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Abstract Submission

Abstract Submission (Deadline 15 October 2022)

Abstracts must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents. Abstracts should be submitted to [email protected]

Formatting requirements:

  • Abstracts must be between the 250 and maximum of 300 words
  • The body of abstracts must be submitted in Times New Roman 12 point font, the title should be typed in Times New Roman 14 point, bold and centered font
  • All author details including email addresses and affiliations must be included
  • The presenting author’s name must be underlined
  • Five keywords must be provided
  • Abstracts must be text-only. Images, graphs, or tables not to be included
  • Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit a full paper for a blind peer review

Full Paper Submission (Deadline 15 November 2022)

Accepted full papers should not be longer than 10,000 words in length. Page limits do not include references, tables and figures, or cover page. General in-text styles: Times New Roman 12 point, regular, line spacing 1.5, one line space for new paragraph (do not indent the first line of paragraphs). Footnotes: Times New Roman 10 point, regular. For publication purposes with Springer, revised full papers (submitted 1 February 2023) should be proofread (British English, APA-style 7th edition) and professionally edited: this is the authors’ responsibility.

Presentations Guideline

  • PowerPoint-based presentations are delivered following the structure of 1) Introduction, 2) Literature Review, 3) Methodology, 4) Findings, and 5) Concluding Discussion. Presentation should not be longer than 20 minutes, excluding Questions & Answers (10 minutes).