General Notices

The Department of Economics, UWI, St. Augustine, invites submissions of paper abstracts for its sixth annual Conference on the Economy (COTE), carded to take place from 11^th-12^th October, 2012, at the Learning Resource Centre, UWI, St Augustine Campus.  

COTE 2012 is an annual landmark event of the Department at which findings from quality research and other studies are presented to inform our stakeholders on economic and social policy. This year, COTE 2012 coincides with the 50^th Anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago’s Independence and the conference will focus on the theme 50 years of Managing for Development in an Ever Changing Economic Environment: Lessons learnt and the way forward.  

Abstracts for papers on the following sub-themes are invited:

• Macroeconomic Environment
• Resource & Environmental Issues (Disaster Preparedness)
• Petroleum and the Downstream sector
• Trade & ICT
• Regulatory Economics

Guidelines for Completing Abstracts:

• All abstracts are to be submitted in English
• Abstracts should be limited to 250 words
• The abstract must make reference to the conference theme and indicate the sub-theme under which it is submitted
• Abstracts must include the names of the authors and contact information for the lead author
• All abstracts must include the aims, methodology and findings of the paper 
• All abstracts should be emailed to uwi.cote@gmail.com

Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 27^th August 2012. 

Deadlines:

• Submission of Abstracts: Friday 17^th August, 2012
• Submission of completed papers for conference presenters: Monday 24^th September, 2012
• Submission of PowerPoint presentations: Monday 1^st October, 2012

Visit the conference website to find out more about COTE 2012 and the Call for Papers.