Dear all -- please see below for the announcement for a conference in Poland that we are involved in. It was inspired by the growing number of Mobile Tech 4 Social Change camps that we are hosting. Anita Wasilewska, a professor of computer science, was inspired to do her own, expounding on the theme. While not a camp, it's nonetheless another opportunity for computer scientists and researchers in the M4D and Social Change space to share their experiences. MobileActive will be there with a number of members and people from its community. Please spread the word, and please consider applying!
And if you are interested in attending a Mobile Tech 4 Social Change event, here are the ones coming up: Washington DC, April 29th - http://m4changedc.eventbrite.com/ London, May 23rd - registration forthcoming Halifax, Canada, May 23rd - http://mobiletech4socialchangehfx.eventbrite.com/ Watch MobileActive.org for additional announcements for M4Change camps in Cape Town, Kampala, Nairobi, Toronto, Barcelona, and Geneva in the next few months! Best, Katrin > > We would like to draw your attention to the First International > Symposium on Intelligent Mobile Technologies for Social Change > (IMT4SC'09 http://IMT4SC.imcsit.org) held as a part of the > International Multiconference on Computer Science and > Information Technology (http://www.imcsit.org/) on October > 12-14, 2009 in Mragowo, Poland. > > There are over 3.5 billion mobile phones have proliferated the > world creating unprecedented opportunities to reach and impact > the lives of billions of people in different social strata. The > goal of the symposium is to create a multi-disciplinary forum > for discussion on the use of mobile technology for creating > social impact around the world. We are seeking not only > research and technical papers, but also work-in-progress/future > research papers which present new ideas and areas where mobile > technology can be applied for social benefit. In addition, we > hope to spur dialogues on how to incorporate socially-inclined > mobile technology into the larger computing community and adopt > established fields of computer science to the mobile-social > framework. > > We encourage any feedback and questions. Please feel free to > contact use at chair2...@imcsit.org > > ***************************************************************** > CALL FOR PAPERS > > 1st International Symposium on Intelligent Mobile Technologies > for Social Change (IMT4SC'09) > > http://IMT4SC.imcsit.org > Mragowo, Poland, October 12-14, 2009 > > IMPORTANT DATES: > All Paper Submissions: May 10, 2009 > Authors Notification: July 1, 2009 > Camera-ready Submission and Registration: August 15, 2009 > > The First International Symposium on Intelligent Mobile > Technologies for Social Change will be held within the > International Multi-conference on Computer Science and > Information Technology in Mragowo, Poland on October 12-14, > 2009. > > IMT4SC strives to stimulate and promote cross-disciplinary > communication between researchers and developers working in > different domains with the goal of developing frameworks, > applications, and technology for social impact. > > The type of impact can range from individuals (children, > elderly, disabled, illiterate, informal businesses, etc) to > communal, and in a variety of areas such as economic and social > development, education, advocacy, human rights, and healthcare. > > There are over 3.5 billion mobile phones in the world and they > are proliferating at astounding rates across socio-economic and > cultural boundaries and provide unprecedented opportunities for > enabling social impact and technical activism. > > The IMT4SC symposium encourages submissions of original > research papers, practical applications and technology, and > position papers on all aspects of computing technology directed > at making the world a better place. We are also looking for > ideas about ways to use, deploy, develop and promote the > application and use of mobile phones in the same impact areas. > > Topics include, but are not limited to: > > * Mobile technology for informal economies > * Embedded AI and data mining applications > * Mobile learning and education > * Mobile applications for the disabled/elderly > * Mobile technology impact on health care > * Mobile technology for social and economic impact > * Educational impact of mobile technology > * Human rights and mobile technology > * The use of mobile technology as an enabler for social impact > * Social activism which can benefit from mobile technology > * Open ideas on communities/groups/people and how they may > benefit from computers/mobile technology > > The papers are divided in three categories: work-in-progress > and future research papers (3 pages), theoretical papers (8 > pages), and practical applications with demonstrations to be > shown at symposium (8 pages). > > > > Katrin Verclas Co-Founder and Editor MobileActive.org kat...@mobileactive.org + 1 413 687 9877 skype: katrinskaya Read the latest about mobiles in social change work at http://mobileactive.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to mobile-society@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mobile-society+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
