Call for Papers GS6AP, Seoul, 26-28 August 2015

Gender Summit 6 Asia Pacific 2015
Better Science & Technology for Creative Economy: Enhancing the Societal Impact through Gendered Innovations in Research, Development and Business
Seoul picture27 – 28 August 2015, Seoul, South Korea
26 August: Pre-Summit on Curriculum & Education on Gendered Dimensions

The aim of the Gender Summit 6 Asia-Pacific 2015 is to introduce compelling research evidence on benefits of addressing gender issues in science and technology to improve quality of research and innovation. It is designed to interconnect all relevant stakeholders to develop strategies on how discussions and technological collaborations on gender diversity can open up opportunities to create new markets for scientific research and innovations.

The Gender Summit 6 Asia-Pacific 2015 invites the contributions of researchers, innovation leaders and other R&D stakeholders on strategies, methodologies and best practice on putting gender equality into action in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM). Selected papers will be invited to present their work in the latest advances at the ‘coalface’ of gender research.

Themes of interest for research manuscript submissions include, but are not limited to:

Improving research excellence though gendered innovations
Creating collaborative alliances to advance gender-aware STEMM research and innovations
Improving diversity of STEM talents in research and innovations
Gender based curriculum innovations in college & graduate school level
Improving diversity of STEM talents: K-12 programs
Responding to public aspirations for societal improvement through gender aware technologies
Developing leadership capacity for gendered innovations through interconnected networks of female scholars

How to Submit: Abstracts will be reviewed by the International Program Scientific Committee for inclusion in the Summit programme and in the Summit publication. All selected contributions will be published in the Best Practice Guide. Authors may be invited to present their work orally in the Pre-Summit conference, Summit plenary, during working group sessions, or as poster presentations in the Summit Exhibition. Selected abstracts will be invited to produce a full paper for publication in the Summit proceedings.

Abstracts need to be submitted using the structure and format of the submission template, which can be downloaded as a word file via http://gender-summit.com/gs6-call-for-abstracts . The deadline for abstract submission is the 15 June 2015.