General Notices

The 21st General Meeting and Conference of The Caribbean Academy Sciences (CAS) will be hosted by the Caribbean Academy Sciences, Jamaica (CASJ) and held in collaboration with The University of the West Indies, Mona under the theme, Science, Technology and Innovation – Vehicles for a Knowledge Based Economy.

They have extended their Call for Abstracts until August 31, 2018.

The conference takes place from November 27 to 30 as part of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of The UWI and the 30th anniversary of CAS. 

About the Conference

This conference will be the premiere forum to foster cross-pollination among different research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications which may be of use in enhancing the quality of human life and contribute effectively to sustainable economic development. The programme will feature distinguished plenary speakers, oral and poster presentations from graduate and undergraduate students arranged thematically under some of the following broad  headings (i) Science, Technology and Innovation; (ii) Modeling and IT (iii) Energy, innovation and development (iv) Agriculture, Food and Agro processing Food Security (v) Environmental sustainability (vi) Materials Synthesis (vi) Natural Hazards and Disasters (viii) Health Sciences (ix) STEM education for economic growth. 

The 3rd Announcement is now available and includes information on Registration and a variety of local hotels as well as accommodation on campus.

For additional information or queries, please visit their website: http://www.caswi.org/cas_home/cas-general-meetings/21st-general-meeting-kingston.