Welcome

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The University of Technology, Jamaica the “Home of World Class Athletes” will host its Annual Conference on Sport Sciences through the Caribbean School of Sport Sciences on Wednesday, April 5 2023. The conference will provide the platform for academics, researchers and coaches to connect academic training and scientific research to advance sporting success. The Conference theme is “Enabling Abilities in Sport: Encompassing All” to focus on embracing abilities and performance of athletes.

You are being invited to submit an abstract for oral presentation or as a poster for the Annual Conference to be held at the University of Technology, Jamaica’s Papine Campus, Kingston, Jamaica. Papers reflecting aspects of the theme can be submitted under the subheadings of:
  • Access for All
  • Gender Ability in Sport
  • Supporting Abilities in Sport
  • Training opportunities for Special Abilities
  • Trained Support Personnel for Special Abilities


Submission Guidelines
  • Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should be organized as aims/objectives, methods, results, and conclusion. The conclusion should reflect the findings of the study.
  • Submissions should be in font type: Times New Roman, font size:12 pt, justified with five keywords at the bottom of the abstract.
  • A word count must be included at the end of the document
  • The document should be organized with the title at the top along with the name(s) of all authors and the institutions to which they are affiliated.
  • The corresponding author, along with his/her email address should be included.
  • There should be no tables, figures, pictures, graphs, etc. in the abstract.
  • The abstract must be properly written and grammatically correct.
  • The scientific soundness of the research will be evaluated, which includes objectives that are clearly stated, and a methodology that is adequate to answer these objectives.
  • Data analysis must be robust and results well presented to include tests for significance as needed.
  • Abstract type whether oral presentation or poster should be indicated.
  • A cover letter must be submitted with the abstract to indicate that all authors have agreed to the submission and give their permission for the abstract to be published as conference proceedings by the Journal of Art Science and Technology (JAST).
  • All correspondence will be sent to the corresponding author through the email address submitted.
  • Acknowledgment of receipt of abstracts will be sent within three (3) working days and the decision made communicated two weeks after receipt acknowledgment.
  • Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to complete registration by March 21, 2023.
Poster Guidelines
  • Posters will be on display at the conference on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
  • Authors are expected to stand by their posters during the poster viewing sessions.
  • Authors should submit their poster for display on Tuesday April 4, 2023 by 4:00 pm at the FOSS Office, 235 Old Hope Rd or authors may choose to hang the poster on Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30 am.
  • All posters are to be taken down at 5:30 pm on April 5, 2023.
  • Poster dimensions: width 3ft by height 5ft.


Click here to submit abstracts to: ccss@utech.edu.jm