Abstracts for the IDIA2009 Development Informatics Conference are due 14 March 2009, and may now be submitted online via http://www.conftool.net/idia2009/
Key deadlines are: 14 March 2009 Final date for submission of Abstracts 1 April 2009 Notification of acceptance of Abstracts 1 June 2009 Full papers due for blind peer review 1 August 2009 Peer review results 1 September 2009 Final version of papers due ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Plantinga <paul.planti...@infotech.monash.edu> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:48 pm Subject: [DDN] Fwd: CALL FOR PAPERS: IDIA2009 Development Informatics Conference 28-30 October 2009 Kruger National Park, South Africa To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > IDIA2009 Conference > 28-30 October 2009 > Digitally Empowering Communities: > Learning from Development Informatics Practice > > www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2009/3rd.html > > > Call for papers > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > The 3rd International IDIA Conference will be held in Africa in > order to > make it easier for interested parties of this continent to > participate. > The conference is aimed at researchers, policy-makers and > reflective > practitioners. It will be managed by the School of Information > Technology, Monash South Africa (Johannesburg). Monash University > is > seeking to accelerate its engagement internationally, and this > conference reflects this commitment. > > The Conference will be held at the Berg-en-Dal camp in the Kruger > National Park, South Africa. > > The Conference Committee calls for papers on the following themes. > Papers will be peer-reviewed. Selected papers will be published in > an > accredited Journal. > > While the main language of the conference will be English, > participation > from Francophone and Portuguese-speaking Africa is most welcome. > > 1. Communities and empowerment > > * What are developing communities? > * Does every community need to 'develop'? > * What does 'empowerment' mean in a DI context? > * Why should communities be empowered with ICT? > * What are the objectives of empowering communities? > * What are the methods and instruments to empower communities? > * Implications of the full range of 'digital divides'. > > > 2. Development Informatics and ICT4D > > * Satisfying basic development needs with ICT. > * What ICT cannot achieve; its limitations in development practice. > * The range of changing economic models for empowering > communities > with ICT. > * What are the special ICT issues for deep rural communities? > * Giving voices to the poor via ICT; the necessity of advocacy. > * The relevance of ICT planning and policies. > * Does development automatically empower; the role of vested ICT > interests? > * Ethical and moral issues, eg. the barefoot economist debate, > top-down/bottom-up/dual system approaches, and technological > determinism. * Global versus regional implementation > > > 3. DI in practice > > * What are the technical issues, networking problems, and > relevant > ICT devices? > * System design for the bottom of the pyramid of the digital divide > * Do small communities benefit from ICT, or is it only > applicable on > a large (regional, national) scale? > * How do the micro social groups (eg. households and families) > use > ICT for their business? > * Evaluating separate and integrated business, government and > civil > society ICT solutions. > * Issues of free access and sustainable access. > * Business filling the gap in the absence of government > co-ordination of ICT practice. > * When business practice and community expectation collide in > ICT, > who suffers? > * Differences between individual access (such as OLPC, mobile > phones) and public access (telecentres, MPCCs). > * Open source vs proprietary systems. > > > 4. Opportunities > > * The future of skills and literacy training, and professional > development, as part of ICT. > * Opportunities for professional communities to contribute to ICT. > * Eliciting expressions of local concern and building them into > ICT > programs. > * Ensuring that external ICT solutions meet local needs. > * Balancing short-term and long-term ICT solutions. > * Universal access as a dream or reality? > * What is the appropriate role of developed countries in > assisting > with ICT empowerment? > * Adapting developed values and practices to suit ICT contexts. > * Which community networking principles best assist with ICT? > * Is it meaningful to consider the role of the 'international > community' in ICT? > * Ongoing, universally-applicable measures of the effectiveness > of > ICT for empowerment. > * Comparative studies of ICT for empowerment. > > > > Submission of abstracts and proposals > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Abstracts and proposals (not full papers) can only be submitted via > the > electronic registration system which will become available shortly. > > Important dates > > 1 March 2009 Final date for submission of Abstracts > 1 April 2009 Notification of acceptance of Abstracts > 1 June 2009 Full papers due for blind peer review > 1 August 2009 Peer review results > 1 September 2009 Final version of papers due > > > Registration Information > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Registration Information will become available in the first quarter > of > 2009, latest by 1 April. Details will be posted on the website. > > > Conference fees > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > See website for details. > > > The conference venue is in a difficult to access, remote location, > which > will result in transport problems. Accommodation in chalets > requires > self-catering for meals. > > > In view of this, the Conference Organisers have made special > arrangements for transport to the venue, and for meals. > > > Conference fee: to be confirmed, as we are still finalising some > sponsorhips to make the fee cheaper. > > > Details about Berg-en-dal: > > www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/berg-en-dal/ > www.routes.co.za/nationalparks/kruger/berg-en-dal/ > > > About IDIA > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Development Informatics specialises in communities in constraint > contexts, such as rural, distant, poor, or disadvantaged > communities in > developing countries and regions. Community Informatics focuses on > communities in developed countries. > > > IDIA was founded in 2006 and has held national workshops on > Development > Informatics, as well as two international conferences. IDIA2009 is > the > 3rd International IDIA Conference, which will be held on 28-30 > October > 2009 at the Kruger National Park, South Africa. > > > _________________ > > Dr Jacques Steyn (Director: IDIA), on behalf of the organising > committee.www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2009/3rd.html > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide- > requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of > the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
