The Seventh Conference of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences will be held on the UWI Mona Campus from May 17–19. The conference will feature research being undertaken by staff and graduate students in the Faculty at Mona, with researchers from the Cave Hill and St Augustine Campuses of the UWI also expected to participate. The objectives of the conference are to provide a forum whereby the public may be made aware of the research activities of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, to highlight the work being undertaken in Pure and Applied Sciences at the University among professional colleagues in anticipation of fostering multidisciplinary investigations and providing graduate students with an opportunity to present their work in a professionally sympathetic environment, while adhering to internationally accepted standards of academic content and time keeping.