[AISWorld] 3rd AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY (ACIST) 2017 - Deadline Extension 20th February 2017

[Wallace Chigona]

3RD African Conference on Information Systems & Technology(ACIST) 2017


 
Theme: Information Technology and the African Networked Society


 
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 is increasingly becoming networked with informationtechnology (IT); and this is producing patterns and dynamics in technology,innovation, modernization and development. The African Networked Society (ANS)speaks of IT networks intermeshing with the African society of individuals,organizations and nations. The ANS is generating tensions between local,national and transnational flows of people, information and policies. Itrepresents a new platform that enables researchers and practitioners to takenew perspectives to pertinent technological, organizational, and developmentalissues 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 byindividuals, organizations, and individuals to accelerate the flow and exchangeof ideas, policies, and cultures to achieve socio-economic advancement ofAfrica. 

The 2017 edition of ACIST aims to facilitate the achievement andexploitation of the ANS through continuous IT innovation and deployment inAfrica. The conference brings together researchers, practitioners, andeducators in Information Systems and Technology to present research anddevelopment works and share ideas that enhance innovation and application of ITin Africa.

ACIST 2017 is calling for completed papers, research-in-progress papersor posters, position papers, panel discussion topics, and exhibition posters ontopics 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 by at leasttwo Programme Committee members. Accepted papers will be published in theconference proceedings with ISSN 2467-8988; and will be considered forfurther review and publication in the African Journal of InformationSystems (www.ajisonline.com). 

IMPORTANT DATES


|  July 2016

  |  Conference Days

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|  15th December 2016

  |  Call for Submissions

  |
|  20th February 2017 (EXTENSION)

  |  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

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Conference Co-chairs

Irwin Brown

University of Cape Town, South Africa

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 ofManagement & Public Administration, Ghana

gwiredu at gimpa.edu.gh 


 

 
Enquiries may be sent to any of the conference co-chairs.


 
----[Wallace Chigona]--[ wallace.chigona at uct.ac.za ]---

Professor of InformationSystems

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

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