Call for Proposals
Nepali Academics in America (NACA) is pleased to invite submissions for organized sessions and abstracts for our upcoming 2025 conference. This year’s conference themed “Bridging Boundaries - Mounting Elevations: Navigating the Future through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration” underscores the critical importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in addressing today’s complex global challenges. From the Appalachian to the Himalayan landscapes, societal issues near and far warrant integrated approaches. We call for interdisciplinary collaboration by maximizing knowledge integration and application across disciplines to ignite innovation, prosperity for a just and sustainable global future. The conference provides a scholarly forum to engage in these important conversations while reconnecting with friends and colleagues and adding some new connections in your professional network. Details on registration, accommodations, travel etc. can be found at https://nepaliacademics.org/conference We invite scholars, scientists, artists, and practitioners to submit proposals for organized panels, roundtable discussions, and individual papers (oral or poster) on the conference theme or closely related topics. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Student presenters will be awarded for best (First place-$200 and Second place-$100) presentation. Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2024.
Submission FormatThe NACA requests that each participant submits their own abstract in no more than 250 words. This will help us avoid any errors in developing the program schedule. If your proposal/abstract is part of a panel, be sure to list the title of the panel and the name of organizer. Panel proposalThis is the most common form of NACA conference presentations, which is organized around a common theme or topic. Each panel session will be 90 minutes in length and will typically have about 4-5 individual presenters, allowing 15 minutes for each individual presentation and 15-30 minutes for introductions, commentary for a discussant, and questions/answers. The organizer must submit a session proposal/abstract (250 words limit) with the list of participants with their titles, affiliations, and five-keywords. The organizer will be responsible to make sure each presenter also submits their individual abstracts and is properly registered for the conference. Feel free to propose a discussant, which counts toward the limit of 5 presentation slots in each session. Individual paper/presentation abstractWe recognize that some presentations may not have a specific panel or wish to be considered in a session with multidisciplinary scope. So, we welcome individually volunteered papers or presentations appropriate for this conference. Submit an abstract (250 words limit) with full name, affiliation, and five key-words. The Program Committee will group the accepted individual presentations/papers together to form panels and will assign a session title and a chair for each of those sessions. Roundtable discussionsWe encourage colleagues to consider organizing roundtables to discuss issues related to the conference theme. These roundtables will have the same 90 minutes length as the presentation/paper panels, and each is expected to feature 3-5 scholars to have more lively and engaging discussions among the discussants and with the audience. The organizer must submit a title and a proposal/abstract (250 words limit) with the names of all discussants and their affiliations and emails. The panelists must be registered but do not have to submit separate abstracts. Roundtables can be either in in-person or online format. Contact the conference program committee with any questions and concerns |
