33RD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE GSA

The 33^rd Biennial Conference of the Ghana Science Association (GSA) will be held in collaboration with other stakeholders as follows:

Plenary Sessions

The following topics will feature during the plenary sessions:

1. Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Systems.
2. Climate Change, Green Energy, and Environment.
3. Climate Change, One health and Pandemic Preparedness.
4. National STI Policy on Climate Change and National Development.

Scientific Sessions

Scientific sessions will run concurrently in the following groupings:

1. Physical and Computational Sciences
2. Biological, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
3. Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
4. Technological and Engineering Sciences
5. Poster Presentations

Those wishing to participate in the Conference are requested to indicate so by completing an online Registration form via https://ghanascience.gov.gh/33rd-biennial-conference-registration-and-abstract-submission-form/ and pay the appropriate fees.

REGISTRATION FEES

*Virtual/Online registration fees covers all categories of membership.

Mode of Payment

1. Pay the money into our GCB account with the following details and forward the scanned copy of pay-in-slip via our e-mail address: gsasecretariat@gmail.com

• Alternatively, you can pay through Mobile Money transfer via the USSD Code (all networks) with details below:

NOTE: When the code is dialed, the message “Welcome to GHANA SCIENCE ASSOCIATION | Ghana Airways Avenue” will be displayed on your screen. Make sure this message is seen before you enter the amount and send.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Participants wishing to present abstracts are kindly requested to submit same via the internet link below:

https://ghanascience.gov.gh/33rd-biennial-conference-registration-and-abstract-submission-form/. Please indicate your preference, either oral or poster presentation.

Please Note that late Abstracts will NOT be accepted after July 14^th 2023. All abstracts which fall in-line with the conference theme shall be given the first opportunity for oral presentation. In addition, other unrelated conference theme abstracts, submitted early enough shall also have oral presentation opportunity on first come first served basis. All other accepted abstracts that may not have oral presentation opportunity will be presented by poster.

Payment of conference registration fee as stated above, made not later than after July 14^th 2023,would guarantee one’s accepted abstract(s) for both oral and poster presentation to be published in the book of abstracts. 

Full texts for papers can be submitted before or after the Conference. (Note: Accepted conference papers will be refereed and published in the Journal of the Ghana Science Association). Authors should strictly conform to guidelines contained in the accompanying instructions to authors.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The following format should be strictly adhered to in submitting abstracts: –

1. Title of Paper in Capitals and Centered
2. Name(s) and Full Address(es) of Author(s)
3. E-mail Address and Telephone Number of corresponding Author
4. Name of Institution should be written in full and not abbreviated.
5. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
6. Abstracts should be done using Microsoft Word and sent via online form https://ghanascience.gov.gh/33rd-biennial-conference-registration-and-abstract-submission-form/
7. Spacing: Abstracts should be one and half line spaced and must include: (1) Objective (2) Methodology (3) Results (4) Conclusion.

1. General

The editorial office requires a soft copy of a paper, preferably in a Microsoft Word format, previously unpublished, complete with title, name(s) and address(es) of author(s) and abstract of not more than 250 words in English. Manuscripts should be typed (using Times New Roman font, size 12) double-spaced. Pages must be numbered, beginning from the Title Page. Unless otherwise stated, the first named author of a joint publication will be taken as the corresponding author. Please provide phone numbers and e-mail. Manuscripts should be sent to the email: gsasecretariat@gmail.com 

2. Text Preparation

The structure of the main text should be in the following order: 1. Introduction, 2. Method, 3. Results, 4. Discussion, and 5. Conclusion. These headings should be typed in lowercase but boldface (left aligned) and numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. Subsections of these (except conclusion) should be numbered, e.g., 1.1 (heading typed normal) and 1.1.1 (heading typed in italics), etc. for further subsections. The above order should be followed by Acknowledgements and References.

3. Abstract

The abstract should be typed in block, i.e., without paragraphs or subdivisions; and should give a comprehensive summary of the paper. It should be able to stand by itself and should incorporate objective, methodology results and conclusion. Keywords are not required.

4. References

References should be given in the text by indicating author(s) and year of publication. When a reference is part of a sentence it should be cited as: Menyeh and O’Reilly, (1991); Menyeh et al. (1997), but when it is inserted within a sentence it should be: (Menyeh and O’Reilly, 1991); (Menyeh et al., 1997), etc. Only references cited in the text should be listed in alphabetical order (with names of all contributors, not, for example, Menyeh et al…) at the end of the paper.

In other words, references which are not cited in the text cannot be listed.

The following are examples:

Book Reference:

[In the following order: Name of author(s), year of publication, title of book, publisher, place of publication and the numbers for the referenced pages, e.g., “O’Reilly, W. (1984). Rock and Mineral Magnetism, Blackie, Glasgow, pp. 120-125”].

Journal Reference

[e.g., Menyeh, A. and O’Reilly, W. (1991). The magnetization process in monoclinic pyrrhotite particles containing few domains, Geophysical Journal International, 104, 387-399]. Names of periodicals should be abbreviated according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals. However, if in doubt, the full name of the journal should be given. The above journal, for example, should be abbreviated as: Geophys. J. Int.

Conference Proceedings

[e.g., Ofosu-Asiedu, A. (1997). “The Wood Industry and the Environment”. In: A. Menyeh, S. Osafo Acquaah, and W. O. Ellis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference, Kumasi, 4th August 1997, pp.19-34].

Reference from a book edited by one or more persons.

[e.g., Kullerud, G. (1971). “Experimental techniques in dry sulfide research”. In: G. C. Ulmer (Ed.), Research techniques” for high pressure and high temperature, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp.288-315].

Tables
The maximum size for a Table should be 150 mm x 200 mm and it should be without an outside border as well as lines for row and column entries. However, only headings for the columns should be enclosed between top and bottom borders: Tables should be numbered consecutively and referred to in the text [e.g., (Table 1)]. The titles should be typed on top in Boldface [e.g., Table 1. Variation of Temperature with…]. Indicate in pencil in the right-hand margin, the desired location of Tables.

Dimensions
S.I. units should be used throughout the text. Use negative indices instead of / and leave a space between numbers and symbols [e.g., 1.5 m s^-1, not 1.5 ms^-1or 1.5 m/s]

Equations
Equations should be typed in Math. Mode [i.e., z = ax + by]. If there are more than one equation, they should be numbered consecutively [e.g., z = ax + by … (1)]. For clarity, indicate in words, in the right-hand margin, the name of any Greek symbol the first time it is used in the text.

Referees
Each manuscript will be refereed by at least two reviewers.

Proofs
Proofs will be sent to authors. They must be returned quickly to ensure a high speed of publication.

PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

The detailed programme of activities shall be included in the second announcement.

Please send all enquiries to: –

The Scientific Coordinator,

Ghana Science Association,

P. O. Box LG 7,

Legon

Tel: 0302-732605, 0244-986310

Email: gsasecretariat@gmail.com