[AISWorld] CFP ---- ICTO2018 ---- CFP

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ICTO2018 http://icto2018.webs.com Information and Communication Technologies for an Inclusive WorldUniversity Paris Nanterre,  March22d and 23d, 2018 ICTO2018 is the fourth version of ICTO international conference thatattracts multidisciplinary contributions on information systems from the areasof business and management, strategy, marketing, human resources, accounting,logistics, finance, supply chain, economics, computer science, and informationengineering mainly submitted by international scholars.ICTO2018 conference will beorganized at the University of Paris Nanterre, France. It is characterized byits friendly atmosphere that offers scholars the opportunity for highquality discussion and feedback, valuable networking opportunities both withinthe academic community and the international IS community. ConferencescopeToday, the roleof Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in shaping humanactivity in organizations and in society has become more and moreprominent. But many decades after their introduction,the question remains: What do weknow about their design, their usage,and their impact?  What have we learnedafter all these years of research?This conference isconcerned with these ICTs, shedding light on how they were, how they are, andhow they will be understood, adopted, adapted, and used withinorganizations and more generally, within the society as a whole.The main focus will be onhow actors understand the potential of ICTs to support organizationalactivities and hence how they adopt and adapt these technologies to achievetheir goals. We are interested indifferent areas of the organization's strategy through new business models,competitive strategies, knowledge management, etc. Specific areas are concernedsuch as marketing, human resource management, project management, operationmanagement, innovation management, etc. These questions can de addressed bothin private and public sector either national or international e.g. thoughdevelopment policies, in industry and services. We are also interested in howorganization impact society through sustainable development and socialresponsibility. And finally, how ICTs use social media networks in the processof value co-creation.We invite submissions inall areas of ICTs and organizations especially innovative, interesting andrigorously developed conceptual and empirical contributions.We also encourage multi- orinter-disciplinary research.   DeadlinesDeadline paper submission: Oct 30,2017 (at 11:59 pm (UTC/GMT)Notification of acceptance:  Nov 15,2017Camera ready paper:           Nov 30, 2017Application for the Doctoral Consortium                          Nov 30, 2017 Doctoral Consortium:      March 22, 2018 Conference:                  March 22-23, 2018Submit a paper to ICTO 2018: http://icto2018.webs.com/icto2018-paper-submission  
 The major areas of researchthe ICTO traditionally cover are:  §  ICT usage for managing ordisrupting the tensions, contradictions and paradoxes in complex socialproblems§  Affordance and constraintsof ICT that create or worsen complex social problems §  The role of Big data insocio and economic development §  e-Government and democracy§  Open disaster risk data andminimization of the effect of disaster §  ICT and urban servicedelivery §  Social networking andhealth care §  ICT and consumer well-being§  The vulnerable as producersand innovators with ICTs§  Telecenters as paths foraffordable computing §  ICT and workplace inclusionof the vulnerable within society §  Acquisition and absorptionof knowledge with ICT §  Public/privatepartnerships, job creation, and economic growth§  Bridging the digital divide§  Peer-to-peer technology forknowledge sharing §  Using ICT to enforce propersecurity against terrorism §  Gender discrimination andICT •  ICT for different aspects ofdevelopment§  ICT4D and mobiletechnologies §  ICT-enabled business modelsfor social entrepreneurship and social problems §  National ICT policies andhow they shape the societal environment for ICT acceptance and diffusion §  How ICT-enabled platformshelp NGOs achieve social missions.§  More general submissionsare welcome within the conference theme of ICT and societal challenges orrelated to ICT and organizations.§  Best papers of ICTO2017will be published in Springer indexed journals The ICTO2018additionally offers competitive publication outlets