[AISWorld] Call for Papers: 3rd AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY (ACIST) 2017

[Wallace Chigona]

3RDAfrican Conference on Information Systems& Technology (ACIST) 2017


 
Theme: Information Technology and the African NetworkedSociety


 
Dates: 10th– 11th July 2017

Venue:University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Submission Website: www.easychair.org

Conference website: www.acist2017.uct.ac.za


 
Call for Submissions


 
The African Society isincreasingly becoming networked with information technology (IT); and this isproducing patterns and dynamics in technology, innovation, modernization anddevelopment. The African Networked Society (ANS) speaks of IT networks intermeshingwith the African society of individuals, organizations and nations. The ANS isgenerating tensions between local, national and transnational flows of people,information and policies. It represents a new platform that enables researchersand practitioners to take new perspectives to pertinent technological,organizational, and developmental issues in Africa.

ANS enables more efficient and effective creation and distribution ofdigital content, applications and services across Africa that will benefit the people of Africa greatly.Therefore, it can be exploited by individuals, organizations, and individualsto accelerate the flow and exchange of ideas, policies, and cultures to achievesocio-economic advancement of Africa. 

The 2017 edition of ACIST aimsto facilitate the achievement and exploitation of the ANS through continuous ITinnovation and deployment in Africa. The conference brings togetherresearchers, practitioners, and educators in Information Systems and Technologyto present research and development works and share ideas that enhanceinnovation and application of IT in Africa.

ACIST 2017 is calling for completed papers, research-in-progresspapers or posters, position papers, panel discussion topics, and exhibitionposters on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following:


|  ·         Digital Innovation

 ·         IT and Development

 ·         Sustainable (Green) Information Systems

 ·         IT and Organisational Structuring

 ·         Business Process Management

 ·         Internet and IS Development

 ·         Social Networks and Digital Collaborations

 ·         Information Systems Management

 ·         Digital Society, Knowledge and Identity

 ·         IT & IS Curriculum and Education

 ·         Research Methods and Philosophy

 
 
  |  ·         Technology and Applications Convergence

 ·         Ubiquitous Computing

 ·         Big Data and Business Intelligence

 ·         Cloud Computing

 ·         Wireless Communications

 ·         E-Government and E-Business Systems

 ·         Public Sector IT Projects

 ·         IT in the Oil and Gas Industry

 ·         Information and Computer Security 

 ·         Decision Support Systems

 ·         Human Behaviour and IT

 ·         IT-Enabled Services

 
 
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Paper submissions will be subjected to double-blind reviews byat least two Programme Committee members. Accepted papers will be published inthe conference proceedings with ISSN 2467-8988; and will be consideredfor further review and publication in the African Journal of InformationSystems (www.ajisonline.com). 

IMPORTANT DATES


|  July 2016

  |  Conference Days

  |
|  15th December 2016

  |  Call for Submissions

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|  6th February 2017

  |  Deadline for Submission of Full Papers, Research-in-Progress Posters, Panel Discussion Topics, Exhibition Requests

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|  3rd April 2017

  |  Notification of acceptance or rejection of Full Papers, Research-in-Progress Posters, Panel Discussion Topics, Exhibition Request

  |
|  15th May 2017

  |  Deadline for 

 ·                     Submission of Camera-ready Papers

 ·                     Early-bird Registration

  |


 
Conference Co-chairs

Irwin Brown

University of Cape Town, SouthAfrica

Irwin.brown at uct.ac.za


 
Judy Backhouse

University of the Witwatersrand,South Africa

Judy.backhouse at wits.ac.za


 
Gamel O. Wiredu

Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration, Ghana

gwiredu at gimpa.edu.gh


 

 
Enquiries may be sent to any of theconference co-chairs.


 

 
----[WallaceChigona]--[ wallace.chigona at uct.ac.za]---

Professorof Information Systems

Departmentof Information Systems
University of Cape Town
Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701,  South Africa   
Tel: (O)+27 21 6504345 

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