[AISWorld] ECIS 2013 track on “ICT and Sustainable Global Development” (submission deadline: December 7th, 2012)

[A. Chircu]

Remider - SIG GlobDev ECIS 2013 track on “ICT and Sustainable Global
Development”: Please consider submitting a Research or a
Research-in-Progress paper for this track.The full call for papers is
included below, and you can find all the details on the ECIS 2013 website
at
https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/the-conference/tracks-and-keynotes/track-ict-and-sustainable-global-development
. For planning purposes, note that we will have to abide by ECIS 2013
submission deadlines (papers are due ** December 7th **).

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*Track12: ICT and Sustainable Global Development *

Track Chairs

Alina M. Chircu, Bentley University, United States of America,
achircu at bentley.edu

Cathy Urquhart, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom,
c.urquhart at mmu.ac.uk

Neels Kruger, University of Pretoria, South Africa, neels.kruger at up.ac.za

Description

Information and communication technology (ICT) has long been promoted as a
solution for overcoming economic, social and human development differences
between and within countries. Research on ICT and development (ICTD) has
become over time an important branch of the information systems (IS) and
information technology (IT) scholarly landscape. Many of these developments
have been associated with the SIG GlobDev special interest group on ICT and
Global Development of the Association on Information Systems (AIS) and its
associated annual workshops, conference mini-tracks, and specialized
journals such as Information Technology for Development, Information
Technologies and International Development, and the Electronic Journal of
Information Systems in Developing Countries. During the past few years, SIG
GlobDev has enjoyed a robust growth in members, reaching over 230 members
from over 50 countries (both developed and developing) by the end of 2011.

The  “ICT AND SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT” track invites diverse and
high-quality contributions on ICT in development from both emerging and
established researchers from around the world. Following in the footsteps
of several successful AMCIS mini-tracks and pre-AMCIS and pre-ICIS
workshops, the track will continue to provide a forum for discussion of
scholarly work on the diffusion and use of information and communication
technologies (ICT) in and for development around the world, with a specific
focus on sustainability of both business models and technologies employed
in the process. Papers exploring the economic, social and environmental
impacts of ICTs in developing regions and the design of sustainable ICTs
and related programs are welcome. We are especially interested in ICT
applications involving SMEs, government, healthcare, and education
initiatives, as well as in conditions for sustainable development, economic
and legal frameworks, measurement of costs and benefits (including
environmental, economic and human dimensions), and ICT innovations for
sustainability .

The track invites submission of papers showcasing completed research and
research-in-progress that contribute to the theory and practice of ICTs in
and for development. The track is open to submissions employing a variety
of research approaches and methodologies.

Papers should conform to the rules of the ECIS 2013 conference. Authors of
selected track papers will be invited to submit their papers for possible
inclusion in a special issue of Information Technology for Development
(ITD).

Topics of interest

   - ICT applications involving SMEs, government, healthcare, and education
   initiatives
   - Conditions for sustainable development through ICTs
   - Economic and legal frameworks for ICTD
   - The economic, social and environmental impacts of ICTs in developing
   regions
   - Measurement of ICTD costs and benefits (including environmental,
   economic and human dimensions)
   - ICT innovations for sustainability

Associate Editors

Annika Andersson, Örebro University, Sweden

Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Antonio Diaz Andrade, Auckland University of Technology, New Zeeland

Marlene Holmner, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Nicolau Reinhard, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Satya Prakash Saraswat, Bentley University, USA
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo





>From https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission:

Important dates for authors

*Open for Online Submissions*
The ECIS 2013 submissions website is open from *October 15, 2012 until
December 7, 2012*.All submission types (completed research
papers<https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission#full>,
research-in-progress
papers<https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission#rip>,
and teaching cases<https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission#teach>)
must adhere to the submission guidelines outlined in this webpage. *No
submissions will be accepted after midnight Pacific Time, December 7, 2012*.
Submissions can only be done online through the submission system on the
website.

There will be *no extensions to the deadline!* In the past ECIS deadlines
were usually shifted causing uncertainty for the authors and enormous
overhead for the organizers. Therefore the ECIS Standing Committee decided
to implement a strict deadline policy, which will be evaluated afterwards
for the future ECIS conferences.

*Author Notification Date*
Authors will be notified as to whether their submission was accepted,
conditionally accepted, or rejected by *February 28, 2013*.

*Authors Revisions Due Date*
Authors must have their final submissions submitted by *March 22, 2013*.

*Early bird Registration Due Date*
At least one author of every accepted submission must register for the
conference by the Early Bird registration date.

*Author presentations at ECIS 2013*
At least one author of every accepted submission must present at ECIS 2013
in Utrecht. Authors should be prepared to present their papers at any time
during the conference (Thursday June 6, to Saturday June 8).  Failure to
comply with this requirement can result in removal of papers from the ECIS
2013 Proceedings.

For other important dates of the conference please check the Important
dates page<https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/important-dates>
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