Annual Research Symposium 2014

1] Guidelines for preparation of abstracts

1. 1. The abstract must report original research.
   2. The title should be brief and explain the study reported. Capital letters should be used only for the first letter in the first word of the title and proper nouns.
   3. The author/s names and addresses:

• • • Capital letters should be used only for the initials and the first letters of the surnames of authors.
    • The address of the Institution in which the work was carried out should be included under the author’s name.
    • If the collaborators are from different Institutions, the addresses of the Institutions should be included in brief. In this case, the adresses of the co-authors should be indicated by a number in superscript after the author’s names and before the respective adderesses (as shown below).

Example (multiple authors):
I. P. Menikpurage¹, D. T. U. Abeytunga¹, R. L. C. Wijesundara^2
1 Department of Chemistry, Universtiy of Colombo, Colombo 03.
² Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo, Colombo 03.

4. 4. The text of the abstract should be within the range of 300-350 words.
   5. Standard abbreviations of SI units should be used.
   6. The original and two legible copies of each abstract should be submitted. The two copies should carry only the title and the text and should not contain name(s) of author(s) and place(s) where the research has been carried out.
   7. Acknowledgements should be restricted to the names of funding agencies providing sponsorship.
   8. Use font “Times New Roman” size 11 with 1.5 spacing on A4 paper.

2] Guidelines for preparation of extended abstract (should be submitted with each abstract)

1. The text should not exceed 1000 words.
2. The text should cover the following aspects: Background, Objectives, Research Design/Materials and Methods, Results/ Findings, Conclusions and References.
3. The original and two legible copies of the text should be submitted along with the abstract.
4. Tables and diagrams can be included and should be referred to in text as Table 1 or Fig. 1.
5. References: Should be limited to only essential ones.
6. Use font “Times New Roman” size 11 with 1.5 spacing on A4 paper.

3] Declaration by the authors

1. The annexed declaration form must be completed by the Corresponding Author and sent with each abstract and extended abstract submitted.
2. All correspondence will be addressed to the Corresponding Author. If the Corresponding Author is a postgraduate student, then it is mandatory that the declaration form should be signed by the supervising author/s.
3. The abstracts should be presented by a staff member or a postgraduate student of the University of Colombo. In the event that the presenter indicated in the application is unable to present the paper it is the responsibility of the Corresponding Author either to withdraw the paper inadvance or arrange for one of the Co-Authors to present the paper.

Guidelines for Faculty representatives of the Editorial Committee

Please adhere to the following deadlines with regard to the abstracts and extended abstracts:

• Discuss with the respective Dean and appoint a committee with representatives from each of the departments in the faculty to coordinate the review work.
• Deadline for submission of abstracts and extended abstracts – 30^th September 2014
• Send each of the abstracts along with the extended abstracts to at least 2 reviewers with the referee report
• Deadline for completing the review – 15^th October 2014
• Submission of revised abstracts, incorporating reviewers’ comments – 20^th October 2014
• Edit the abstracts, i.e. correct grammatical and typographical errors and ensure that the spacing, author names and institution names are according to the provided guidelines.
• Deadline for submission of accepted abstracts to Co-editors – 25th October 2014. Please ensure that each abstract fits into one A4 Page.

** Each faculty representative is expected to provide the theme of the symposium to the Deans of each Faculty and obtain a message from them to be published in the proceedings. The message should be edited and sent to Co-editors by 30^th September 2014. We would be grateful if you could follow the above given deadlines and send the edited abstracts along with the Dean’s message to enable us to compile and print the proceedings in time.

Dr. M. Saman Dassanayake
Dr. Kokila Konasinghe
For the Editorial Committee

1. 1. Theme: University-industry collaboration for strengthening the knowledge hub of Sri Lanka
      The Editorial Committee for the Annual Research Symposium of the University of Colombo invites the academic staff members of the University of Colombo to submit abstracts and extended abstracts to be considered for presentation at the Technical Sessions of the Annual Research Symposium to be held in November 2014. These abstracts and extended abstracts should be based on original research work and, if accepted, should be presented by a staff member or a postgraduate student of the University of Colombo. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2014 of the University of Colombo.
   2. The deadline for submission of abstracts and extended abstracts: 30^th September 2014
   3. Guidelines for preparation of abstracts and extended abstracts are attached. Please follow the instructions carefully and note that abstracts and extended abstracts not prepared according to the guidelines provided, or submitted after the deadline, will not be considered. To be considered, each submission should include the following three documents:
      1. Abstract – within the range of 300-350 words
      2. Extended abstract (inclusive of background, objectives, research design/materials and methods, results/findings, conclusions) or Synopsis – not exceeding 1,000 words
      3. The author’s declaration form.
   4. Important deadline: Authors should send in their abstracts and extended abstracts along with the author’s declaration form to the respective faculty representatives on or before the 30^th September 2014. The list of respective faculty representatives follows:

For any further information, please contact the Assistant Registrar/Academic and Publications.
Dr. M. Saman Dassanayake
Co-editor
Annual Research Symposium – 2014

Dr. Kokila Konasinghe
Co-Editor
Annual Research Symposium- 2014
29^th August 2014

Faculty of Science

• Session of the Faculty of Science of the Annual Research Symposium 2014 will be held on 21^st of November 2014, at the Faculty of Science Premises. There will be three corresponding sessions for the streams, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences and Physical Sciences.

NILIS Research Symposium 2014 “Information Literacy: Global Challenges, Local Solutions”

• NILIS Research Symposium 2014, organised by the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo will be held on 21st November 2014. The theme of this year’s symposium is ‘Information Literacy: Global Challenges, Local Solutions. This is the biggest annual event of NILIS, which is a premier academic institution providing postgraduate education in Teacher Librarianship (TL), Library and Information Sciences (LIS) and Information Management (IM).
• Researchers on TL, LIS, IM and allied fields including Information Communications Technology (ICT) can present their findings at the symposium. Also, inventors and innovators of information management related software, hardware and other applications can publish, and demonstrate such items at the symposium venue.