We have now received close to 170 proposals for Technical Sessions, involving scholars from 68 different countries from around the World. This undoubtedly constitutes a success for which we should all be very proud of; it is unquestionable that a community-based conference programme is being shaped.

The downside to the above is, however, the fact that it has taken us a longer time than initially foreseen to prepare the abstracts submission platform (which needs to feature all the aforementioned technical sessions built-in), this being the reason why the call for abstracts has not yet been opened.

Please do bear with us for just a few more days thus; we are convinced that all will be ready within this coming first week of April; stay tuned!