 first annual graduate research symposium first annual graduate research symposium andydindial sun 10032021 1047 ug school of graduate studies and research to host inaugural symposium from october 6 th to 8 th several highprofile researchers and experts to make presentations the university of guyana school of graduate studies and research ugsgsr will be hosting its inaugural graduate research symposium grs on october 6th 8th 2021 the symposium which is to be held virtually will provide graduate students with the opportunity to exhibit their research accomplishments in the format of oral presentations posters and for the first time 5mthesis presentation competition the symposium is being held under the theme innovative research for sustainable developments amidst the covid19 pandemic oral presentations will focus on six subthemes these include circular economy green economy and trade food production and food security amidst the covid19 pandemic education for sustainable development in the 21st century health poverty gender and sustainable development environmental management global warming adaptation and climate change mitigation and science and technology for sustainable development registration is required in advance for the event using the following link https zoomus webinar register wno5mn6htkt2odg0pquel1w  this same link could be used for the entire three days of the symposium including the opening and closing ceremonies registration is free to presenting graduate students and attendees the opening session is on wednesday october 6th and will feature remarks from the university of guyana s chancellor professor edward greene vicechancellor xi professor paloma mohamed martin deputy vicechancellor academic engagement professor emanuel cummings dean of the school of graduate studies and research professor judith rosales and chair of the symposium s organising committee professor raymond jagessar additionally dr daniel neafsey of harvard school of public health will deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony his presentation will focus on genetic epidemiology of infectious disease prospects for research and public health the opening ceremony will also include an edutainment session by mr michael khan of ug s faculty of education and humanities department of language and cultural studies over the course of the three days there will be presentations based the on the subthemes by several distinguished keynote speakers from around the world these include dr mark bynoe assistant executive director caribbean community climate change centre belize dr gillian smith the fao representative of the united nations to guyana dr freddy james researcher from the university of west indies professor ligia simonian a recognised anthropologist from the social sciences in the areas of poverty gender diversity and human rights in indigenous and other local vulnerable populations dr anton eitzinger an expert in climate change modelling in climatesmart agriculture development projects in many countries of africa and america and more recently in the caribbean including guyana and professor emeritus winston mellowes a recognised chemical engineering researcher from uwi who has developed important knowledge in sugarcane technology he is currently the foreign secretary of cas attendance at the symposium is open to the entire university of guyana ug community and other institutions both within and outside of guyana and will afford ug students and staff in graduate programmes an opportunity to present their research to a broad and diverse audience the event is being sponsored by the ministry of natural resources and the environment and central housing and planning authority the university of guyana acknowledges the support of its sponsors with gratitude the university of guyana will begin its new academic year on october 25 2021 for new and continuing students approximately 65 of the university s classes will remain online for the first semester from october 2021 to january 2022 due to prevailing covid19 conditions as well as major building works arising from recent extreme weather conditions the remaining 35 mostly consisting of laboratory and field exercises are expected to be blended and facetoface delivered at the various campuses for specific courses or parts of courses only in this first semester october 2021 to january 2022 students will be notified directly of the schedule as well as safety measures they are expected to comply with if any of their courses are to be held facetoface schedules will also be posted on faculty websites graduate programmes offered for a list of all university of guyana s graduate programmes please click on the following link  https fehuogedugy srms departments 191 programmes  for a full list of ug s programme offerings kindly visit the following website  https wwwturkeyenonlineuogedugy srms student prospective aboutapplying offeredprogsphp  prospective students can also find their 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implemented last semester to address safety under the covid19 conditions ug in brief the university of guyana is the 58 th year state university of guyana it offers 136 programmes in over 60 disciplines online and facetoface in 8 campuses across guyana with a student population of now 10000 ug has provided education learning and research for over 50000 alumni the mission of the university is to discover generate disseminate and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community the nation and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical inquiry ug s forwardthinking blueprint 2040 is currently setting the course for the university s future design and institutional response to the changing needs of guyana contact ms krest cummings public relations officer department of events conferences and communications decc 5926235104 first annual graduate research symposium  