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Bangalore University

(Jnanabharathi campus, Bangalore-560056, Karnataka, India)

&

Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies ?

(Registered Office: A 107, DS-MAX Signature, Devinagar, Bangalore, Karnataka State ?560094

India)

Organize the

19th Annual/5th International Science Fiction Conference 2020

(ISFC-2020) (Virtual)

For all Domains of Science, Engineering and Humanities

December 7, 8 & 9, 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Brochure Version 3.0

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Eligibility: Open to Students (Ph.D./ PG/ UG); Faculty members; Industrialists; Film field professionals; Media persons; Advocates; farmers; Software engineers; Homemakers; Writers; Business people and others who are all above the age 18 years. It is not mandatory for everyone to present papers. One can also participate in the event as an observer.

About the Conference: The entire humanity is disturbed by the coronavirus pandemic this year. Everyone is looking for a light - a breakthrough - to restore the former glory. The conference aspires to bring back hope and optimism which are the mantras of Science Fiction.

The conference aims to bring together people from all walks of life through this event.

Conference vision is to provide a platform for the presentation of scholarly papers and creative writing, which will be spread across various disciplines. Interactions with the eminent personalities who would be delivering special lectures, panel discussions, book releases, and other activities will provide a fresh perspective on the present and future possibilities.

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Themes in Science Fiction : 1. Science Fiction 2. Future Science and Engineering 3. Fictions of Future Technology 4. Fictions on Physical and Chemical

Sciences 5. Fictions on Life (Biological) sciences 6. Fictions on Earth/Marine sciences 7. Fictions on Astrophysics 8. Fictions of Humanities 9. Fictions of Literature & Languages 10. Future of Library and Information

Science 11. Fiction of Economic and Commerce 12. Fiction on Law & Education 13. Social Science Fiction 14. British Science Fiction 15. Western Science Fiction 16. Indian Science Fiction in Vernacular

Languages 17. Future Shocks and Plausible solutions 18. Science Fiction on Natural Pandemics 19. Myth, Utopia and Fantasy in Science

Fiction 20. Portrayal of women in Science Fiction 21. Space, Time, Alien, Robot and Artificial

Intelligence 22. Crimes, Big Data, Future Class Rooms 23. Human relationship in the Future 24. Man-Machine Symbiosis.

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25. Fictions of Computational Sciences 26. Fiction of Health and Medical Science.

Themes in Current Research: 1. Current research in Engineering 2. Recent Advances in Science &

Technology 3. Current research in Physical Sciences 4. Current research in Chemical Sciences 5. Current research in Life (Biological)

Sciences 6. Current research in Environmental and

Atmospheric Science 7. Current research in Humanities 8. Current research in Economics,

Commerce and Management 9. Recent Advancements in Electronic

media and Mass Communications 10. Current research in Literature 11. Current research in Social Sciences 12. Current research in Library &

Information Science 13. Current research in Computational

Sciences 14. Current research in Law & Education

Papers on Science Fiction linked with the broad domains of Science, Medical Sciences, Engineering, Languages, Arts, Commerce, Management, Agriculture, and Law are also

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accepted. Creative presentations as Stories, Documentaries, Short Films, and other such activities are also welcome. Topics pertaining to Science Fiction and its allied fields. Parallel sessions would be held on all three days of the conference.

Submission Dates for fresh submissions:

On or Before

Registration

15.11.2020

Abstract & short Profile 15.11.2020 submission

Acceptance of abstract from

the date of submission

Sending a video of paper

presentation; storyreading, etc.

Full paper submission

Program

schedule

Announcement

Within 7 days 15.11.2020

20.11.2020 31.11.2020

Highlights of the Conference: The University and the Organizers have approached renowned speakers from around the world and are awaiting their consent. It is planned to have a few panel discussions, book releases; interaction with the eminent personalities, authors speak session and others. Students, faculty members in various departments will get opportunities to present

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papers in the form of pre-recorded videos. The University opens up opportunities for the non-academicians to organize activities, to screen movies, and documentaries in the concerned fields.

Online Conference Plenary sessions, paper presentations, book releases, story narration, activities, will take place online. The registered participants; speakers; guests; media persons; dignitaries; will receive a user id and password for every session. They can log in from their devices at their places. Each one will have a choice of partaking in any one of the sessions provided there is a vacancy. Rooms will be locked for security reasons exactly on the dot of the commencement of the sessions.

E-Certificate: E- participation and Presentation certificates will be issued to those who have requested for in their registration form. Hence, everyone has to indicate the name, organization, and title of the paper presenting / title of the story/name of the attraction/title of the speech delivering in the prescribed format.

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E?Attendance certificate: This would be issued to those who have attended sessions on all three days.

E-abstract book: An e-abstract book is proposed to be released during the inaugural session of the event. The organizers are also exploring the possibilities of publishing a proceeding soon after the conference. The organizers will direct the writers of the full-length paper to enable them to publish in ISSN/ISBN numbered UGC approved journals. This would be possible to ascertain after the conference when the papers satisfy the norms prescribed by the journals. They may levy a nominal charge for publication if approved by the editorial board of the respective journals.

Language: The Conference would be in English except for the vernacular language sessions. One can present the video recorded in the language of one's choice. It is desirable to have subtitles in English for such a video presentation. The abstract/synopsis should be in English so that the gist of the paper could be comprehended globally by one and all.

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Alternately, one can visit Bangalore

University

official

website:

or



Then click on: Online Service> On-line

Service and University fee payment> click

on workshop/ Seminar/ Conference>

Registration Fee.

