The University of Malta (UM) is at the forefront of local research, collaborating with and contributing to the wider, international academic community. Following the success of the University of Malta’s first Research Expo last year, we are proud to present the University of Malta Research Expo 2024.
The aim of the University of Malta Research Expo 2024 (UMRE 2024) is to give researchers from UM the opportunity to network and showcase their research activities with the wider UM community. By coming together and celebrating their work, UMRE 2024 serves as a meeting point where ideas can be shared and cross-pollinated in an interdisciplinary forum.
UMRE 2024 will be held on the 29 May 2024.
Apart from highlighting the research conducted by academics and researchers, UMRE24 will also incorporate the traditional Doctoral School Symposium - allowing us to also celebrate the up-and-coming research of doctoral students. The event will include sessions consisting of short pitches (5 minute presentation + 5 minute Q&A) and sessions in the traditional Doctoral Researchers Symposium format (15 minute presentation + 5 minute Q&A), available for presentation of work by UM doctoral candidates only. A poster session (open to all applicants) will also be organised.
This year's keynote addresses will be given by Robin A. Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Intermedial Performance and Practice Research, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK and Kannan Pashupathy, Former Director of Global Engineering, Research and Product Management at Google Inc., and current Board Member at Solidaridad.
This call for submission of abstracts is now open to:
- UM academics
- UM researchers
- UM Research Support Officers
- UM MPhil/PhD candidates
- UM DMus candidates
- UM PharmD candidates
- UM SThD candidates
- Marie Curie research fellows hosted at UM
- Academics on long-term visits at UM from overseas universities.
Submissions are invited for oral and poster contributions through the following application form.
The following information will be required during the application process:
- applicant status
- name and surname of the corresponding applicant
- UM email of the corresponding author
- name of the research group (if applicable)
- name of project (if applicable)
- Principal Investigator (PI) of project (if applicable)
- preference for oral presentation vs poster
- title of oral presentation/poster
- an abstract of 250 words
- 5 keywords
Important Information for Presenters
The call closes on 29 February 2024. The notification of acceptance will be sent by 29 April 2024. Registrations for the event open on the 15 April.
Presenters may indicate a preference for an oral presentation or poster on the application form. However, the organising Committee will review the abstracts received and will decide on the final format of the delivery and the time-slot allocation of said delivery.
A notification of acceptance and the format of delivery will be sent to the corresponding authors via email. Contributors need to confirm acceptance of invitation to speak/present poster within three working days of notification of acceptance.
There will be two formats for oral presentations:
- presentations by academics and researchers must not be longer than 5 minutes (covering the research area, the current top line research findings, ongoing research projects, interest for new collaborations; etc)
- MPhil/PhD/DMus/PharmD students will have 15 minutes to present + 5 minutes for discussion
For all poster presentations, a specific time-frame will be allocated where presenters can showcase their poster and related research.