Innovation Research Symposium

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Author Guidelines

Papers should not exceed 12 pages, single spaced, 12 point arial font size. This includes all figures, tables and references. 

Abstract (Must be provided; the abstract should not more than 100 words)

 Your abstract is simply a short, standalone summary of the work or paper that others can use as an overview. An abstract describes what you do in your essay, whether it’s a scientific experiment or a literary analysis paper. It should help your reader understand the paper and help people searching for this paper decide whether it suits their purposes prior to reading. To write an abstract, finish your paper first, then type a summary that identifies the purpose, problem, methods, results, and conclusion of your work. After you get the details down, all that's left is to format it correctly. 

Relevance to innovation (Must be provided; should not more than 100 words)

Clearly state what is innovative in your paper: is it a new product, method or process? Is it in public use and/or commercialized? Does it have social impact? Is it scalable?

Keywords: Up to Five keywords, in alphabetical order   

1. Introduction

Start with a couple of sentences that introduce your topic to your reader. You do not have to give too much detailed information; save that for the body of your paper. Make these sentences as interesting as you can. Through them, you can hook a reader and get them very interested in the line of thinking you are going to develop in your project (Author’s last name, year). 

It works upon the principle of introducing the topic of the paper and setting it into a broad context, gradually narrowing down to a research problem, thesis and hypothesis. A good introduction explains how you mean to solve the research problem, and creates ‘leads’ to make the reader want to delve further into your work.

2. Method (provide your own headings for the body of the paper)

Except for the heading in the first page, the headings provided in this template are only for demonstration purposes. Use your own headings. The template is used to format your paper and style the text. All margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts are prescribed. ‘Please do not alter them. Please do not revise any of the current designations’ (Author’s last name, year, p. 10). 

2.1 Population and sample

 Finally, complete content and organizational editing before formatting. Please take note of the following items when proofreading spelling and grammar: Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the text, even after they have been defined in the abstract. Do not use abbreviations in the title or heads unless they are unavoidable.

3. Discussion 

Table heads should appear above the tables, and figure captions should be below the figures.  As much as possible minimize the use of tables.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported/partially supported by [Name of Foundation, Grant maker, Donor]. We thank our colleagues from [Name of the supporting institution] who provided insight and expertise that greatly assisted the research, although they may not agree with all the interpretations/conclusions of this paper.

References (Strictly use APA referencing style)   

1. Each reference should include four elements: (1) Author/Editor/Producer (2) Date (3) Title of the work and (4) Publication Information.
2. Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the work. Place name: Publisher.Electronic books
3.  If the item is available online, a retrieval statement or DOI is required after (3) Title. Exclude (4) Publication Information
4. Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the work. Retrieved from http://... Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the work. http://dx.doi.org/xx-xxxxxx
5. When a book consists of many chapters written by different authors, reference each chapter you used.
6. Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Chapter title. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (pp.xx-xx). Place name: Publisher.
7. Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Chapter title. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (pp.xx-xx). Retrieved from http://..
8. Items published on a regular basis, such as journals, magazines and newspapers, are known as serials or periodicals. Include the same elements as for a book, but exclude the publication information and add the volume, issue and page number(s) instead.
9.  Each reference should include the following elements: (1) Author (2) Date (3) Title of article (4) Title of Periodical (5) Volume, Issue and Page numberss.
10. Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, x(x), pp-pp
11.  Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, x(x), pp-pp. http://dx.doi.org/xxx-xxxxx
12.  Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, x(x), pp-pp. Retrieved from http://...
13.  Online documents / Webpages: Include the same elements as for a book, but exclude the publication information and add a retrieval statement in its place: (1) Author (2) Date (3) Title (4) Retrieval statement. Include a retrieval date if the source material is likely to change over time (Publication Manual, p. 192).
14.  Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the webpage. Retrieved from http://...

Submission Preparation Checklist

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another conference for consideration.
2. The submission file is in .doc or .docx from Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, LibreOffice or equivalent. 
3. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point arial font;  and all figures and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather at the end.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Conference.

Copyright Notice

Authors who submit to this conference agree to the following terms:

a) The University of Nairobi assumes the Copyright of all papers published in the proceedings.  They however remain under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and its initial presentation at this conference.

b) Authors are able to waive the terms of the CC license and enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., publish a revised version in a journal, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial presentation at this conference.

c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before and after the conference.

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