CASID / ACÉDI

 The International Development Studies Graduate Student Society at Saint Mary's University is pleased to announce a conference entitled“Partners in Development—Building A Better Future Through Collaboration” to be held March 15-17th, 2012 at the Saint Mary’s University Halifax, NS campus.  

We welcome abstracts from graduate students, academics, policy makers, and practitioners in various disciplinary perspectives on the following sub themes:

- Advocacy and governance                      

- Education and health           

- Food security and sustainability

- Micro-finance and social enterprise         

- Technology and innovation   

- Women and youth empowerment

Presentations must relate to one or more of the conference sub themes and should highlight the role of partnering, or cooperating, as a central dynamic of the development process. Each presenter would be allocated 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for question and answer). 

Additional Guidelines:

- Applications must include: an abstract (a maximum of 350 words) and brief bio-sketch (a maximum of 200 words) submitted on the attached form.

- Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 30 January 2012

- Participants will be notified of their selection by 15 February 2012

For information please consult the attached flyer and application.

For all submissions and/or questions please emailidsgradsociety@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and your support.

Sincerely,

The SMU-IDS Conference Committee