Dates & location

5th Rural Development Conference [RDC2021] will take place from 24th - 26th of July 2021.

Due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, increased health risk and limitations in international travel, 5th Rural Development Conference [RDC2021] has been moved to a fully virtual format. 

Other important dates:

Applications accepted starting from: 
​January 10th 2021
Deadline for proposals:​
June 20th 2021
Deadline for proceedings submissions*
​(*for accepted papers)
July 5th 2021

What will the virtual conference experience look like?

RDC2021 will be hosted on the award winning virtual conference platform, that offers a dynamic, interactive and highly engaging user experience for both virtual and hybrid format of the conference: www.whova.com

Our past virtual conferences hosted on whova were rated as excellent experiences and had great engagement! The platform will be active for participants to engage in discussions, networking and access sessions for 3 months following the conference.