ISCA 2017, Proceedings of the First MoHESR and HCED Iraqi Scholars Conference in Australasia 2017: Melbourne, Australia, 5-6 December 2017 / Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Alaa Al-Mosawe and Mohamed Al-Younis (eds.)

Under the sponsorship of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research ‘MoHESR’ and the Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq ‘HCED’, a large number of postgraduate scholars are currently engaged in doctorate and masters degree programs in Australia and New Zealand. The scholars are from different fields of study including engineering, science, social science, law, agriculture and medicine. The First MoHESR and HCED Iraqi Scholars Conference in Australasia 2017 ‘ISCA-2017 was held at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia from 5 to 6 December 2017. The purpose of the conference was to celebrate the achievements of the Iraqi scholars and give them the opportunity to showcase their research outcomes to peers and the wider community of Iraqi scholars in Australia and New Zealand.