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                *International Conference on Aligning Science-Technology-Innovation
Indicators for Effective R&D Governance (STIiG)*
*14–15 January 2025*
*Organized by CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy
Research (CSIR-NIScPR), New Delhi, India*
*https://stiig.niscpr.res.in/ *
*[Please Note: Change of Submission Dates] *

*OBJECTIVES*
The two-day conference intends to situate and bring together experts,
policymakers, and scholars, researchers at one platform to discuss the
emerging issues in contemporary research and challenges in the area of
performance evaluation in R&D and governance. With this viewpoint, this
conference is proposed to deliberate on the policy framework in the R&D
governance system.


*About The Conference*In contemporary R&D systems, research in basic and
applied sciences, technology development and innovation, and their societal
impact are the broad areas of concern. In particular, the emphasis is on
promoting interdisciplinary research so that the S&T developments remain
relevant and benefit society in the short and long term. Keeping this in
the background, the efficient measurement of the R&D capacity and building
effective R&D capability are the basic requisites for the R&D governance
system.
For capacity measurement, the performance evaluation becomes imperative,
and for capability development, a comprehensive foresight is needed. The
exponential growth in emerging scientific and technological knowledge has
led to various quantitative approaches to capture trends, insights, and
undertake forecasting exercises. It has also opened new horizons in
developing novel methods and practices in performance evaluations.
Big-data, sophisticated computational tools and techniques, blockchain,
etc. are the new signatures of the quantitative approaches. Alternative
approaches for evaluation such as altmetrics have added new dimensions to
the performance evaluation.
With this standpoint, a two-day conference is planned to situate and bring
together experts, policymakers, and scholars to discuss the emerging issues
in contemporary methods, practices for performance evaluation, and
foresight development in R&D and governance.


*About the Organiser*The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) is India's largest scientific R&D organization, comprising 37
research institutes across the country. CSIR NIScPR (National Institute of
Science Communication and Policy Research) is one of the constituent
research institutes of CSIR, which emerged from the merger of two CSIR
institutions, CSIR-NISTADS and CSIR-NISCAIR, with a combined legacy of over
100 years. For capacity measurement, the performance evaluation becomes
imperative, and for capability development, a comprehensive foresight is
needed. The exponential growth in emerging scientific and technological
knowledge has led to various quantitative approaches to capture trends,
insights, and undertake forecasting exercises. It has also opened new
horizons in developing novel methods and practices in performance
evaluations. Big-data, sophisticated computational tools and techniques,
blockchain, etc. are the new signatures of the quantitative approaches.
Alternative approaches for evaluation such as altmetrics have added new
dimensions to the performance evaluation. With this standpoint, a two-day
conference is planned to situate and bring together experts, policymakers,
and scholars to discuss the emerging issues in contemporary methods,
practices for performance evaluation, and foresight development in R&D and
governance. SVASTIK, aimed at communicating scientifically validated
societal traditional knowledge and fostering an R&D temper for verifying
traditional knowledge and practices. Compendium of CSIR technologies based
on their Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale assessments. Livelihood
creation for rural India through the deployment of CSIR technologies in
collaboration with UNNAT Bharat Abhiyan and Vijanana Bharti (VIBHA). The
KISAN SABHA-App for supply chain and freight transportation management
systems for Indian farmers. Collective policy session series for policy
advocacy through evidence-based research aligned to sustainable development
goals. The institute has built its core competence in studies on various
scientific indicators, measurement of S&T, technology assessment, and
impact assessment.

*Conference Themes*
Abstracts are invited in the following Themes:

   - Methods, Approaches, and Practices in Performance Evaluation
   - Open Science, Open Access & Open Source
   - Measuring the Social Impact of R&D
   - Connecting R&D and Social Media
   - Foresight in R&D Governance



*Call for Extended Abstracts*Extended Abstracts are invited from a
presenter which represents their original works and is a comprehensive
summary of a research paper with the background, objectives, methods,
results and conclusion.
Extended Abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentations. The
abstract should not exceed 700-800 words and should have the title followed
by the name of the author(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es) of the
corresponding author(s). The abstract should be typed in font Times New
Roman (12pt). It may be submitted through the registration link.
Applicants should mention the abstract corresponding to one of the themes
of the conference.

*Important Dates:*

   - Last date for Submission of Extended Abstract: 30 November 2024
   - Notification for Selected Extended Abstract: 06 December 2024
   - Last date for Submission of Full Paper: 21 December 2024

Selected Extended Abstracts will be considered for inviting full-length
papers which will be peer-reviewed and considered for publication in a
special issue of CSIR-NIScPR journal “Journal of Scientific and Industrial
Research” (JCR 0.7).

*Further Details and Abstracts Submission *
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