Research Week 2020: 2nd Annual International Conference on Project Planning and Management

Oct

13

October 13, 8:00 am

Where

Virtual

2nd Annual International Conference on Project Planning and Management

Where

Virtual

Theme: Recasting Project Management to Address Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Introduction

University of Nairobi through School of Open and Distance Learning, ODeL Campus in collaboration with School of Economics and School of Built Environment will hold the 2nd International annual Conference on Project Planning and Management during the University of Nairobi Research Week 2020.

This conference is multi-disciplinary and will bring together experts to share best practices and latest developments in the field of project planning, design and implementation. Speakers from construction projects, transport projects, social projects, education projects, health projects, engineering, anthropology, sociology, environment, economics, management, information communication technology and other development game-changers across the globe.

Conference Format

The conference will be conducted virtually through the University of Nairobi conference link which will be provided to the registered participants after 14th September 2020 which is the deadline for registration.

Conference Objectives

The main objective of the conference will be to provide researchers, postgraduate students and practitioners from the universities, organizations, individuals and other experts an opportunity to showcase their research output. Specifically, the conference will provide:

An opportunity through which new research findings and products will be released in the global market
An opportunity through which participants will learn from world renown experts and researchers on issues related to project management
A forum for stakeholders both international and local to deliberate and share information and ideas on project planning and management
A platform through which Universities, organizations and individual participants will increase their visibility
An opportunity for networking and collaboration

THEME: Recasting Project Management to Address Sustainable Development Goals

Sub- Themes:

Managing projects in uncertain environments
Project Value Chain Management
Planning for sustainable cities and communities
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Agricultural Projects and sustainable food security
Water, Sanitation and waste management
Information Management Technology
Resource Mobilization for sustainable development
Impact Assessment for Sustainable projects
Collaborations, partnerships and linkages in project management
Cross-cutting issues

Call for Papers

The conference welcomes papers in the field of Project management and all other related fields.

We will accept abstracts that are between 250-400 words.

Full paper submissions under 12,000 words and original, will be submitted as per the guidelines which will be provided after acceptance of abstract.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

We welcome research based or desk-top academic papers.Collaboration among multiple authors, colleagues and other scholars is highly encouraged.Co-authored papers will be accepted with consent from all authors. It is the responsibility of the Lead Presenter to obtain the consent of fellow authors. All presentations must adhere to intellectual property rights legislation. University of Nairobi will not be responsible for infringements of intellectual property or plagiarism in any of the conference presentations.

Abstracts for conference presentation must include a description of each of the following: