA, CSRA
Standard Bank Limited
Bangladesh
Md Touhidul Alam Khan is additional managing director of Standard Bank, Bangladesh. During his 27 year-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, associate fellow member of Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, UK, 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 and the author of country reports on Islamic Banking in Bangladesh published in IFN, the world’s leading Islamic finance news provider of Malaysia, and holds innumerable national and international prestigious awards to his credit for his writings.
Dr. Azzurra Rinaldi
University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza
Italy
Economist, Member of the W20 Commission on Cultural Change, Scientific Committee of the Global Thinking Foundation, my studies are focused on emerging countries, international cooperation and gender economics. I wrote books and articles on these topics and I took part to many International Conferences.
Dr. Sujata Karve
Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architeture, Pune
india
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.
Assoc. Professor Liwayway M. Cruz
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
​Philippines
Assoc. Professor Liwayway M. Cruz, is presently teaching Science, Technology and Society as Associate Professorial Lecturer I. An erstwhile chair of the Department of Biology in the College of Science and former chief of the Center for Environmental Studies, has retired from government service after a long teaching stint at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. An award-winning teacher, writer and researcher whose main passion is to promote environmental protection and conservation, she taught Biological Science, Ecology, Physical Science, Environmental Science, Anatomy and Physiology prior to her retirement as Associate Professor I. A candidate for the degree Doctor in Educational Management, Prof. Cruz also served as director of the University Center for Research Ecological and Environmental Development and Center for Global Warming Studies under the Office of the Vice-President for Research , Planning and Development and course specialist at the PUP Open University and the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program of the University.
Prof. Abdesselem Mahmoud
Carthage University
Tunisia
Prof. Abdesselem Mahmoud is teaching Sustainable Development Sociology. His major is a doctorate of Education Sciences, Sociology from René Descartes university, Paris 5 Sorbonne, France. Co-founder of a Lab. on " Sustainable Cities and Built Environment VDEC at National School of Architecture and Town Planning. Chief Editor of the Journal of Social Sciences at the Center of Economic and Social Researches and Studies.
Dr. Shemine A. Gulamhusein
​MacEwan University
cANADA
Shemine is excited by interdisciplinary scholarship rooted in intersectional feminism and therapeutic discourses. She is drawn to theories and research that respectfully honours the experiences of people and communities who are marginalized and minoritized, with a keen interest in the identities and practices of immigrants.
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:
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  • Video presentation: Live streamed or pre-recorded, both available for extended period of time for questions and discussions
  • Poster presentation:  Posters are exhibited in the virtual exhibition room and available for questions and discussions​
publication
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 2021. Otherwise, only the abstract will be published if it meets formatting requirements and is approved by the SDC2021 reviewing board. 
 
Formatting guidelines:
  • 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 2021
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.