Call for Papers - 11th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC2025)

​We invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and industry experts to submit their abstracts for the 11th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC2025), taking place from July 15-17, 2025, in vibrant Bangkok, Thailand. This is your opportunity to contribute to critical global discussions on sustainability and development, present your findings, and connect with an international audience of peers and thought leaders.
11th Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2025] 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

How to Submit a Proposal?

To submit your proposal, please complete the application form.
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Submission Guidelines:
  • Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis until June 1, 2025, or until space is filled.
  • All submissions undergo peer review based on the criteria above and the applicant's professional and personal background to ensure a dynamic and diverse learning environment.
  • Admission decisions are communicated within seven days of application submission.
  • Early application is encouraged due to limited conference space.

Why Submit Your Paper?

  • Global Platform: Showcase your work at an internationally recognized conference that brings together diverse voices and ideas.
  • Collaborative Environment: Engage with sustainability practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in a multidisciplinary setting.
  • Broader Reach: Share your research and insights with a global audience committed to advancing sustainable development.

SDC SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

DR. Md. Touhidul Alam KhanFCMA, CSRA
Dr. Md Touhidul Alam Khan is the Managing Director & CEO of NRBC Bank PLC, Bangladesh. He has over 32 years of banking experience and previously served as Managing Director & CEO of National Bank bringing a wealth of executive leadership experience, industry expertise, and proven strategic capabilities to his new role.
He commenced his distinguished banking career in 1993 as a Senior Officer at Agrani Bank. During his tenure, he contributed to the Financial Sector Reform Project (FSRP) as Monitoring Analyst through earning a "Superior Achievement Certificate" from international consultants for exceptional performance and high-quality deliverables including trainer of Lending Risk Analysis (LRA). Later, he joined at Prime Bank and spearheaded the Syndications and Structured Finance Department. A recognized expert in syndication loans, Dr. Touhid led Bangladesh's first Shariah-based syndication deal and orchestrated the country's largest syndication term loan at that time. He played an instrumental role in establishing local banks and financial institutions as credible lead arrangers in syndication financing.
Throughout his illustrious banking career, he subsequently held pivotal leadership positions at different banks, including Prime Bank, Bank Asia, Modhumoti Bank, Standard Bank, and Premier Bank as Chief Business Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Credit Officer and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer etc.
Notre Damian Touhid holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Dhaka, is a fellow member of Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), Institute of Islamic Banking & Insurance, United Kingdom, Basel iii Compliance Professionals Association, USA and Institute of Personnel Management (IPM), Bangladesh.
Dr. Touhid is recognized as Bangladesh’s first Certified Sustainability Reporting Assurer (CSRA) and holds a PhD from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), where his dissertation focused on “Integrated Credit and Sustainability Risk Assessment under Global Reporting Initiative for Banking Sector in Bangladesh.”
His deep expertise encompasses both Islamic and conventional banking, with a proven ability to drive operational efficiency, develop and implement effective policies, and build strong stakeholder relationships.
He is a frequent contributor to “The Asian Banker” and “Asian Banking & Finance “, Singapore and serves as an International Correspondent for Islamic Finance News, Malaysia, the world’s leading Islamic Finance News Provider. An accomplished academic and thought leader, he has been twice nominated as Associate Editor of “The Cost and Management”—a prestigious journal by ICMAB.
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 
  • Other topics related to the sustainability, renewable and innovative resource management
presenting options
The following presentation formats are possible at the conference:
  • Video Presentation (Remote Presenters): Pre-recorded videos will be uploaded to the conference platform, where they will be accessible for viewing and open to discussion with participants.
  • Poster Presentation: Posters will be displayed in the conference hall, providing an opportunity for participants to engage with presenters and discuss their work in an interactive setting.
  • Oral Presentation: Delivered in person to a live audience, offering a dynamic platform for sharing research and engaging directly with attendees.
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 want their paper to be published in the official conference proceedings publication can submit their final paper and/or abstract by June 10th 2025. Otherwise, only the abstract will be published if it meets formatting requirements and is approved by the SDC2025 reviewing board. 

Formatting guidelines for the SDConference2025 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): June 10th 2025
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.