Student Notices

Call for Abstracts: International Undergrad Student Leadership Conference

Posted Thursday, July 9, 2026


Undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for the inaugural International Undergraduate Student Leadership Conference & Entrepreneurship Expo 2026.

The conference will take place from September 23 to 25, 2026, at The UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, under the theme Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders, Towards 2050: Imagining Roles, Rights, Responsibilities and Relationships.

The Conference and Entrepreneurship Expo provides a dynamic platform for undergraduate students to showcase their academic insight, research, creative ideas and entrepreneurial initiatives. It also supports student leadership, global citizenship, activism, interdisciplinary engagement and real-world application.

Click here to access abstract guidelines

Submission of Abstracts: September 3, 2026

Abstract writing online workshops will be held on July 1, July 23 and August 20, 2026 to support students in preparing their submissions.

Proposals should be submitted to obusconferenceandexpo@uwi.edu

For further information, please visit https://uwi.edu/obus/iuslc or contact the Conference Secretariat at obusconferenceandexpo@uwi.edu.