[AISWorld] ICT in emerging economies track at the GITM2012 conference in Bangalore

[Aykut H Turan]

Greetings!!

GITMA 2012, http://www.gitma.org. June 17, 18 and 19, 2012 in Bangalore, India.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 15, 2011.

The submission deadline is November 15, 2011. Full papers, short
papers, extended abstracts, and panel/workshop proposals may be
submitted.
The 13th Annual Global Information Technology Management Association
(GITMA) World conference will be held in Bangalore, India on June 17,
18, and 19, 2012. Bangalore is known as the software capital of the
world. Besides the academic program, field trips and fun trips are
planned. For further information about GITMA and the conference,
please go to our web site: http://www.gitma.org. You can also directly
go the conference management system to make a submission:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=gitma2012
In this call, submissions are invited to the following track:

TRACK: ICT in Emerging Economies
TRACK CHAIR(S): Aykut Hamit Turan

DESCRIPTION: Emerging markets and developing economies have started to
embrace Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for their
social, economic and human development in the last couple of decades.
Hence, recently emerging markets and developing economies, with their
increasing influence on our Globalizing World, are attracting
significant interests among Information Technology (IT) professionals
and practitioners. ICTs have been proven to be an important tool to
leverage investments in communication, education, information
diffusion and access, banking, healthcare, agriculture, government and
overall development of these particular nations. Yet, these economies
present different requirements and pose unique challenges than
developed nations when implementing ICTs to solve their real world
problems. There is an urgent need to investigate how ICTs can be
powerful tools and provide affordable solutions for development in
emerging economies.

POSSIBLE TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this track include (but are not limited to)
the following:
•	New and innovative ICT implementations in emerging economies and
developing countries
•	Sustainable ICTs for emerging economies and developing countries
•	ICT implementations for social, economic and human development in
emerging markets and developing economies
•	Barriers in front of the successful implementation of ICTs in
emerging markets and developing economies
•	ICT outsourcing in emerging economies and developing countries
•	E-Government for emerging economies and developing countries
•	Successful ICT implementations in emerging economies and developing countries
•	Factors influencing adoption process of ICTs in emerging economies
and developing countries
•	Developing countries and ICT revolution
•	Unique requirements and necessities of ICT implementation in
emerging economies and developing countries
•	Demographic, social and cultural issues in ICT implementation and
adoption in emerging economies and developing countries
•	Mobile applications and ICT investments in emerging economies and
developing countries
•	ICT implementation and infrastructure frameworks for emerging
economies and developing countries
•	Cloud computer’s adoption and impact in emerging economies and
developing countries
•	Efficient and effective strategies to narrow digital divine in
emerging economies and developing countries
•	Unique problems and requirements of ICT users and vendors in
emerging economies and developing countries
•	ICTs impacts on the development of emerging countries and vice versa

THE GITMA WORLD CONFERENCE IS BY DESIGN FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL IS/IT
RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND PROFESSIONALS. The 12th annual GITMA
conference was held in Las Vegas, USA in June 2011. It was a huge
success, with excellent papers, research forums, panels, workshops and
keynote speakers. We are a truly international IS conference and we
attract participants from all parts of the world.

CONFERENCE OFFICERS:
Program Chair: Dr. Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA,
ak1667 at wayne.edu
Program Co-Chairs:
Dr. Dolphy Abraham, Alliance University, India, dolphy.abraham at alliance.edu.in
Dr. Pierluigi Rippa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy,
pierluigi.rippa at unina.it
Conference Chair: Dr. Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, USA, pcpalvia at uncg.edu
Local Chair: Dr. Sajan Mathew, Alliance University, India,
sajan.mathew at alliance.edu.in
This conference provides a unique opportunity to all IT educators,
researchers, and practitioners from all countries to get together to
network, develop lasting relationships, and exchange ideas. The clear
strength is the international participation and the following people
should attend:
- Educators, researchers, and practitioners from North America
(including US, Mexico, and Canada)
- Given the location of the conference, we encourage educators,
researchers, and practitioners from Asia and Europe.
- Educators, researchers, and practitioners from all other parts of
the world, including developed, developing, and under-developed
nations. We encourage
- Educators, researchers, and practitioners doing work in all areas of
Global IT Management
Representative Tracks: ePolitics, IT in Africa; IT in Asia; IT in
Australian Region; Culture in Diffusion of IT; Customer Relationship
Management; Decision Support & Knowledge Management; Doctoral
Consortium; eGovernance; Global IT Education; Global ERP & SCM
Systems; IT in Europe; IT in For-mer Communist Countries; Global
Business Processes; Global E-Commerce; Global IT Complex Networks; IT
for Government & National Development; Global IT Research Issues ;
Global Software Development; Mobile Commerce; IT and Change
Management; IT in Africa; IT in Middle Eastern Countries; IT in
Manufacturing; IT in Multinational Companies; IT in North America; IT
in Newly Industrialized Countries; IT Outsourcing; IT in South
America; Social Issues & Ethics in Global IT; Security & Privacy; IT
in SMEs; Strategic Applications of IT; Global Hospitality IT. In
addition, there will be several panels, workshops, and keynote
speakers.

JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Submissions accepted as full papers will be given
an opportunity for publication consideration in the journal:
Communications of Global Information Technology (COGIT). Paper judged
as higher quality by the reviewers will be further considered for
publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global Information
Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of Information Technology Cases
& Applications Research (JITCAR), International Journal of ePolitics
(IJEP), and Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS).

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P.S.  Please join us at the next GITMA World conference in Bangalore,
India on June 17-19, 2012.  http://www.gitma.org.  The submission
deadline is November 15, 2011.

With best regards,

Dr. Aykut Hamit Turan
Associate Prof.
Namık Kemal University
Tekirdağ, Turkey
http://ahturan.nku.edu.tr/

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