2025 Program coming soon

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Call for Abstracts

The WACE Conference Committee is inviting submission of abstracts from interested researchers, academics, practitioners and industry partners globally . The conference theme is Cooperative Education and Work-Integrated learning: new Models to Bridge the Gap between university Education , Business and GEN Z/ Alpha Students

Paper types

• Oral presentations without proceedings paper (15 minutes plus 5 minutes questions)
• Oral presentations WITH proceedings paper (15 minutes plus 5 minutes questions, paper 2000 words max)
• Interactive workshops (1 hour)
• Round table discussions (1 hour)
• Posters (A1 or A0, there will be a designated poster session where the author must be present at the poster)

Due dates

All abstracts open 1st of November, 2024

Rolling approvals of abstracts; early submission is strongly encouraged, especially if requiring a travel visa.

• Abstracts for oral presentation WITH proceedings papers close 7th February, 2025
• Abstract for oral presentations, workshops, and posters close 21st of March, 2025

Submissions of proceedings papers open 10th of January and close 7th March, 2025

Proceeding paper reviews undertaken February and March

Amended and final proceeding paper submission due date 11th April, 2025

At least one author/ presenter must be registered for the conference by 17th April, 2025

All presentations must be in person at the conference (not online).