Deadline Extended for 2012 Int’l Island Conference Call for Papers

Deadline Extended for 2012 Int’l Island Conference Call for Papers

Friday, September 30th, 2011 | HLSCC

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The deadline for submitting abstracts or posters for the Islands of the World XII Conference 2012, which will be hosted in the British Virgin Islands from 29 May to 1 June next year, has been extended by one month to 31 October.

Word of the extension came from Chair of the Conference’s Steering Committee Dana Lewis Ambrose, who is also Lecturer in the Business and Computer Studies Department at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, the host institution for the conference.

Ms. Lewis Ambrose explained that the extension was given to facilitate researchers, faculty members and graduate students around the world who are currently preparing papers for submission, but may not be able to finish them in time for the previous deadline of 30 September. “This is quite common for international conferences such as these,” she added.

Suggested topic areas for submissions include agriculture, fisheries and conservation; health, social development and philanthropy; financial services, tourism and economic development; entrepreneurship, Caribbean governance and business; alternative energy, sustainable development and climate change; education, literature, history and culture; and information technology and disaster management.

The conference is held every two years under the auspices of the International Small Islands Studies Association. Under the theme, “Globalisation: Islands Adapting to Change,” one of the main objectives is to stimulate discourse on how islands across the globe, and in particular the BVI and the wider Caribbean, are adapting to 21st century challenges.

Participants are expected to include ISISA members, scholars and practitioners from across the Caribbean and beyond, officials from the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, ministers of government, hoteliers and small property owners, and students and faculty from educational institutions.

The conference will provide the BVI with an opportunity to collaborate with the College on nation-building activities, as well as create greater awareness of the territory’s products and services to the international community. It will also serve as a forum for participants to learn about what is happening in small island states around the world and how are responding to the challenges they are facing.

Abstracts or posters should be sent to islandsxiicall@hlscc.edu.vg. Submissions will be subject to “double-blind review,” which involves assessment by two anonymous readers as part of the approval process.

ISISA is a voluntary, non-profit and independent organisation. Its objectives are to study islands and to encourage free scholarly discussion on small island related matters, such as insularity, dependency, resource management, the environment, and the nature of island life.

For more information about the submission of abstracts or posters, please contact Ms. Lewis Ambrose, tel. 852-7035, email dlewis@hlscc.edu.vg. Details of the entire conference are available online at www.hlscc.edu.vg/islandsxii.