Abstracts are called for the 2015 INWES Regional Conference under the theme 'Women in Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Economic and Social Development'. The conference theme has been further divided into two sub-themes: THEME ONE: Career and Life Transitions for professional women, early career women and students 1. Work – life balance strategies and policies 2. The effective team leader: Best practices 3. Innovative and Competitive Organizations 4. Career Preparation - Tools and Techniques 5. Career growth and transition 6. Research tools 7. Entrepreneurship tools for the working woman 8. Science Education 9. Attracting, Recruiting and Retaining girls and women in STEM THEME TWO: Celebrating current research by Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 1. Water, Sanitation and Food Security 2. Engineering and the Built Environment 3. Health and the environment 4. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics 5. Instrumentation and Computer applications 6. Climate Change 7. Research ethics, Integrity and quality assurance 8. Technology transfer and Intellectual Property 9. Biomedical sciences 10.Indigenous knowledge 11.Agriculture 12.Natural Products 13.Energy Abstracts must clearly define the objectives, status, methodology, findings , and significance of the investigation or study. Abstracts should be sent to AWSE Secretary (Email: conf2015 @aawse.org) Instructions for authors should be downloaded from the AWSE Website, www.aawse.org