urs2015 - The ACE Undergraduate Research Symposium

urs2015 - The ACE Undergraduate Research Symposium 23rd to 25th October 2015 Kobe, Japan IAFOR invites undergraduates to participate in urs2015. Held in conjunction with ACE2015, this event will provide a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in an academic conference and present their own research. Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Enquiries: aceurs@iafor.org Web address: http://iafor.org/conferences/aceurs2015/ Sponsored by: IAFOR - The International Academic Forum ***2015 Conference Theme: "Education, Power and Empowerment: Transcending Boundaries" The Asian Conference on Education (ACE) is one the largest conferences in Asia that brings together researchers and professionals from around the globe. This year ACE is reaching out to undergraduate scholars in a variety of fields and disciplines to participate in the inaugural Undergraduate Research Symposium (ACEurs). This symposium will take place will take place during ACE and encourages undergraduates from all disciplines to meet with colleagues and peers from across the globe to share their academic research experiences and the knowledge they have acquired as an undergraduate working under the guidance of a professor mentor. This opportunity will also provide a chance for students to witness a variety of research projects that are taking place in the diversity of academic fields and disciplines. Furthermore, they will meet and share with other students who are conducting research. During this conference students will be able to learn from and to teach others. ACEurs hopes that everyone will be an active participant and interact with others during your time here in order to discover the new and exciting work that students and their faculty mentors are doing. All student presenters will also have the ability to attend other academic sessions as an observer during the conference. We hope and expect the 2015 conference themes to inspire a number of research avenues, and look forward to discussing ideas, findings and synergies, in this International Academic Forum. We hope to see you at ACEurs2015! Professor Jose McClanahan ACEurs2015 Future Researchers Symposium Chair & Featured Speaker Associate Professor of Spanish Creighton University, USA Dr. Joseph (José) McClanahan is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. There, he teaches at all levels of the curriculum, including language and culture courses abroad. He has taught in both Latin America and in Spain. Recently, his research interests have focused on the area of teaching courses related to Languages for Special Purposes, in particular courses related to teaching Spanish to future Healthcare professionals. He also has a strong interest in curricular development and design that centers on new students entering the university. He has also led student educational trips to almost every continent on the globe.