Sub-Themes
Sub-theme 1: Humanizing Research Management
The commencement of the age of artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and systemized reporting has called for a more humane way of navigating research and its researchers. This is where sub-theme 1 Humanizing Research Management is no longer an option but a necessity to connect soft skills for a sustainable research management culture and ecosystem. Relationship-centered approaches shall be integrated with the remote framework of systems to transform a bureaucratic process into a human-centered process. For a young organization vying to inculcate the research culture into its systems and processes, thriving administratively looks beyond implementing punitive-type systems to support quality assurance practices. A human-centered or researcher-centered approach is where collaboration, networking, behavioral science, and etiquette meet at the crossroads of research administration and knowledge management. By doing so, professional research managers can be leaders encouraging models of best practices, motivating and retaining researchers who are essential knowledge workers, and linking knowledge management and people management to develop policies and strategies which will foster talents towards social and science and technology innovations. We look forward to the sharing of guiding principles for a new framework of practical managerial implementation to sustain research and collaboration within organisations and research ecosystems.
Sub-theme 2: Responsible Reporting
As research activities mature and evolve, reporting on their progress and achievements is an important aspect of monitoring research outputs and outcomes. Undoubtedly such reports presented in various styles are important for sponsors, funding bodies, and other stakeholders directly or indirectly associated with the project. Hence, sub-theme 2 looks at Responsible Reporting where topics such as ethical reporting, beyond ranking initiatives, data management, scientific communication, publications, and related issues shall be discussed. To ensure that reporting becomes a habit and an expected occurrence in line with the culture of publishing to nurture and flourish rather than the competitive yet traditional approach to publish or perish which was once the yardstick of high-achieving academics at higher education institutions, contributors shall acknowledge challenges and improvement plans in reporting for data collection, ranking; reporting for knowledge diffusion and academic consumption; reporting for marketing and disbursement to the public sound science. Speakers are expected to share their experiences and recommend improvement plans to ensure a more sustainable, effective, and ethical reporting style in accordance to target audiences.
Sub-theme 3: Research Impact
Sub-theme 3 covers Research Impact where benefits to the community, societal relevancy, environmental sustainability, and its measurement instruments are important discussion points. Impact in terms of negatives and positives shall be addressed and impact based on project continuity and stewardship shall be presented by various supporting agencies. Impact is about looking at the effects a research project has had. There are many ways a research project could have an impact depending on the nature of the work. The impact research projects make in academia, for example advancing and developing understanding, methods, and theory within the field or across disciplines. The impact research projects make on the larger community, with this definition includes the impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and its forms of measurement. Speakers from academia and agencies are encouraged to speak on the importance of impact measurements and current trends in measuring impact, the way forward at the international level and at the national level initiatives, and the roles of research managers and administrators to jointly deliver impactful research with their researchers.
Arrangements for Poster Presenters
- Portrait style (NOT LANDSCAPE)
- Size: A1 (594mm x 841mm) OR Size: A0 (841mm x 1189mm) is acceptable
- Oversize posters can unfortunately not be accommodated.
Arrangements for Oral Presenters
- Prepare a 20-minute oral presentation; presenters will be required to participate in Q&A at the end of the session.
- Only MS PowerPoint will be accepted for oral presentations, saved as .pptx files (16×9 formats).
- Video presentations (if applicable) are to be in mp4 format.
- Please bring your presentation/s on a USB flash drive and load the presentation to the secretariat laptop.
- Presentations to be saved as: Surname_day (e.g. Smith_Thursday 24 Nov)
- The venue will be opened on 22 November 2023, 10.30-17:00, 23 November 2023, 07:00-17:00 and 24 November 2023, 07:00-17:00.
- Technicians and secretaries will be on hand to support you.
- Kindly load presentations at least 2 hours before the start of the session you are participating in, ideally early morning or during tea and lunch breaks. The technicians will check fonts, formats, videos, and sound to ensure your presentation is formatted correctly.
- Please notify the technician of any video clips in your presentation so that these can be correctly embedded or tested.
- Please ensure that all embedded files/video clips are saved as independent files in the same folder as your presentation.
- Use pictures/movies/audio files as embedded objects, not linked files.