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Call For Abstracts: 1st International Conference on Reimagining the Natural Products Industry in Africa - 2021. Submission Deadline: 25th June 2021

Future Africa, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Makerere University, will hold the 1st International Conference on Reimagining the Natural Products Industry in Africa on 5th – 7th July, 2021 both physically and virtually. If you would like to present at the conference, you must submit an abstract as directed below. Simply register on the conference website to join us.

The conference theme is Advancing Africa’s Natural Products Industry through Transdisciplinarity and Sustainable Innovations. This technical meeting will offer scholars, practitioners in industry, non-governmental organizations, and policymakers an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss the current trends and future of the Natural Products Industry in Africa.

Abstracts should be directly relevant to one of the following sub-themes:

Drug discovery and Drug Design
Natural Products Chemistry
Cosmeceuticals, Nutraceuticals and Pharmaceuticals
Ethnoveterinary Medicine (Applications and Practices)
Intellectual Property and Permits
Pharmaceutical Market in Africa
Gender and Conservation
Climate Change
Policy and Governance

Interested presenters should submit an abstract of at least 300 words but not exceeding 500 words, in English*, by 25th June, 2021, via the conference website https://rnpia-conference.ug/call-abstract. Each abstract may only be submitted once and under one theme.

Abstracts can be accepted as either poster or oral (i.e. PowerPoint) presentations. Presenters invited to give oral presentations will be required to submit a full paper**, in order to maintain their position in the program.

Abstract Timeline

6th May 2021 Call for Abstracts Open
25th June 2021 Deadline for Submission of Abstracts

For any enquiries contact the email: info[at]rnpia-conference.ug

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