Registration Fees (for other than

Bangalore University Participants):

People Amount Process Total

(Delegates) (INR) -ing Fee Amount

(INR) (INR)

Student/ 200

15

215

Public

Faculty 300

15

315

Industrial/ 500

15

Institutional

Foreign 1000 15

515 1015

Payment link: Enter in respect of Description: Registration fee for International Science Fiction Conference 2020. Save-> pay-> Credit card; Debit card; Internet banking. The receipt will be generated. Print or save as PDF. One needs to quote the receipt

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number; date of payment and the amount paid in your future correspondences. Also, one could generate duplicate receipts on a later date by entering the receipt number and mobile number. (Registration is for the entire

event).

Procedure for Registration: Registration is compulsory for all. Please click on the link to register (Common link)). FAIpQLScpy1ITg56XxyPlKrDNi22aCf5zF7YVX3fuato37 WxKUl7Qw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Submission of Abstracts: One has to submit the final version of the abstract of the paper/ presentation/ speech/ self-authored story/ movie/ review and others in word format not exceeding 400 words, Times New Roman script with font 12 and 1.5 or 2 line spacing. Attach your brief profile (short bio-data) with a stamp size photograph. The abstracts are to be sent to

.bubisfc.publicationdiv@

AND

2020sciencefiction@

on or before 15.11.2020.

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Preparing for pre-recorded videos: After the approval of abstracts, every presentation, panel discussion, the author speech, PPT, activity, movie, documentary, review, and others should all be sent in the form of pre-recorded videos. Unless specified otherwise, one has to make preparations for presentation of paper/speech/PPT in the form of a video that may span 10 minutes for paper presentations using PPT slides and 20 minutes for plenary sessions. The link of the video could be shared with us over the email On or before 15.11.2020.

bubisfconf2020@

AND 2020sciencefiction@

Please double check your video of the presentation before mailing it to us. It is advised to upload a link to your video. Also, preserve a backup of your video.

Presentation: There will be Live/video presentations. However, presenters may be allowed to answer a few questions raised by the listeners at the end of the presentation.

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Publication of Full-length papers: The full-length papers for publication should be in English except for papers in Language /Literature subjects. The names of the peer viewed UGC approved ISSN/ISBN numbered journals in which your papers could be published will be informed in future communications. However, the publication is subject to the approval of your paper by the respective editorial board. The full-length papers should be sent to the following email addresses.

bubisfc.publicationdiv@

AND isfconf20@ Any general inquiry must be made/letter must be addressed to the Convenor of the Conference Prof Krishnamurthy G, PG Department of Chemistry, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore ? 560056, Karnataka, India or to the SecretaryGeneral Dr Srinarahari IASFS, over the same email

bubisfconf2020@ or

isfconf20@ . Note: Please note the updates whenever you receive a new version of the brochure. Please join the Telegram group for more updates. The link is given at the end.

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What is Science Fiction? Science fiction is like a vehicle that can carry us to the imaginary future world. It is a coalescence of the profound fields - science and literature. These two disciplines are generally presumed to be poles apart. Science always pays attention to the proven facts, but literature focuses on both facts and fantasy. Science fiction exposes how science has been transforming the fields such as industry, education, government, politics, medicine, space exploration, military, and so on. The working place of scientists' is the laboratory, where they execute all their experiments. While the laboratory is the birthplace of scientific innovations, literature is the laboratory of the science fiction writers' creative innovations. The science fiction is focused entirely in the mind's eye of the author. In the real world, scientists are allowed to exhibit their inventions only after the successful experimentation of the product. On the other hand, the science fiction forum allowed scientists or writers to exhibit even their imaginary inventions and its potential through a perfect storyline. Thus, people from various fields like cybernetic, engineering, arts, and humanities can have a role in science fiction and has the

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liberty to come up with their possible future predictions. Science fiction is a distinguished form of literature in which the stories often tell about science and technology of the future. It involves speculations, extrapolations, and thought-experiments on current or future science or technology. Numerous technologies are introduced in science fiction before its existence in the real scientific world. The setting of science fiction is always projected in far/ near future, space, alternate worlds, different planets, underground, under the sea, and on the moon. It depicts either a utopian or a dystopian picture of the past or the future world that too with a present concern. The common elements of science fiction are advanced artificial intelligence, space colonies, space travel, cyborgs, time travel, teleportation, holograms, and so on. The characters of science fiction are human beings, superhuman, aliens, robots, computers, and monsters. It is the study of the impact of science and technology on humanity. A link will be provided in the next version of the brochure for more detailed information on SF.

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All Roads lead to Science Fiction About the organizers: Bangalore University

(Geographic Coordinates: 12.9504? N, 77.5022? E)

Bangalore University is located in the Garden City of Bangalore, Karnataka, India, aptly hailed as the "I.T. Capital of India". It was established in July 1964 as an offshoot of the University of Mysore. It became a public state University since 1966 at Central College Campus, which was established way back in 1858. Later it moved to its campus called Jnanabharathi, which spreads 1100 acres wide in the year 1973. The University is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and affiliated by University Grants Commission (UGC). The University is accredited A+ Grade by NAAC.

The University is structured into six faculties, namely Arts, Science, Commerce

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& Management, Education, Law, and Engineering. It has 48 Post Graduate Departments, around 225 affiliated Colleges (684 colleges before trifurcation of the University), PG centers, and many more unique courses.

The University has constructed a bio-park in which the departments of Mathematics, Civil Engineering, Geology, Geography, Zoology, Botany, and Microbiology are carrying out activities. The University has constructed the first time in the country an NSS Bhavan to promote such activities. The University library has become self- sufficient in providing services to the students and teaching fraternity.

Sir CV Raman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930, was associated with the University while he was working at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Professor Leonid Hurwitz, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007 was serving in the University from 1965 -1968.

Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari, Sir M Vishweshwaraiah, H Narasimhaiah, CNR Rao, Rahul Dravid, and Anushka Sharma are the notable personalities among the alumni.

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