VISION 2020 “UNIVERSITY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO COMPLIANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES”


In the XIV version of VISION, we would like to invite the national and international
scientific community to present their work on the axis of the main topic of the conference,
wich aims to constitute a space to reflect on the role of superior education institutes in the
promotion and development of new approaches, through education, investigation and social
projection activities, to contribute to compliance of sustainable development objectives and
disseminate progress and achievements.

Conference topics include:

• Sustainable consumption energy, water and raw materials:

 Resource efficiency and cleaner production
 University contribution to a cleaner and more generalized energy accessible to all.
 University contribution to reduce the ambiental impacts of industrial and services sector.

• Sustainable management of coastal areas:

 Management and remediation of coastal areas.
 University contribution to develop, promote and implement sustainable management
approaches to the coastal area.

• Economic, social and environmental issues.

 Circular economy
 University contribution to sustainable improvement of well-being.
 University contribution to reduce the gender and economics inequalities.
 University contribution to promote local development approaches, peace, justice and
institutional strengthening.

Contributions may be of two types: Abstracts and Full Text

Abstracts must be presented following the FORM HERE, wich will be carried to the
proceeding events and may be part of the oral presentations in simultaneous sessions held in
the framework of the conference, but will not be invited as part of Special Issue in the
associated journals, unless they submit the full version of the work.

Complete works following the FORM HERE. The best articles will be called to be part of a
Special Issue in the journals Environment, Development and Sustainability with ISSN:
1387585X, 15732975 classified in SJR Q2 or Opción journal with /ISSN: 1012-1587, 2477-
9385 classified SJR Q3, both indexed in SCOPUS.

Accepted abstracts, will pay an enrollment of COP $300.000 (Three hundred thousand
Colombian pesos) or US$ 80 (Eighty dollars).

To know more about politics and publications guides associated, you can check their
corresponding web pages:

 Environment, Development and Sustainability:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10668
 Opción: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion

VISIÓN 2020 important dates:

Deadline for submitting abstracts and complete articles: March 6th 2020
Deadline for Notification of Acceptance: April 3rd 2020
Date event and oral presentation: May 6th, 7th and 8th 2020

Special Issue dates:

 Environment, Development and Sustainability:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10668

Work Selection for Special Issue: May 19th 2020
Deadline to submit the article in the journal template: December 15th 2020
Deadline for Notification of Acceptance: August 28th 2020
Special Issue date: November- December 2020

 Opción: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion

Work Selection for Special Issue: May 19th 2020
Deadline to submit the article in the journal template: December 15th 2020
Deadline for Notification of Acceptance: August 28th 2020
Special Issue date: November- December 2020