[AISWorld] iD4A - Extension to Paper Submission Date

[Wallace Chigona]

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Dear everyone, 

 

We want to acknowledge the students who have already submittedtheir paper to iD4A2019 EasyChair account in advance of our March 4th, 2019,deadline. Thanks so much to you all! 

 

Wehave received many requests to extend the deadline for paper submission. As aresult, the iD4A2019  program committee has decided to extend the finaldeadline for the Call for Papers.

 

Submissions are now due no later than Monday, March 18th, 2019(23:55 GMT+2). 

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS!

 

Innovative Development for Africa

#ID4A2019

“The 1st postgraduate symposium organised entirely bystudents, for students!”

 

11-12 July 2019

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Description

The field of Information and Communication Technologyfor Development (ICT4D) brings together various disciplines to address humandevelopment challenges with the aid of information technologies. This relies onthe multidisciplinary interaction and collaboration of different stakeholders.Unfortunately, there is no clear support group and platform for Africanpostgraduate students in the field of ICT4D to grow and to test their ideas.The iD4A symposium provides an opportunity to postgraduate students working inICT4D and related fields to present their work and get feedback from a diverseaudience of students and faculty. 

The event is jointly hosted by the four universities inthe Western Cape of South Africa, namely the University of Cape Town, CapePeninsula University of Technology, University of the Western Cape andStellenbosch University.

We welcome postgraduate students from the Western Cape, therest of South Africa and beyond, working in research involving ICTs anddevelopment to be part of iD4A. A broad category of contributions relating todevelopment and technology are welcome, including but not limited to:

−       Collaboration

−       Health and Nutrition

−       Education and Access

−       Gendered Technologies

−       Transparency and Openness

−       Digital and FinancialInclusion

−       e-Government and e-Governance

−       Agriculture and Environment

−       Participatory Development

−       Inclusive Technologies

−       Smart Townships 

−       ICTs and Impact

−       Livelihoods

 

Select submission(s) will be invited to a writers’workshop to develop their abstract into a full paper which will be fast-trackedto a special issue in the Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa (TD)- a DHET accredited journal.

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Keynote Speaker

Prof Tim Unwin

UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, and EmeritusProfessor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.

“Challengingorthodoxy on technology and development: reflections from the dark side”

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Highlights

Workshop by Prof Tim Unwin – ‘Managing theexpectations of postgraduate students and their supervisors’

‘Café Conversations’ with Symposium Presenters

Panel Discussion

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Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 4th March2019 18th March 2019

Notification of outcomes to authors: 3rd May2019

Deadline for camera-ready abstracts: 14th June2019

Symposium: 11-12 July 2019

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Venue

University ofCape Town, South Africa

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Submission Requirements

All submissions should be in the form of an extendedabstract no longer than 4 pages. All submissions should be in English. Please referto the Submissionspage on the symposium website for more information.




 

 

----[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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