RISCON’ 2015 – January 08, 2015
RISCON’ 2015, the 1st Ruhuna International Conference on Science and Technology is organized by the Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. The conference aims to bring together the interested academics/ researchers and research students not only of Sri Lankan universities but also of foreign universities/ institutes, and to provide them an international platform to share research findings on various themes in Science and Technology. The conference theme has been decided to be broad in order to accommodate as many Science and Technology areas as possible, and to be able to address for technological advances and research results in multidisciplinary sciences.
RISCON’ 2015 Theme: ‘Towards trans-disciplinary research culture’
RIscon’ 2015 will be a premier forum to present and share the research findings of scientists working in life sciences and physical sciences, and technology related disciplines.
The key areas will include, but not be limited to
Agriculture, Animal Science, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer science, Engineering, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Information Technology, Mathematical Sciences, Medical and Health Science, Molecular Biology, Physics and Geophysical Science, and Zoology.
The 1st Ruhuna International Conference on Science and Technology has evolved from and is preceded by a series of nine research symposia ‘Ruhuna Science Symposium’ [add link] annually organized by Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna since 2002. By organizing the first international Conference on Science and Technology, the year 2015 will be a landmark for the gradual development of the scientific research culture we experience at University of Ruhuna. From this landmark event onwards, RISCON is planned to be an annual international event at University of Ruhuna.
RISCON’ 2015 will host technical sessions including oral and poster presentations of the submitted abstracts, and the authors are invited to send the full papers if they wish to publish the full paper in ‘Ruhuna Journal of Science’ an international peer-reviewed online journal published by Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, twice a year.
The RISCON’ 2015 is financed mainly by the funds received through TURIS grant (Transforming University of Ruhuna to International Status) in line with its objective of enhancing the university’s international status, and few other generous sponsorships.
