[Air-L] precall 4th Intl. conference on M4D - Dakar, Senegal, 8-9 April 2014

[Jakob Svensson]

The 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development 
(M4D)
Dakar, Senegal, 8-9 April 2014

University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in co-operation with HumanIT, Karlstad 
University



This conference is the fourth in the M4D biennial series following the 
inaugural conference in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008. The 2nd conference was in 
Kampala, Uganda in 2010 and the 3rd in New Delhi, India in 2012. M4D2014 
aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with 
interests in the use, evaluation, and theorizing of Mobile Communication for 
Development. M4D2014 will combine two days of plenary peer-reviewed paper 
sessions, workshops, panel sessions, discussion forums, and demos.


 
How to Participate?

M4D2014 will be an inclusive event welcoming participants from different 
sectors such as academia, industry, NGOs, development agencies, and 
governmental and international organizations. If you wish to participate 
with a paper you have the choice to submit either to the practitioner or the 
research track. Research papers should be between 8 to 12 pages long 
(including references). For case and policy descriptions, shorter papers 
(4-5 pages) are welcomed. The template for submission will be available 
shortly on the website www.m4d2014.com. All accepted papers will be 
allocated a presentation slot during the conference and will be published in 
the proceedings.

You can also participate by organizing a workshop. Workshops submissions 
(2-page description for conference publication) must contain: title, 
organizers with affiliation, participants, motivation and objectives. The 
template for workshop submission will be available shortly on the website 
www.m4d2014.com. There is also the possibility to submit a Poster or a Demo 
(1-page extended abstract for conference publication). The template for 
Poster and Demo submission will be available shortly on the website 
www.m4d2014.com.

Use the following url for your submissions: 
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=m4d2014 and select track 
(either Research, Practitioner, Poster, Demo, Workshop). Inclusion of 
accepted papers/posters/demos/workshops in conference proceedings is 
conditioned on payment of registration fee prior to registration deadline. 
Conference proceeding will be published in the Karlstad University Studies 
Series, as well as on the websites of the University Cheikh Anta Diop and 
the Centre for HumanIT, Karlstad.

For information direct your questions to m4d2014 at gmail.com. The conference 
website is:  http://www.m4d2014.com will also be updated continuously


Important Dates:

Submission deadline:1 October 2013                     
Acceptance note: 15 January 2014 
Final papers due and registration deadline for participants with accepted 
presentations: 15  Feb  2014 
Registration deadline for participants without presentations: 1 April 2014



Registration and Fees:

Registration to this event will be online via website 
http://www.m4d2014.com. The registration will open during autumn 2013.
Conference fee will be 150 € with a reduced fee of 110 € for Master and 
PhD students.
Participants salaried from a developing country are entitled to a 30% 
discount (105 € for regular participants and 77 € for PhD and Master 
Students).
Conference fee includes access to conference venue, presentations, workshops 
and demonstrations, keynote speakers, lunches, refreshments and receptions 
throughout the conference, conference dinner and social events.


Participation Grants:

Depending on sponsorship we hope to be able to cover for some participation 
from developing regions to attend the conference. The participation grant 
will cover registration fee, a maximum of 500€ compensation for flight 
tickets and accommodation at a budget hotel in Dakar for maximum four nights 
during the conference. Other costs such as transfer to airport, snacks, 
dinners, extra nights et cetera will have to be payed by the grantee 
him/herself.


Interested in Reviewing?

Please contact m4d2014 at gmail.com and tell how many papers/short papers you 
are interested in reading, your areas of interest and your level of 
expertise. Due mention will be made in the proceedings.


Interested in Sponsoring?

We are happy to receive funding for social events, lunches, refreshments, 
conference proceedings, etc. Due mention will be made at the occasion and 
due credits will be made at the website, in the conference program, and in 
the final conference proceedings. Also companies providing funding for 
travel and accommodation costs for researchers from developing countries to 
enable researchers at less funded universities to participate will be 
mentioned as sponsors of the conference – please write to the conference 
chairs to discuss the conditions giving full details of the researchers 
(research students) concerned by your kind offer. Please contact 
m4d2014 at gmail.com for more details.


Conference Committee:

General Chair: Ibrahim Niang (UCAD, Senegal)                                 
                            
Local Organizing Chair: Christelle Sharff (Pace University, USA)
Co-chair: Johan Hellström (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Co-chair: Régis N'Dossani (UCAD, Sengal)  
Co-chair: Babacar Ngom (UCAD, Senegal)
Co-chair: Jean Marie Preira (ESMT, Senegal)                         
Co-chair: Jakob Svensson (HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden)              
                                  
Co-chair: Caroline Wamala (HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden)
 
 


Jakob Svensson, Ph. D.
 
Director HumanIT (for info click here)
Director, MA Programme in Global Media (for info click here)
Director, BA Programme in Media & Communication Studies (for info click 
here)
Ass. Prof. in Media & Communication Studies (for publications click here)
Karlstad University
65188 Karlstad - Sweden

+ 46 (0) 54  700 1893
jakob.svensson at kau.se