We are glad to announce programs and schedules for the 9th Sino-Foreign Post- Graduates Academic Forum of Jiangsu University.

1. Objectives and Aims:

(i). Promote academic and cultural exchange among Chinese and international students.

(ii). Provide a forum to share scholarly research and findings

(iii). Facilitate interdisciplinary exchanges and discussions among scholars

(iv). Broaden the knowledge base and intellectual capacity of conference attendees.

(v). Act as a platform for multi-cultural exchanges while enhancing student’s public speaking and presentation skills.

(vi). Enhance the internationalization of the research faculty of Jiangsu University

(vii). Provide avenues for knowledge sharing of novel and innovative research as well as benefit from the scholarly experience of experts and professors in such fields.

(viii)Provide collaboration between other universities in china and abroad.

(ix). Attract inputs and active participation of post-graduate students and doctoral candidates in all schools, faculties and research of Jiangsu University and the province.

2. Host units:

Graduate School, Graduate Students' Affairs Department, Overseas Education College, Youth League Committee

3. Details:

Time: November - December 2019

Venue: Small auditorium, Conference Center lecture hall

Forum language: English

4.Sub forums：

1. Science & Engineering I：Environmental Protection, Green Materials, Chemical Industry and Food Safety

2. Science & Engineering II：Informatization and Intelligentization in Modern Agricultural Engineering

3. Science & Engineering III：Regeneration Manufacturing and New Energy Technology

4. Life & Medicine: Biomedicine and Life Sciences Boost the Sustainable Development

5. Finance & Management: Management Change Driven by Big Data

6. Culture Exchange: Cultural Dissemination and Cultural Identification

5. Participants:

Participants are welcomed from all disciplines, schools and other universities. Key participants comprises of Chinese and foreign postgraduate and doctoral students of Jiangsu University, expert scholars/teachers.

6. Manuscript Submission Guidelines

(i).Content: It should be easy to understand, enhancing knowledge sharing in different subjects and achieving a win-win situation.

(ii).Authorship: The first author of the research work should be master or PhD candidate, supervisor or a professor and can represent themselves or their university latest research developments.

(iii).Originality: It should present a novel idea and adopt a scientific research approach. It also should be concise, creation and must be original. Such works must have not been presented /published in any conferences, journals and academic forum. It should also be in conformity with the laws of the People’s Republic of China.

7. Content and requirements of the forum

Abstract submission:

Participants taking part in cultural exchange sub-forum must submit English abstracts to the respective school for initial evaluation. If it’s chosen for oral presentation you have to submit the whole paper within the specified time frame.

Participants taking part in Engineering, Life and medicine and Business sub-forum must submit their whole paper to the respective faculty.

For the template of full text and text specifications, see Annex 1, Annex 2

Oral presentation: The school or faculty recommends and selects outstanding papers that could take part in presentation. Experts will be invited to comment on the report.

Poster display: Poster exhibitors must prepare posters to win “Best Poster” award which are selected by voting.

Experts will evaluate oral presentations.

8. Schedule Arrangement and Timelines

Cultural exchange sub forum-Abstract deadline：October 11th

Manuscript Submission deadline for selected candidates: October 25th

Opening Ceremony: November 4th

Sub forum held time: November 4th to November 18th

Closing ceremony of the forum and Awards：December 1st

Please submit your paper to your respective faculty.

9. Awards

The forum will select awards such as Excellent Organization Award (40% of the total number of participating colleges), Excellent papers (10% of the total number of submissions in each sub-forum) Best Oral Presentation Award (30% of the total number of oral presentations), Best Poster Presentation Award (30% of the total number of poster presentations), and award certificates of honor and awards.

10. Participation rights and interests

(i).Graduate students who have been awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award will make recommendations to the International Department if they wish to participate in academic exchanges among the three universities.

(ii).This academic forum is free of cost.

(iii).Postgraduates of Jiangsu University who have won the Best Oral Presentation Award, if their subject is Jiangsu Province's advantageous discipline, will be fully funded by the discipline to participate in an academic conference held abroad and approved by the discipline. Participants or his supervisor should be the first author of the research work, and paper must be accepted by the conference.

(iv).Postgraduates of Jiangsu University, who are awarded excellent thesis awards, if their subject is a superior discipline of Jiangsu Province, will be half-financed to participate in an academic conference held abroad and approved by the discipline. Participants or his supervisor should be the first author of the research work, and paper must be accepted by the conference.

11. Other requirements

(i).Please appoint a contact person to report to the International Education Office of the Graduate School before September 27th

(ii).The number of papers required for academic participation is detailed in Annex 3. Colleges and universities should be encouraged to mobilize the Chinese and foreign postgraduates to actively contribute to the six major sub forums.

(iii).Papers need to be examined and signed by the tutor. The printed version of the eligible articles and summary form (Annex 4) must be submitted to the International Education Office of the Graduate School by October 28.

Attachments:

Annex 1. Template for abstracts of papers

Annex 2. Template of text format

Annex 3.Requirements for the Number of Academic Papers Participated by respective faculties

Annex 4. Summary form of articles

http://oec.ujs.edu.cn/en/notice/detail?cid=328&id=1067