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Past Announcement

We are happy to annouce that the Biennial Conference of Borneo Research Council will be held in Mulawarman University, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia on 19 – 21 September 2016 in conjuction with the Sixth Borneo Dance Festival (Festival Tari Borneo VI).

The Borneo Research Council (BRC) was established in 1968 as an incorporated non-profit organization for the advancement of knowledge in the social, biological and medical sciences with regard to Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan).  The Council consists of an international group of scholars engaged in research in Borneo.  It holds biennial international conferences at which the latest research in al academic fields connected with Borneo is presented and discussed.

Since 1990, the biennial international conferences have been held at various universities and institutions located on the island of Borneo. For this year, the thirteen BRC Biennial International Conference will be held at the Mulawarman University, East Borneo. The current theme for the conference is: “TROPICAL STUDIES: THE SCIENCE AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF BORNEO”.

The conference will be one of the important university events for 2016, which will attract a lot of international participants and presenters. The conference will be established in Gunung Kelua Campus of Mulawarman University. Respective Resource Persons are invited to attend this Biennial Conference.

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The Objective

The Objectives of the Conference

This conference is a culmination of  broad issues on Borneo, i.e. conservational issues, scientific findings, action research, and discussion forum. This benefits  Borneo’s stakeholders, the people in general:

  • To promote scientific research in the social, biological and medical sciences in Borneo;
  • To enable the research community, interested Borneo government departments, and others to keep abreast of ongoing research and its results;
  • To serve as a vehicle for drawing attention to urgent research and its results;
  • To coordinate the flow of information on Borneo research arising from many diverse sources;
  • To disseminate rapidly the initial results of research activity;
  • To inform the interested public about research in Borneo.

The Scopes of the Conference

This will be a multidisciplinary Conference dealing specifically with Borneo, with plenary sessions and sessions devoted to special topics and panels.  Some of the session themes will be:

  • Intangible Cultural Heritage;
  • Borneo Languages;
  • History and Archeology;
  • Borneo Material Culture;
  • Tourism Development;
  • Ethnicity, Diversity and Development;
  • Migration, Diaspora and Borderland Issues;
  • Indigenous Customary Law, Rights and Land Issues;
  • Security Issues;
  • Health, Healing and Borneo Societies;
  • Borneo Psychology Research;
  • Biodiversity, Conservation and Environment;
  • Marine Resources;
  • ICT, Media and Communications;
  • Education and Borneo Communities;
  • Gender and Social Transformation;
  • Human Resources and Industrial Relations.

and other topics related to Borneo.

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The Program

The Main Program

The outline of the Conference Program is given in the attachment (will be updated soon).  The timetable and topics for Session Themes is tentative at this stage.  Up to four papers can be included in each session, if necessary, the afternoon of the third day can be utilized before the closing ceremony, or extra concurrent sessions can be arranged if there are many presentations.  In addition to the Keynote Address, plenary sessions by invited speakers will be held after lunch on each afternoon.

Additional Program

A rest day is planned for the day after the Conference, during which participants will have a choice of sightseeing Mahakam river, Traditional Village of Pampang, the Kutai Kingdom Museum, or Bangkirai Hill and Orang Utan Sanctuary.  Overnight trips to other locations can be arranged by individual participants with tourism agencies.

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Dates and Venue

Dates

The Conference will be held from 19 to 21 September 2016.  The final date for submission of abstracts is 15 July 2016, announcement of the accepted abstracts on 31 July 2015, while the deadline for completed papers is 20 August 2016.

Venue

The Conference will be held on campus at Mulawarman University, Samarinda, East Borneo, Indonesia, tentatively in the Auditorium  and Rectorate Building Level 4 of Mulawarman University.

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Conference Fee

Participants’ registration fees are as follows:

Early Bird Registration: before 1 July 2016

  1. Rp 2.000.000 (USD 200) for participants and presenters
  2. Rp 1.500.000 (USD 150) for students

Normal Registration: after 1 July 2016

  1. Rp 2.500.000 (USD 250) for participants and presenters
  2. Rp 1.500.000 (USD 150) for students

Bank Account

The conference fee is payable to this bank account:

Fee Coverage

The fee will cover: opening ceremony, in seminar facility (lunch, coffee break), closing ceremony, seminar kit, proceeding, and local transport from hotel to the conference venue.

The fee will not cover: travelling cost from Balikpapan airport to Samarinda, hotel, and sight-seeing cost.

These however subject to change, depending on the availability of the sponsors.