Caribbean Academy of Sciences/Guyana Chapter

Call for Abstracts - CAS 2023 Conference

Email abstracts to: [email protected]

Important Dates:
• Submission of Abstracts 31st May 2023
• Begin Review and Revision Process: May - August 2023
• Notification/Acceptance of Abstracts: June - September 2023
• Dates of the Conference 24th-25th November 2023

Registration Fees:
• CAS Members, participants and presenters: USD150 (or TTD1,020) per person
• Other Non-members, delegates, participants and presenters: USD200 (or TTD1,360) per person
• PG & UG Students (full time with proof): USD100 (or TTD680) per person
Early Bird Fee structure (in 10% Discount) with payments made by 2 October 2023 are:
• CAS Members, participants and presenters: USD135 (or TTD920) per person
• Other Non-members, delegates, participants and presenters: USD180 (or TTD1,220) per person
• PG & UG Students (full time with proof): USD90 (or TTD610) per person

For latest information, visit Conference website: www.caswi.org and www.CAS2023.uwi.edu (under construction)

Upcoming presentation - “Other Astronomies: Indigenous Astronomies and Astronomical Heritage"

Presenter: Professor Javier Mejuto, Head of Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy Department, Space Sciences Faculty - UNAH, President of the IAU National Committee for Astronomy in Honduras, Co-Chair of the IAU WG Astronomy in Culture

Date: March 4, 2023 at 9:00am (T&T Time)
Webinar (via Zoom)

The Registration Form
https://forms.gle/da887KgG1Po4nySH8

Join Zoom Meeting
https://sta-uwi-edu.zoom.us/j/99684786357?pwd=akIzV2FQWkQvOUVDY3k4NmJXRzUrZz09

Meeting ID: 996 8478 6357
Passcode: 218568

Happening today!

CAS call for the design and facilitation of short courses:

• Cybersecurity
• Statistics
• Renewable Energy
• Effects of COVID-19 on the Caribbean’s education system

Please send your submission of interest to [email protected] on or before December 31, 2022

Remuneration packages will be available for course designers and facilitators.

📰 CAS Newsletter for November 2022
This quarterly's newsletter: https://bit.ly/CAS-Nov2022

If you wish to contribute to the next issue, please send articles to the Editor at the email address: [email protected].

Guidelines for the submission of articles:
I. Articles should not exceed 1000 words (1 1/2 pages)
II. Images should be submitted as separate files

CAS Newsletter October November 2.pdf

Closing date - June 30, 2022

CLOSING ON JUNE 30, 2022 A competitive pre-seed grant program that rewards commercially viable ideas in science, technology, agriculture and engineering from Guyanese.

Pueblo Science collaborates with UG's Chemistry Department and Chemistry Club

Today we trained Chemistry students at University of Guyana to deliver a science outreach to elementary and secondary students in Guyana.

If you are in Guyana, join us for Science Extravaganza on June 4, 10 am - 12 noon! More details about the event will be posted soon. This event is in collaboration with the University of Guyana Chem Club. We thank the University of Guyana Chemistry Department for facilitating this collaboration.

Climate Change Lecture - Net Zero Critical but Not Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9En7SP7IlVc

Net zero is critical - but not enough, audiences told at annual lecture | News | The University of Aberdeen Adapting to the world's changing climate as well as reducing emissions as part of a low carbon future will come under the spotlight in the University of Aberdeen's annual RV Jones Lecture.

Happening on Friday, May 13 @ 11 hrs (Guyana Time)

Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYofuyrqD4qE9VNmnuFxNrBVIkNbS4a4KO-