[AISWorld] AMCIS 2013 CFP: ICT in Emerging Markets in ICTs in Global Development (SIG GlobDev) track

[Shana Ponelis]

19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013) 
Hyperconnected World: Anything Anywhere Anytime 
Chicago, Illinois, USA 
15–17 August 2013 

Call for Papers 
ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev) track 
ICT in Emerging Markets mini-track 



Emerging markets include the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey amongst others. These emerging market countries are poised for explosive growth: although these markets currently account for approximately 20 percent of the world's economy, Van Agtmael (2007) [1] predicts that this figure will grow to 50 percent within 25 years. Although these countries are enthusiastically adopting and adapting ICTs to solve their real-world problems but they also have different requirements and pose unique challenges compared to the mature, developed countries. Conversely, the developed economies can also benefit from understanding the innovative uses to which ICT is put, for example, mobile phone-based money transfer. Increasing our understanding of the possibilities and limitations of ICT and how to promote its adoption, adaptation and use in emerging markets is therefore of vital interest to information systems researchers and practitioners. The objective of this mini-track is to encourage reflection and redefinition of emerging market countries’ digital futures by providing a forum for interested authors to disseminate their research, compare results, and exchange ideas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 



· Drivers and barriers for ICT adoption in emerging markets 

· E-government, e-health, or e-learning applications in emerging markets 

· Innovative applications of ICTs emerging market countries, including mobile applications 

· Acceptance and use of cloud computing in emerging market contexts 

· User interfaces, information presentation and local language adaptation 

· Research frameworks to study ICT in emerging market countries 

· Impact of emerging markets on the ICT industry 

· ICT for socio-economic development in emerging markets 

· ICT infrastructure in emerging market countries 

· ICT policy in emerging market countries 

· Strategies for addressing the digital divide and information poverty 

· Information and computer literacy in emerging market countries 

· Indigenous knowledge systems and ICT in emerging market countries 

· ICT and social entrepreneurship in emerging market countries 

· Ethical aspects of ICTs in emerging markets, including e-waste 

· Country-specific case studies of ICT adoption or use 

Mini-track chairs: 
Shana Ponelis 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 
ponelis at uwm.edu 

Marlene Holmner 
University of Pretoria 
South Africa 
Marlene.Holmner at up.ac.za 






Important dates: 

January 4, 2013 Paper submissions open on Bepress (new submission system for AMCIS) 

February 22, 2013 Deadline for paper submissions at 11:59 p.m. CST 


April 17-19, 2013 Notification of paper acceptance 

May 9, 2013 For accepted papers, camera-ready copy due Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is forthcoming on the conference website at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ 

[1] Van Agtmael, Antoine. 2007. The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies is Overtaking the World . New York: Free Press. 
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