Authors who wish to publish their research, review papers, directed study, independent study and mini project report at the conference under following themes, must submit the abstracts according to the guidelines given.

Themes:

Sports Science

• Exercise Physiology
• Biomechanics and Performance Analysis
• Innovations in Sports Technology
• Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
• Sports Nutrition
• Sports Psychology
• Sport Training Methods
• Sport Analytics
• Sport Engineering

Physical Education

• Curriculum and Pedagogical Innovations in PE
• Physical Literacy
• PE in Early Childhood and Primary Education
• Inclusive Physical Education Practices
• Assessment and Evaluation in PE
• Teacher Training and Professional Development

Sports Management

• Sports Policy and Governance
• Event and Facility Management
• Marketing and Sponsorship in Sports
• Entrepreneurship in Sports and Digital Society
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Sports
• Financial Management and Economics of Sport
• Sport Tourism and Adventure Sport

General Guidelines:

• Authors can submit their work for Oral Presentation. Oral presentations will be held in parallel sessions corresponding to the themes of the conference.
• Authors should upload blind abstracts (leaving out the names of authors and their affiliations, for the purpose of blind reviewing) for initial submission to the CMT system, and details of ALL AUTHORS must be added to the Authors section of the CMT submission page.
• Abstracts submitted with author details will not be considered for reviewing and authors will be requested to resubmit according to above given instructions.
• Research work presented or published elsewhere will not be considered.
• Authors should submit abstracts under one of the three themes. Editorial Board reserves the right to change the theme of the abstract selected by the authors to a more relevant theme, if necessary.



Please follow the specified guidelines given below for preparing extended abstracts



• Margins:- Abstracts must be in single spacing, font size 12 in Times New Roman
• Length:- 300 Words
• File format:- Abstracts must be submitted in word file format
• Title:- Written in title case, font size 14, bold and centered
• Key words:- 4-5 keywords



Please refer to the Sample Abstract Template





Review Process:




The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of experts in the relevant fields and the decision about the acceptance/ rejection/ acceptance with changes will be notified to the authors. If the reviewers decision is ‘acceptance with changes’, you have to do the changes mentioned in the reviewer’s comments and make the camera ready copy.

STEP 2 – Submit the Camera Ready Copy

If your paper is accepted, submit the camera ready copy after addressing the comments of the reviewers.The acceptance of the work ensures that the work will be presented at the conference.




Please refer to the Camera-Ready Abstract Template




Author Declaration Form: Author Declaration Form

STEP 3 – Registration

If your paper is accepted, at least one author of the paper has to register as an author for the ICAS 2025.

Click here to register.

STEP 4 – Present the Paper at ICAS 2025

After being registered as an author, you would be notified the date, time, venue and the session on which you have to present your paper.

On the day of your presentation, you must attend the appropriate session for which you have been informed and present your paper when it is your turn.




If the work involves more than one author, we expect the presence of at least one author at the conference.




Presentation Formats



• Oral Presentation – (15 minutes: 12 minute talk + 3 minute Q&A) – Oral presentations are ideal for presenting research projects that are close to completion, with emerging conclusions. Oral Presentation Template can be downloaded here.



STEP 5 – Publish the Paper

All accepted abstracts will appear in the proceedings of the conference.

The reviewers may decide the suitability of the abstract for calling the full paper by evaluating the content and the quality of the abstract and subsequently authors are requested to submit the full paper. All full papers received are subjected to double blind reviewing process and selected papers will be published in the special volume of the Sabaragamwa University Journal.