ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
St. Paul’s University, through the leadership of Postgraduate Studies is hosting the 4th St. Paul’s University Annual International Research Conference (SPUAIRC), 2024. The conference theme is “Looking beyond the Pandemic: Embracing Change and Transformation for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Diverse Environment.” The Conference will be held blended in nature and will accommodate both physical and virtual attendance. It will be hosted in Limuru Campus.
Participants
Participants are drawn from Universities Faculty members and students, the private sector, and Professional bodies.
Why the conference?
After covid-19 ravaged the world, the global sphere was in shock and panic mode. Organizations immediately switched to emergency plans to help them address the effects of the global crisis. Two years later, organizations are still patching things up and trying to look beyond the happenings of the covid-19 era. The theme of this year’s conference seeks to address the strategies that organizations are putting in place beyond the pandemic with a view of investigating how embracing change and transformation can lead to sustainable, inclusive and diverse environments. Scholars across the three faculties of the university will converge to share latest research findings on the twelve sub-themes identified for the conference this year. The university takes research as a critical pillar in learning and teaching. Through research scholars will sharpen their knowledge and also refresh their current state of knowledge. An annual conference is a good avenue for scholars to converge and share their findings of contemporary issues that affect organizations and hopefully after the conference come up with resolutions that can be implemented to change the status of affairs.
The Conference therefore aims to strengthen the research process within the university at large. It is a platform where researchers will share their experiences on various sub-themes for the conference. The main objective of the research will be sharing of facts, emerging trends, case studies, current studies and findings on the conference theme and sub-themes.
How will the conference be conducted?
There will be plenary and three break away sessions based on the sub-themes of the conference. The Plenary sessions will include key presentations from the Key note speakers and a discussion by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Heads of Postgraduate Studies and the Research arms of the University. The Presenters will attend the conference physically in Limuru and those planning to attend virtually will be given a link for the session that they will participate in and participants will choose the rooms that they want to join and a link will be provided for them based on their choice of room.