OMEP Nigeria 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS / ABSTRACTS

Participants are invited to submit summaries and full text of papers, and proposals for poster sessions and workshops. The organizers intend to publish the conference proceedings ahead of the conference. Therefore, all papers intended for presentation during the conference have to be submitted in full including summary. The full paper should not be longer than 10 pages, A4 size. The paper should be typed single spaced using Times New Roman font size point 12. All presentation should conform to the formats prescribed below for the conference.

Format of the Summary
The summary of a typical paper intended for oral presentation should contain a description of the paper in not more than one A4 page. This will be used to describe the paper in the conference programme. The summary should include the title, author's name, institutional affiliation, country, specialization and a maximum of five (5) key-terms. The key-terms are designed to provide a guide to the issues raised or discussed in the paper. The summary should also include the purpose of the paper, issues addressed/research methodology, proposed solutions/major findings and conclusion(s).

Format of the full paper
The full paper should be structured as follows:
Introduction
Objectives/Research questions
Conceptual framework/Theory
Issues addressed/Design and procedure
Proposed solutions/Findings
Conclusion(s)

Posters
Poster size should not exceed 1.0 x1.5 metres

Deadline
The deadline for online submission of papers and proposals is 30 March 2009. Please submit directly through the following e-mail address: omep2009@omep-nigeria.org with copy to arebimbo@omep-nigeria.org, oyinsonola@omep-nigeria.org and remyalade@omep-nigeria.org

DURATION OF PRESENTATIONS
Papers
Sub-theme Keynote speakers: 45 minutes plus 45 minutes of question /discussion time.
Contributed papers: 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of question time.

Workshops
Workshops should be planned for 60 or 90 minutes and so indicated in the proposal.