CALL FOR PAPERS:
The organizing committee wishes to invite potential presenters to submit abstracts for academic papers and poster presentations. The papers must be in line with the conference theme “Consumer Science beyond 100 Years: Empowering for the Digital World”.
SUB-THEMES
I. “The Digital World: Aligning Programmes and Curriculum”.
• Professional development and human resources required for the digital era.
• Implications of the digital world for Home Economics Programmes.
• Issues of Teaching and learning in the digital world.
• Developing a contextual curriculum for the digital world.
• Mitigating the effects of the digital divide.
• Cost and quality implications of process automation can be explored within this sub theme.

II. Developments in:
· Textiles, Apparel Design
· Food Science, Nutrition and Health
· Human development: Families, children, the elderly and households
· Family Economics and Resource management, Housing
· Consumer Issues
· Teaching and learning
· Entrepreneurship

III. Home Economics and Emerging challenges.

· Increasing vulnerability: Ageing, Disability and Poverty.
· Consumerism and the global economic meltdown.
· Climate change, the environment and livelihoods.
· HIV/AIDS