Round Table Discussion

The 5^th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018 – (ICOSS 2018) concluded with a round table discussion parallel to the conference and provided an international platform for conference participants form different parts of the world to discuss and share their insights on the conference theme “Global Harmony and co-existence through International Dialogues”. The Round Table Discussion was successfully moderated by one of the prominent profiles in the respective field Dr. Sujeewa Hettiarachchi (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka).

The conference gathering was from different religions, cultures and countries in the world and hence it was the best place to share their ideas and thoughts towards achieving the global harmony and peace.  Some of the highlights of this discussion included, that global harmony and co – existence can be achieved by each and every individual starting from their family background. In fact, this session was engaging with the contribution of academicians as they shared their perspectives of global harmony with an international audience.

Publication Workshop

The publication workshop was conducted by the Prof. Christian Giordano (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) with the purpose of getting a paper published in a well-respected peer-reviewed journal. Researches and students earned valuable experiences through this workshop. The workshop also guided participants to reach and submit the proceedings to be indexed in the world class high reputed journals like SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters and Google Scholar.

Technical Sessions

ICOSS 2018 comprised 07 technical sessions under below themes.

• Quality Education, Economic And Community Development
• Women, Family, Sexuality And Gender Equality
• Communication, Media, Cross – Cultural And Developmental Studies
• Anthropology, Social Justice And Community Development
• Foreign Policy And Crisis Management
• Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics And Consciousness

Theme based sessions

The 5^th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018 comprised two special sessions under below themes.

• Women, Family sexuality & gender quality
• Foreign policy & crisis management

ICOSS 2018 provided the opportunity to present their research papers in any of the above sessions. Session one “Women, Family sexuality & gender quality” was chaired by Dr. Subhangi M.K. Herath (Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo,Sri Lanka) starting with a speech and session two “Foreign policy & crisis management” was chaired by Dr. Ahmad Nazzan Bin Abdullah from Malaysia. The sessions ran over two hours and included around 10 – 15 presentations of the same subject area. The session’s best presentation was selected at the end of each session.