Call for Papers
' Making Innovation Work for Society:
Experiences from Asia '
The 4th Asialics International Conference
June, 2007 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
The 4th Asialics International Conference organized jointly by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the University of Malaya will be held in Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, June 2007.
The aim of this international conference is to enrich and exchange insights on the relationships pertaining to interactions between innovation and society both at the national and firm levels. We hope to attract the expertise of practitioners, policy makers and academics both in and outside Asia across a wide range of disciplines. The organizing committee warmly invites you to submit papers relevant to the following sub-themes. We also welcome participation of policy makers and practitioners, who do not intend to present papers.
Conference theme
Making Innovation Work for Society: Experiences from Asia
Sub-themes
- Perspectives on innovation, society, religion and culture in Asia;
- Evaluation of Innovation policies/programmes in Asia;
- Entrepreneurship and university-industry linkages in Asia;
- Education and Human Capital development for innovation in Asia;
- Values and ethical issues pertaining to innovation in Asia;
- Managing innovation in Asian public organisations, non-governmental bodies and firms
Who should attend
- Government science and technology policy makers
- Technology policy and innovation management researchers
- Educationists, social scientists and natural scientists
- Industry practioners
Venue
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For information about Malaysia, please consult the website: www.tourism.gov.my
Dates
End of June 2007 (exact dates will be announced at the beginning of 2007)
Important dates
- 29 February 2007: deadline for abstract submissions (on-line submissions and registrations will begin in early February 2007 through the website www.asialics.org).
- 31 March 2007: deadline for paper submissions.
- 16 April 2007: deadline for registrations.
Paper review and acceptance
Significant and original (unpublished) submissions are solicited. People submitting abstracts will be able to submit the full paper after a peer review process of the abstracts. Full papers should not exceed 8,000 words and include an abstract of 150 words. After the conference all accepted papers will be published on CD and selected papers will be published in special issues of peer-reviewed journals (Journal of Technology Innovation, International Journal of Technology and Globalization and Malaysian Journal of Science and Technology Studies).
Abstract submission
One-page abstract of papers can either be submitted through www.asialics.org after 1 February 2007 or sent by e-mail or fax to the conference organizer:
Prof. Dr. Mohd Hazim Shah
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Faculty of Science
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Fax: 603-79674396
Tel: 603-79674166
Email: hazim.shah@gmail.com
Registration
On-line registration will be possible from the beginning of February 2007 after 4th Asialics International Conference homepage opens.
About Asialics
To achieve the aspirations of Asialics a group of Asian scholars from Thailand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Vietnam with support from the Globelics network held the 1st Asialics International Conference on ?Innovation Systems and Clusters in Asia?, Bangkok, 4-5 April 2004 (program and papers can be downloaded at www.nstda.or.th/nstc/asialics2004.html). About 150 professionals participated in the seminar and they agreed to organize the Asialics conference annually, publish a journal special issue and a book about innovation system and clusters, and explore possibilities of joint research and training. Following the first international conference in Bangkok, Asialics then organized the 2nd Asialics International Conference on ?Innovation Policy and Management in Changing Asia?, 16-19 April 2005, Jeju Island, Korea. About 120 professionals participated and 60 papers were presented at the conference (programs and papers can be downloaded at www.asialics.org). The 3rd Asialics International Conference on ?From Imitation to Innovation: Asia Meets the Global Challenge? was held in Shanghai, China from April 16-19, 2006. About 90 professionals participated and 45 papers were presented at the conference.
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