[AISWorld] EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: IFIP9.4 2019: “Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D”

[Petter Nielsen]

::: The deadline for submitting papers to the IFIP9.4 conference in Dar es Salaam 2019 has been extended to Sunday October 14th 2018.

The Working Group 9.4 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) gathers scholars and practitioners that deal with the issue on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) affects social development. The theme for the upcoming 2019 IFIP WG 9.4 conference is: “Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D”. With the proliferation of ICT related projects to support development, the southern countries are now emerging as important innovators and actors in the global development and adoption of ICT for the community and economic growth. A good example can be seen with how Kenya has been leading the world with mobile payment for several years. The mobile payment (such as Mpesa and Airtel money) has supported micro financing services and transformed economic activities and lives within the local communities. Such effect offers an exciting setting for reverse innovation whereby lessons learned in ICT4D could offer rich insights for IS research in general. Furthermore, strengthening a southern-driven cooperation promotes ICT initiatives and research carried for, in and by developing countries. The conference theme of “Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D” seeks to stimulate and encourage critical discussions on the different facets of Southern-driven cooperation, its promises, potential, for creating a better world, and the challenges we face in achieving the promised potential. 

**IMPORTANT DATES 
- Full Paper submission: 14th October 2018
- Notification of decision to authors: 17th December 2018
- Deadline for final (camera-ready) papers: 4th February 2019
- Conference dates: May 01-03, 2019 NOTE

All paper submissions are through https://easychair.org

**CONFERENCE TRACKS
We invite those interested in participating to submit to one of the following tracks (see the conference website for more details): 
1. Digital Platforms for Development. 
2. FinTech and Development. 
3. CT4D for the Indigenous, by the Indigenous and of the Indigenous. 
4. Recognizing African Expression of Tech. 
5. Harnessing agriculture, land administration and public financial management for ICT4D. 
6. ICT for Displaced Population & Refugees. How it helps? How it hurts? 
7. Communities, ICT-Enabled Networks, and Development. 
8. Pushing the boundaries - New research methods, theory and philosophy in ICT4D. 
9. Southern-Driven Human-Computer Interaction. 
10. Locally developed process and method innovations in ICT4D. 
11. Sustainable ICT, Informatics, Education and Learning in a turbulent world - “doing the safari way”.
12. Early Feedback for Early Career Researchers.

Conference website: https://2019ifipwg94.net/

** PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS 
- Dr. Honest Kimaro University of Dar es Salaam 
- Prof. Petter Nielsen University of Oslo 
** CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS 
- Prof. Nerey H. Mvungi University of Dar es Salaam 
- Prof. Sundeep Sahay University of Oslo


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Associate Professor
Information Systems  Group
University of  Oslo
Department of Informatics
Ole-Johan Dahls Hus
Gaustadalleèn 23B
N-0373 Norway

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