[AISWorld] Early bird ends on 15th Sept: IDIA2010 Development Informatics Conference, 3-5 Nov 2010, Cape Town

[Wallace Chigona]

Early bird registration for IDIA2010 ends on 15th Sept. 
THE CONFERENCE
The 4th International IDIA Conference will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference is aimed at researchers, policy-makers and reflective practitioners. It will be managed and hosted by the Information Systems (IS) department at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in partnership with Faculty of IT at Monash University. The IS department at UCT has been actively pursing research in development for many years through its research unit – The Centre for IT and National Development (CITANDA) and takes great pleasure in planning this event. 
 
The Development Informatics space is a dynamic, complex, morally challenging and altruistic area to intervene or undertake research. The 3rd international development informatics conference held in October 2009 at the Kruger National Park in South Africa gave an account of these realities. One of the key themes emerging form the conference was to improve the rigor with which we understand and explore the successes and failures of the various initiatives in innovation, research and practice
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
 
Prof Geoff Walsham, Judge School of Business, University of Cambridge
 
Prof Victor Mbarika, ICTD, Southern University
 
Prof Francis Nyamnjoh, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town
 
 
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration information is available on the conference website. http://www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2010/4th.html#Registration.
Early bird closes on 15th September 2010..
ABOUT CITANDA:
CITANDA is a research unit at the University of Cape Town that focuses on creating knowledge by pursuing research relating to the use of ICTs for socio-economic upliftment in Africa.
 
ABOUT IDIA:
IDIA, the International Development Informatics Association, is an association serving as a forum for international cooperation between organisations focusing on research into the use of ICTs by developing economies and societies (ICT4D). IDIA was founded in 2006 and has held national workshops on Development Informatics, as well as three international conferences. IDIA2009 was held in October 2009, attracting papers from 12 countries. IDIA2010 is the 4th International IDIA Conference.
 
Please circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.
 
----[Prof. Wallace Chigona]--[ wallace.chigona at uct.ac.za ]---
Associate Professor  
Department of Information Systems
University of Cape Town
Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701,  South Africa   
Tel: (O)+27 21 6504345 (Cell) +27 765204125
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