Participants are highly encouraged to submit their work on the thematic areas indicated in the following section. The authors interested in presenting their paper/poster are requested to forward their abstracts (maximum of 500 words), title, name of the author/s (name of the presenting author underlined), institutional/organizational affiliation, email, and postal address along with a duly filled registration form. Submissions must be original, not published previously, or be under consideration for publication elsewhere while being evaluated for this conference.