JAMAICA


REGIONAL and INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

9-12  October 2012


CALL FOR PAPERS and EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST


Of special importance to practitioners, academics and students

in both developed and developing countries



Organised by Jamaican members of

The Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE)

and

RICS Americas (Caribbean Board)



Theme:

LAND RESOURCES   LAND ADMINISTRATION    CLIMATE CHANGE


sustainability

land administration

climate change strategies

construction economics

dispute resolution

disaster management

coastal area management

 


Technical well-researched 4000-5000 word papers are invited and will be peer reviewed if required.  They must relate to one or more of the topics mentioned above.  Abstracts of 150-300 words and up to 5 keywords should be submitted no later than 31 March 2012.   Full papers will be required by 30 June 2012 (or 31 July 2012 if not peer reviewed). Papers accepted will be delivered in plenary sessions.

 

Poster sessions will be available for authors whose papers are not selected for presentation.

 

For details of the CASLE lecture prize for students and researchers under-33 years of age please refer to www.abfund.net.


Selected papers will be included in the conference proceedings and may be published on the web site.



      

   

            





INFORMATION ON SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS

Abstracts of 150-300 words, and up to 5 keywords.

Send to  susan.spedding@uwe.ac.uk.


INFORMATION ON SUBMITTING PAPERS

Full papers must not exceed 10 sides of A4 and must follow the standard format given below. Each paper will be sent to two referees. If the paper is accepted, author(s) will be invited to present the paper and have it included in the published annual conference proceedings.

Reminder.  It is a condition of inclusion that the author (or at least one of them in the case of a joint submission) registers for the conference.


Format:




















HOW TO REGISTER INTEREST


EMAIL:   Please fill in the details which are on the email pro forma.  Click on  susan.spedding@uwe.ac.uk.




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Submission of abstract

31 March 2012

Notification of acceptance of abstract

12 April 2012

Submission of full paper for peer review

30 June 2012

Submission of other full papers

31 July 2012

Refereeing decision

31 August 2012

Main text of paper

Single spacing, left justification

Typeface

Times Roman 12 point

Binding margin

38 mm

All other margins

25 mm

Title

BOLD UPPER CASE (16 point)

Names of author(s)

Bold upper and lower case

Address(es) of author(s)

italic

Abstract

Maximum 300 words

Keywords

Main headings

Sub-headings

References

Figures

Maximum of five, upper and lower case, alphabetical sequence

BOLD UPPER CASE (14 point)

Bold upper and lower case

Harvard system, listed at the end alphabetically by author

Figures in portrait only (not landscape) to fit in the margins specified above

Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy