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> From: joyojeet at berkeley.edu > Date: September 17, 2008 1:54:10 PM PDT > To: "TIER" <tier at tier.cs.berkeley.edu> > Subject: [TIER] CALL FOR PANELS ? International ICT and Development > Conference 2009 > > Subject: CALL FOR PANELS ? International ICT and Development > Conference 2009 > > 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication > Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) > > April 17-18, 2009 > Carnegie Mellon Doha Campus, Qatar > http://www.ictd2009.org > CALL FOR PANELS > > The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and > Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) will be held > 17-19 April 2009 at Carnegie Mellon's state-of-the-art campus in Doha, > Qatar. This conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship > in the field of ICT and international development. Confirmed speakers > include a Keynote by William H. Gates, Chairman of Microsoft > Corporation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. > > For the first time in the history of ICTD, we are inviting proposals > for panels. > > PANEL PROPOSALS > > The organizers of ICTD2009 would like to spur more reflective dialogue > among researchers and between researchers and development > practitioners. Therefore a small number of panels will be chosen to > be added to the program. > > ICTD2009 remains a single track conference, and the panels will not > conflict with the plenary sessions in which original research papers > will be presented. Rather they will be held in parallel with open > times in the program. > > We invite panel proposals that will add to the emerging ICTD > discipline by having multiple points-of-view reflect on issues that > affect the practice of ICTD research and its relationship to > development practice. Therefore key assessment criteria we will use > to evaluate the panel proposals are: > (1) Does it reflect on a novel or unresolved issue in the practice of > ICTD research. > (2) Does it reflect on a novel or unresolved issue in disseminating or > scaling the results of ICTD research into general practice. > (3) Does it introduce challenges in the practice of development that > ICTD research has yet to address adequately. > > Panel proposals will also be evaluated on the quality of the panel > participants experience to address the topics being proposed. > > Panel proposals need to include: > (1) Title for the Panel > (2) Summary of what the panel will cover (max 500 words) > (3) Names, affiliations, and contact information of 3-5 panelists who > have made a commitment to participate > (4) Abstract of each panelist?s position statements (max 500 words) > (5) Brief biography of each panelist > > Proposals will be reviewed by the Panel and Workshop Committee. > > All submissions should be emailed to panels at ictd2009.org > > For the latest information, please see the conference website at > http://www.ictd2009.org > . > > Please also address questions of other e-mail correspondence to > panels at ictd2009.org > . > > > IMPORTANT DATES > (Please check the conference website for latest information.) > > November 2, 2008 Panel Proposals due > > January 30, 2009 Final decisions sent out to those submitting panel > proposals > > February 28, 2009 Panel Position Paper > > April 17-19, 2009 Conference > > CONFERENCE FOCUS > ICTD spans information and communication technologies (ICT) and their > role in global socio-economic development. Every sector is involved > ? > governments, academia, small start-ups, large corporations, inter- > governmental organizations, and non-profits and non-governmental > organizations. In spite of the tremendous energy and resources behind > these projects, scientifically sound research in this space is just > beginning to emerge: What is the actual impact of ICTD projects? What > novel technology is required to meet development needs? What > methodologies lead to the success or failure of a project? > > The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum for academic > researchers and scholarly practitioners working with ICT applied to > development. The conference will be scientifically rigorous and multi- > disciplinary ? papers reporting high-quality original research are > being solicited. The conference will bring together researchers and > reflective practitioners in both the social and technical sciences, > with anticipated representation from anthropology, sociology, > economics, political science, computer science, electrical > engineering, industrial design, and the like., in addition to domain > specialists in various development fields such as healthcare, > agriculture, enterprise, education, governance, etc. > > For the purposes of this conference, the term ?ICT? will comprise > computing devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), technologies for > voice and data connectivity, the Internet, and related technologies. > Application domains include, but are not restricted to, education, > agriculture, enterprise, healthcare, poverty alleviation, general > communication, and governance. > > VENUE > Qatar is a rapidly growing economy in the region and the world which > has set its targets of moving beyond a hydrocarbon economy into > becoming a regional and global leader in knowledge and information. > Qatar is a modern, stable nation with a vibrant international > population, and hosted the Asian Games in 2007. Education City brings > leading educational and research institutions to Qatar, including > Cornell, Georgetown, Texas A&M, and Carnegie Mellon in Qatar offers > degree programs in Computer Science, Business Administration, and > Information Systems. This provides an ideal venue for hosting > ICTD2009, in a geographic location close to major population centers > around the world, easily accessible by direct flights. > > _______________________________________________ > TIER mailing list > Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu > TIER at tier.cs.berkeley.edu > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier
