[Air-l] Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICT and Development (ICTD2006)

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CALL FOR PAPERS       
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First International Conference on Information and
Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2006)
 
May 25-26, 2006
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006
 
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in projects
that apply information and
communication technologies (ICT) to support
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 ICT projects? 
What novel technology is
required to meet development needs?  What
methodologies lead to success or
failure of a project?   
 
The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum
for academic researchers
working with ICT applied to development.  The
conference will be scientifically
rigorous and multi-disciplinary – papers reporting
high-quality original research are
solicited.  Submitted papers will be subjected to
double-blind peer review, and a full
proceedings will be published at the time of the
conference.  (Best papers, as
selected by a subset of the program committee, will be
published in a special
edition of the journal, Information Technologies and
International Development.)
 
The conference will bring together researchers in both
the social and technical sciences, with anticipated
representation from anthropology, sociology,
economics, political science,
computer science, electrical engineering, industrial
design, and so on.  We expect
this to be the first of an ongoing series of
conferences to occur every one or two
years, and moving from country to country. 
 
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,
healthcare, poverty alleviation,
general communication, and governance.  Papers
considering novel design, new
technology, project assessment, policy impact,
content, social issues around ICT
for development, and so forth will be considered. 
Well-presented negative results
from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are
also sought. 
 
Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on
website):
 
* Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit:  
October 21, 2005
* Deadline for full paper submissions:    December,
2005
* Notification to authors:    January, 2006
* Deadline for camera-ready copy:    March, 2006
* Conference dates:     May 25-26, 2006
 
Only original, unpublished papers in English will be
considered.  Reviews will be double blind.  Abstracts
will facilitate the review process, and should be
200-400 words in length. 
 
For further information, please see the conference
website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. 
Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006 at yahoo.com.
 
Organizers:
 
Honorary Chairs:  VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu Planning
Commission) and Ken
Keniston (MIT)
 
Chairs:  Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC
Berkeley)
 
Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley),
Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT-
Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama (MSR
India)
 
Sponsors:  MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley.  We are
seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel grants.


		
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