WORKSHOPS

Workshops

MERCon 2023 organizing committee wishes to invite proposals for workshops from recognized individuals or institutions. The aim of the series of workshops is to expose our participants to expert knowledge and to provide a platform to discuss novel trends and scientific contributions in all engineering disciplines. Workshops may take a variety of formats, including hands-on training, discussions, panels, or other interactive formats. Foreign collaborations will be highly encouraged and recognized.

Proposal Guidelines

Proposals are limited to a maximum of five A4 pages and should contain the following information:

  • Title of the workshop
  • Organizers' names, affiliations, and email addresses with one person identified as the primary contact person
  • Description of the workshop in terms of abstract, objectives, goals, relevance to Engineering discipline and expected outcomes
  • Motivation for conducting a MERCon workshop on this topic (effectiveness of the workshop)
  • Description of target audience, estimated number of participants and how the participants will be attracted
  • Proposed length of the workshop (half-day or full day), format, activities, and schedule
  • List of program committee members and their short biographies describing relevant of qualifications and experience
  • Preliminary list of invited speakers (if any) and their profiles in brief
Evaluation criteria

All workshop proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria

  • Title of the workshop
  • Relevance of the workshop to the engineering disciplines
  • Interest in the community on the importance of technical topic in concern
  • Novelty in comparison to other conference forums
  • Likelihood of strong participation
  • Strength of the profile of researchers
  • Confirmation program committee members
  • Profiles of the keynote speaker or a tutorial presenter
  • Letters of support/ email confirmations from colleagues / researchers indicating their interest and intent to participate in this workshop
We kindly request that the workshop proposals on physical workshops submitted for consideration should be self-funded bearing all the costs including costs related to refreshments, materials, travel, and accommodations.

Deadline: 30th May 2023

Deadline: 20th June 2023

Submit your proposals to the Workshops Chair Personnel below:
  • Mrs. D R T Jayasundara : ravindij@uom.lk
  • Dr. A.B.N. Dassanayake: anjula@uom.lk

We look forward to receiving your proposals and creating an engaging and productive conference program.