[AISWorld] CFP: ICT unbounded, Social Impact of Bright ICT Adoption

Mon Feb 11 14:56:53 EST 2019

IFIP WG 8.6 Diffusion and Transfer of IT

CFP: ICT unbounded, Social Impact of Bright ICT Adoption

Accra, Ghana, June 21 – 22, 2019

http://ugbs.ug.edu.gh/ifipwg86-2019/index.html <http://ugbs.ug.edu.gh/>

*Submit by: February 28, 2019*

*DESCRIPTION*

IFIP WG 8.6 is pleased to announce its annual conference on Diffusion and
Transfer of IT would be held on June 21 – 22, 2019 at University of Ghana
in Accra Ghana. This conference is intended to be a forum for scholars,
practioners and doctoral students who are interested in the diffusion of
technology to exchange ideas and collaborate with members of the IFIP
community. We invite individuals to submit research articles, case studies
and research-in-progress that address all interesting aspect of IT transfer
and diffusion including but not limited to:

·       Desirable outcomes from technology adoption in developing countries

·       Unintended consequences of technology adoption and how to address
technostress and cybercrime

·       Diffusion and effect of information technology for developing
economies

·       Diffusion, transfer, and implementation of both mature and immature
smart information technologies and systems in organizations and countries

·       Transfer of technology to be incorporated in systems for customers
and clients

·       Design, adoption and diffusion of technology in the emergency
management, health, entertainment, government, political and criminal
justice sectors

·       Identification of risk factors and barriers to success in emerging
technology adoption and strategies for addressing them

·       Methods to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and value of
technology transfer programs and approaches

·       Case studies of technology transfer and diffusion to provide
instances to guide research, development, and practice

·       Standards and intellectual property issues that inhibit or
facilitate information technology transfer

·       Ethics in the adoption of Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics,
wearables and mobile technology

All submissions undergo double-blind peer-review process. Please submit
your papers using our conference submission system located at
*https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifipwg862019*
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifipwg862019>*.* Full paper must
not exceed twelve (12) and short papers must not exceed seven (7)
single-spaced pages including all text, figures, tables, and appendices.
The cover page, abstract, keywords, and references are excluded from this
page count. The cover page, abstract, keywords, and references are excluded
from this page count. All submissions must be in PDF and should be clearly
marked on the paper. Questions about submission should be emailed to
richboateng at ug.edu.gh  or emmanuel.ayaburi at utrgv.edu. The conference will
be preceded by a doctoral consortium to be chaired by Prof. H.R. Rao[1]
<#m_-2888743801130528823__ftn1>.

*DATES*

·       Paper submission deadline:           28th February 2019

·       Acceptance notification:                   15th March 2019

·       Final camera-ready copy due:         22nd March 2019

·       Conference dates:                              21st – 22nd June 2019

*CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:*

*Honorary Chair*: George Kasper, *VCU, USA*

*Program Chairs*: Yogesh Dwivedi, Swansea *University, UK*

*General Chairs*: Deborah Bunker, *University of Sydney, Australia*

*Program Chairs*: Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, *UTRGV, USA*

*General Chairs*: Richard Boateng, *University of Ghana, Ghana*

*Doctoral Consortium Chair*: H. R. Rao

Program Committee

Yogesh Dwivedi, Swansea *University, UK*

Eleanor Wynn, *Intel, USA*

David Wastell, *University of Nottingham, UK*

Joseph Nwankpa, *Miami University, USA*

Babajide Osatuyi, *Penn State University Behrend, USA*

Michele Maasberg, *Louisiana Tech University, USA*

Jae Ung Lee, *Louisiana Tech University, USA*

Gamel Wiredu, *GIMPA, Ghana*

Joseph Adjei, *GIMPA, Ghana*

David Asamoah, *KNUST, Ghana*

John Effah, *University of Ghana, Ghana*

Emmanuel Ayaburi, *UTRGV, USA*

Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, *UTRGV, USA*

*PC MEMBERS*

1  Dr Joseph Adjei Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
(GIMPA) Ghana
2  Dr Ali Abdallah Alalwan Al Balca University  Jordan
3  Dr Abdullah Baabdullah King Abdulaziz University (KAU) Saudi Arabia
4  Dr Abayomi Baiyere  Copenhagen Business School Denmark
5  Dr Peter Bednar University of Portsmouth UK
6  Professor Jan Damsgaard Copenhagen Business School Denmark
7  Professor Debrah Bunker University of Sydney Australia
8  Professor Lemuria Carter UNSW Business School Australia
9   Professor Yogesh Dwivedi Swansea University, UK UK
10  Professor Andreas Eckhardt German Graduate School of Management and Law
(GGS) Germany
11 Dr Amany Elbanna Royal Holloway University of London UK
12  Dr Helle Zinner Henriksen Copenhagen Business School Denmark
13  Mr Allen Higgens University College Dublin Ireland
14  Dr P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
India
15 Dr Elvira Ismagilova University of Bradford, UK UK
16 Dr Ahmed Imran UNSW Canberra Australia
17 Professor Marijn Janssen TU Delft The Netherlands
18 Professor Anand Jeyaraj Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State
University USA
19 Professor Karlheinz Kautz RMIT University Australia
20 Dr Arpan Kar Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India  India
21 Dr Banita  Lal  UK
22 Dr Jae Ung (Jake) Lee Louisiana Tech University USA
23 Professor Henrik Linderoth University of Jonkoping Sweden
24 Prof. Dr. Sven Laumer Friedrich-Alexander-Universität  Germany
25 Dr. Michele Maasberg Louisiana Tech University USA
26 Dr Patrick Mikalef  Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Norway
27 Jacob Nørbjerg  Copenhagen Business School Denmark
28 Dr Joseph Nwankpa Miami University USA
29 Dr Babajide Osatuyi Penn State University Behrend USA
30 Dr Ilias Pappas University of Agder (UiA) Norway
31 Dr Zainah Qasem The University of Jordan Jordan
32 Dr Nripendra P. Rana Swansea University UK
33 Professor MN Ravishankar Loughborough University UK
34 Dr Sujeet Kumar Sharma  Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy
India
35 Dr Jang Bahadur Singh Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy India
36 Dr Uthayasankar (Sankar) Sivarajah University of Bradford UK
37 Dr Emma Slade University of Bristol UK
38 Dr Ulrika Lundh Snis University West, Sweden Sweden
39 Professor GP Sahu  MNNIT Allahabad  India
40 Mathieu Templier  Université Laval Canada
41 Dr Veeresh Thummadi University of Limerick  Ireland
42 Dr Rakhi Tripathi  FORE School of Management, Delhi India
43 Dr Gamel Wiredu Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
(GIMPA) Ghana
44 Professor Dave Wastell  University of Nottingham UK

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[1] <#m_-2888743801130528823__ftnref1> Information on doctoral consortium
on a separate communication

-- 
Professor Yogesh K. Dwivedi, PhD
Professor of Digital Marketing and Innovation
Director of Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC)
School of Management
Room #323
Swansea University, Bay Campus
Fabian Bay, Swansea, SA1 8EN, Wales, UK.
TEL (Office): +44 (0) 1792 602340
Email: y.k.dwivedi at swansea.ac.uk ; ykdwivedi at gmail.com
Home page:http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/som/academic-staff/y.k.dwivedi/
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