-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WG9.4: IFIP 9.4 doctoral colloquium May 2009 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:39:48 -0000 From: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <S.Bailur at lse.ac.uk> To: <wg94-l at uku.fi>
Call for Participation: Doctoral Colloquium, May 28th 2009, Dubai School of Government, United Arab Emirates In conjunction with IFIP WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries 10th International Conference, "Assessing the contribution of ICT to Development Goals" ( _http://ifip.dsg.ae/index.htm_ ). The Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students from the ICT for Development (ICT4D) community a unique opportunity to present and discuss their research with leading specialists, scholars and peers in an international setting. To support doctoral students to attend, a 50% discount on the main conference fee is available to full-time PhD students. This includes attendance at the colloquium. To apply for presentation at the colloquium please submit an extended abstract of 1500 words of your research covering: . Topic area, research questions and rationale for the work . Research methodology including conceptual framework used and research methods employed . Summary of any initial findings and planned analysis approach Submissions must be written in English, in Open Office Writer or MS Word .doc format, or as a .pdf file and sent to: sharon.morgan at manchester.ac.uk Accepted papers will be published on the conference website. Important Dates: - Deadline for extended abstract submission: November 28 2008 - Notification of acceptance: December 19th, 2008 - Camera-ready paper due: January 20th 2009 - Doctoral Colloquium: May 28th, 2009 - Main Conference: May 26-28th, 2009 Contacts: Doctoral Colloquium organiser - Sharon Morgan, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, UK ( _http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/_) sharon.morgan at manchester.ac.uk Main Conference Organising Chair - Fadi Salem, Dubai School of Government ( _http://www.dsg.ae_ <http://www.dsg.ae/>) fadi.salem at dsg.ae <mailto:fadi.salem at dsg.ae> .. Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hci4d" group. To post to this group, send email to hci4d at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hci4d+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hci4d?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
