WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY

CALL Office of the Vice President for Research and

Technology Transfer
FOR th
12 Annual National Research & Community
Engagement Conference
ABSTRACTS on
“Innovation through Applied
Research for Sustainable Development‘’
THEME I:AGRICULTURE THEME III. GEOLOGY and Business & economics
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 Plant sciences (production, improvement, protection MINING Development & urbanization
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and value chain management & economics)  Mining, power and Energy Accounting, finance, invest-
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 Animal, Fishery and Veterinary medicine (animal &  Mineral Identification and extraction ment and trade
feed production, health & improvement, processing  Ground water exploration and develop-  Psychosocial Issues and
& value addition, genetic resources management) ment
 Natural resources and biodiversity management,
Mental Health
 Environment, ecology and chemicals
policy & planning, conservation
 Computing and Modeling THEME V. HEALTH/
 Horticultural sciences (production, breeding, pro-
 Nano science & Technology MEDICINE
tection, seed sciences, postharvest management,
value chain & economics)  Space Science technology  Reproductive, Sexual, Maternal,
 Soil, water and watershed management  Biological diversity & Biotechnology Adolescence, Youth, Neonatal and
 Urban agriculture development Child Health
 Agricultural economics & extension THEME IV. SOCIAL SCIENCES  Communicable/infectious diseases
 Climate change adaptation & mitigation and HUMANITIES  Hygiene & Environmental sanita-
 Irrigation & water management  History & historical archaeology tion
THEME II: ENGINEERING and  Educational quality control and man-  Non-Communicable diseases, Psy-
agement chological, Mental Health and Re-
TECHNOLOGY habilitative Services
 Heritage Studies and Management
 Agricultural mechanization technologies  Pharmaceutical Sciences
 Museology and tourism development
 System Modeling and Design  Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
 Culture and Indigenous Knowledge
 Power and Energy (AMR)
 Society, Environment and Development
 Information, Communication & Electronics Tech-  Food & human nutrition
nology  Language and literature
 Gender & HIV
 Construction Material Management and Optimiza-  Globalization, Social Movements, Class
tion & Ethnicity
 Irrigation and Drainage Engineering  GIS & Remote sensing applica-
 Water Resource, Supply and Sanitation System tions
 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging  Governance and Federalism
Technologies  Law, Peace and Security
 Environmental hazards

Important Deadlines:

⤷ Abstracts submission: February 17, 2024

⤷ Notification of accepted abstracts: March 10, 2024
⤷ Submission of full-length papers : March 26, 2024
⤷ Notification of accepted papers: April 20, 2024
⤷ Conference dates: May 09-12, 2024

Venue: WSU Main Campus, Graduation Hall

Submission Information and Guidelines:
An abstract should not be more than 300 words with a maximum of 7 keywords. The abstract should in-
clude the author(s) name(s), title, affiliation, P.O. Box, Telephone and e-mail address for correspondence.
(Note: papers with incomplete information & those that do not meet the deadline will be rejected automati-
cally)
The guideline for submission of a full-length paper will be sent to authors of the selected abstracts via
e-mail.
Important Note: Papers shall be in line with the above themes, papers already published and/or pre-
sented on a conference will not be accepted!

Please send your abstracts and full-length papers to the contact address below via email

CONTACT ADDRESS
Tizazu Toma (Asst. Prof.), Cell Phone:+251913967239, Email: tizazu.toma@wsu.edu.et
Abrham Shumbulo (PhD), Cell phone:+251911396041, Email: abraham.shumbulo@wsu.edu.et

Accepted and presented papers will be published on WSU, Proceedings for the 12 th Annual National
Research and Community Engagement Conference
Selected papers will be published on the university’s journal (Journal of Science and Inclusive Development)