Doctoral Colloquium 2024

Improve doctoral students’ ability to communicate their research ideas and the significance of their research to a lay audience in a concise yet compelling manner.

Who can apply?

• Current PhD/MPhil/DBA students who have completed their research
• Graduates who completed their PhD/MPhil/DBA in 2023-

How to apply?

Select ‘Précis Competition’ option in the registration form of ‘Doctoral Colloquium 2024’.

When and where?

At the Doctoral Colloquium 2024 on 25^th November 2024

What is the purpose of this competition?

Improve doctoral students’ ability to communicate their research ideas and the significance of their research to a lay audience in a concise yet compelling manner.

Guidelines of the competition

• Envision like you are explaining your research (idea or the outcomes) to a layman withina few minutes and convince him/her of its significance.
• Each presenter will get four minutes to showcase their research idea and its
• Present your research as a narrative or in any other creative manner. (Please note this isdifferent from presenting an academic paper to a conference!)
• Emphasize the significance and the contributions of your research rather than the technicaland theoretical aspects.
• Try to avoid or at least minimize the use of technical
• Do not base your speech on PPT You can use only one meaningful background slidewithout animations.
• Not allowed to play any videos or audios during the
• It is recommended to utilize the entire four-minute duration for your
• It is important to conclude the presentation precisely when the four-minute mark is reached.
• The panel of evaluators will choose the winners based on the overall effectiveness of the presentation including following aspects:
  • structure and organization
  • creativity and persuasiveness
  • clarity of expressions
  • clarity of the message
  • time management

Deadline for registration: 17^th November 2024

Who can apply?

• Current PhD/MPhil/DBA students who have completed their research proposals.
• Graduates who completed their PhD/MPhil/DBA in 2022-23.

How to apply?

• Select ‘poster presentation’ option in the registration form of ‘Doctoral Colloquium 2024’.

 When and where?

• At the Doctoral Colloquium 2024 on 25^th November 2024

What is the purpose of this competition?

• Improve doctoral students’ ability to communicate their research ideas in a visual form to a lay audience in a concise yet compelling manner.

Specifications for poster presentations

• In the poster you need to communicate about your research through a visual form.
• Poster displays will be limited to one page, and the size of the paper should be A3.
• Place the title of your poster at the top
• Abstract (150 words), names of the author’s affiliations and email addresses need to be mentioned on a separate paper.
• You have complete creative freedom in displaying information about your research in the form of background design, figures, tables, text, photography, etc.  The poster can be digitally or manually designed.
• The poster (hard copy) needs to be physically handed over to the Post graduate and mid-career development unit (MBA office), Faculty of Management and Finance, university of Colombo on or before 17^th of November 2024

Tips for poster preparation

• Posters should stimulate discussion, not give a long presentation. Therefore, keep text to a minimum, emphasize graphics, and make sure every item included in your poster is necessary.

• Use short sentences, simple words, and bullets to illustrate your points where necessary. Please limit your word count to 250

• Make sure ideas flow logically
• Use charts and graphs to illustrate the data (avoid large tables of raw data).
• Use high resolution photographs (web images often will not work). Please be careful on copyright concerns when you get photographs/images/tables/figures or any other information from secondary sources. You have to be responsible for your creation.
• Do not use all capital letters.
• The poster (text and graphics) should be easily readable from a distance of about 2 meters.

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