The 2018 International Multi-Disciplinary Conference
Theme: ‘Pursuing Innovation Frontiers for Contemporary Global Knowledge Citizenship’
Venue: Radisson Blue Hotel, Lusaka Zambia
Conference dates: 29 – 31st August 2018
http://www.multiresearch.net

Call for participation
Innovation and knowledge are two entities steadily positioning themselves as the engine of any meaningful socio-economic and cultural endeavor. Innovation is brought about by pursuing blue oceans with a goal of improving human life or in pursuit of solutions to known human problems. The end result of innovation is a contribution to the body of knowledge in any given field of inquiry. Therefore, it can arguably be posited that innovation sharing is one of the key ingredients to a contemporary knowledge citizenship. Putting innovation in the public domain enables other experts to add their perspective to the innovation so that eventually the innovation logically and coherently dovetails to the universal and contextual setting of societal needs. Further, radical innovation brilliance is a cornerstone for any developmental state.

Perfecting on the lessons learnt on the 2017 IMDC, the 2018 IMDC aims to accord chance and international platform to everyone intending to showcase their innovations (artifact development or deployment and knowledge innovation) in different fields for the advancement of humanity. The conference provides an excellent opportunity for your work to receive that global expert touch given the multi-dimensionality in the different fields of inquiry. We expect over 16 countries to attend the conference.

Themes to be covered include any aspects of the major themes presented below. Please note that this list is collectively exhaustive in terms of field of inquiry – therefore you may literally submit any type of scientific research papers:

1. Health Sciences
2. Computational and informational sciences
3. Humanities and sociology
4. Natural sciences
5. Engineering
6. Education
7. Business

Who should attend?
This conference offers an exceptional platform and opportunity for practitioners, industry experts, technocrats, academics, information scientists, innovators, postgraduate students, and research scholars to share their experiences for the advancement of knowledge and obtain critical feedback on their work. The 2018 conference will have two streams:

1) Academic papers – research papers from mainly institutions of higher learning, research centers and private innovators; and
2) Industry track – short papers showcasing industry innovations or simply innovations that can be showcased at the conference.

Review Process
Papers submitted to this conference will go through a rigorous double-blinded review process. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and selected papers will be published in special issues of Scorpus-rated journals. Short papers in the industry track will not be subjected to academic review rigor but will be commented upon by industry specialists for enhancement.

Key-note and Invited Speakers
This conference will have 8 international invited speakers who are going to guide the discussion projectiles in different streams. The overall keynote speaker will define the tone for this conference by talking to the main theme of the conference.
Proposal Submission

To be considered, authors/researchers/innovators are initially invited to submit 1-page abstracts submitted with the following:
• 200 – 300 words on motivation, purpose, methodology/approach and results or implications.
• A brief bio of not more than 60 words (including participant’s information (name, institution, position, etc.)

 Abstracts need to be submitted through the following system: www.multiresearch.com

Key dates of the conference

Abstract submission deadline: 30th April 2018

Notice of abstract acceptance date: 15th May 2018

Full paper submission deadline: 15th June 2018

Notice of full paper acceptance date: 30th June 2018

Final paper (Revised) submission deadline: 15th July 2018

Platinum sponsors
Information and Communications University (ICU-Zambia)
Zambia Research and Development Center (ZRDC)

Technical Partners
University of Zambia
Copperbelt University
University of Johannesburg