WABER 2010 Conference and Workshop Announcement

WEST AFRICA BUILT ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH (WABER) CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP 2010

Date: 26-28 July 2010
Venue: British Council in Accra, Ghana
Time: 9am-5pm daily

Call for Papers

Dear all,

The call for papers for the next edition of the West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) conference and workshop is now open. WABER aims at helping to develop the field of construction management and built environment research in the West Africa region particularly. Apart from creating a platform for sharing and disseminating knowledge, WABER also affords a networking opportunity for the built environment community in West Africa. As a result of the success of the 2009 edition, WABER has now expanded into full conference status. This means that participants will now have their full papers published in a conference proceedings and charged a fee to cover conference registration, materials and refreshments in-between sessions.

Alongside the Conference, we will have a WABER Workshop for PhD researchers, which will be run in a similar format as the 2009 event. The workshop is designed to help West African PhD researchers with the chance to present their work to an international panel of leading academics for immediate constructive feedback. PhD students would not need to pay to participate in the workshop since the aim is to help in developing built environment research.

The following leading academics will give a keynote address: Professor George Ofori (National University of Singapore), Dr Roine Leiringer (University of Reading, UK), Professor Charles Egbu (University of Salford, UK) and Professor Will Hughes (University of Reading, UK).

If you would like to be part of this WABER Conference and Workshop, please send your abstract (250 words max) to s.laryea@reading.ac.uk latest by 31 December 2009 to enable sufficient time for refereeing papers and compiling proceedings.

The full timetable running up to the event is as follows:

Submission of abstract - 31 December 2009
Notification of acceptance of abstract - 15 January 2010
Submission of first draft of paper - 15 March 2010
Refereeing decision - 01 April 2010
Submission of final paper - 30 April 2010

For enquiries and information please contact: Dr. Sam Laryea, School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, UK on Tel +44 (0)118 378 8205; Email s.laryea@reading.ac.uk OR Mrs. Sena Agbodjah on Tel +233 (0)244 360 722; Email: senaagbodjah@yahoo.com

Scientific committee

Professor Will Hughes, University of Reading, UK
Rev. Dr. Frank Fugar, KNUST, Kumasi
Dr Samuel Laryea, University of Reading, UK
Prof Anny N Aniekwu, University of Benin, Nigeria
Dr Roine Leiringer, University of Reading, UK
Mrs Sena Agbodjah, Ashesi University, Ghana
Professor G.W.K. Intsiful, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Mr. Sarfo Mensah, Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana
Professor Stella N. Zubairu, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
Dr Mrs. Bola Babalola, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Prof Kabir Bala, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Dr Peter Kuroshi, Covenant University, Nigeria
Dr Emmanuel Achuenu, University of Jos, Nigeria
Professor Edward Badu, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Dr K.T. Odusami, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Professor Jianguo Chen, Tongji University, China
Dr Kemi Adeyeye, University of Brighton, UK
Prof Charles Egbu, University of Salford, UK
Dr Martin Tuuli, University of Westminster, UK
Mr Gabriel Nani, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Dr Daniel Okpala, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, USA
Professor George Ofori, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr Ajibade Aibinu, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr Shams Toor, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr Moshood Olawale Fadeyi, British University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Professor P.D. Rwelamila, University of South Africa, South Africa
Dr De-Graft Owusu-Manu, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Dr Emmanuel Adinyira, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Professor Denis Felix Cioffi, George Washington University, USA
Professor Raymond Nkado, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Aaron Anvuur, University College London, UK
Dr Bernard Baiden, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

I look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you in Ghana in July 2010 for another exciting event.

Best

Sam Laryea

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Dr Samuel Laryea
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