[AISWorld] CFP for the HICSS-45 minitrack on Information Technology for Development

[mkamal at brockport.edu]

*Call for Papers – Information Technology for Development *

HICSS '45 Mini-track - January 4-7. 2012 - Maui, Hawaii, USA

*Important dates

**Full Paper Submission: June 15, 2011
Author Notification: August 15, 2011
Final Version Submission and Registration: September 15, 2011
Conference: January 4-7, 2012

Information Technology for Development (ITD) research focuses on the use of information technology infrastructures to bring about economic, social, and human development. In essence, the ITD research provides insight for policy makers to facilitate the achievement of socio-economic development goals by increasing financial investments and stimulating business activities in their regions. Contributions of research in ITD over twenty years have been to the management of economies through the implementation of information technology (IT) infrastructures to stimulate national development. Examples include the use of indicators such as gross domestic product and human development indices to assess the effect of IT technologies and infrastructures on national development. IT access and use issues by individuals and/or businesses in under privileged regions are other research topics under this domain. In addition, ITD research provides guidelines for businesses looking to implement and use IT infrastructures to support their business strategies. This mini-track aims to address these issues and make a contribution to how IT can be used to bring about economic, social, and human development.

Submissions are invited that are theoretically and empirically sound. Topics include but are not limited to:
1. Social, political and legal frameworks for fostering ICT  
   diffusion in developing regions
2. Networks and computer applications for e-Government and e-
   Business 
3. Methods for measuring the benefits and costs of projects 
   involving the adoption of ICT
4. The role of human and social capital in effective access 
   and use of ICTs
5. Critical and theoretical perspectives on the digital 
   divide and social inclusion 
6. Scalable and economic ICT infrastructures 
7. Educational systems; content provision and delivery; 
   developing ICT skills
8. Policies related to intellectual capital; open access and 
   the intellectual commons
9. ICT to support Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
10. Technological entrepreneurship as a path to prosperity
11. Economic impact of ICT initiatives in developing, 
    emerging and transition economies 
12. ICT initiatives and global competiveness of firms in 
    developing, emerging and transition economies
13. Technology and knowledge transfer in developing, emerging 
    and transition economies

*Submission of papers*

Authors submit full papers by June 15. Follow the Author Instructions to be found on the HICSS web site (http://www.hicss.org), as deadlines approach. All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. Authors of accepted papers submit Final Version of paper by September 15. At least one author of each accepted paper must register by September 15 with specific plans to attend the conference.

Authors may contact Mini-track Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime.

*Mini-track organizers*

Mehruz Kamal (Primary Contact)
Department of Computer Science
The College at Brockport
State University of New York 
350 New Campus Drive 
Brockport, NY 14420, USA 
Phone: +1 (585) 395-2179, Fax: +1 (585) 395-2304
Email: mkamal at brockport.edu

Sajda Qureshi 
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Department of Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis,
College of Information Science & Technology
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0116, USA
Phone: +1 (402) 554-2837, Fax: +1 (402) 554-3400
Email: squreshi at mail.unomaha.edu

Narcyz Roztocki
State University of New York at New Paltz
School of Business
75 S. Manheim Blvd.
New Paltz, NY 12561-2443
Phone: +1 (845) 257-2930, Fax: +1 (845) 257-2947
Email: roztockn at newpaltz.edu