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<DIV>The 4th International Development Informatics Association Conference: IDIA 2010 http://www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2010/4th.html will be held on 3-5 Nov 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. As a very important part of the technical program, IDIA2010 invites panel proposals. Panels should address timely and, preferably, controversial issues and must be debate-oriented rather than a series of short presentations. <BR><BR>Panel sessions are one-hour presentations by three-to-four presenters that allow the participants to address an issue of concern to academic or practitioners. These sessions should be geared toward helping attendees understand multiple perspectives on a topic through active participation. Panelists may wish to debate each other, pose questions to the audience or each other, or help the audience engage actively.<BR><BR>A proposal should include the topic title; a short statement about the importance and relevance of the panel and the potential issues of controversy; a tentative list of questions that will be posed to the panelists; a list of confirmed participants along with their affiliations (need not be complete); and a short bio of each participant. The write up of the panel discussion will be included in the conference proceedings.<BR><BR>Proposals must be submitted electronically by April 30, 2010 to the Panel Co-Chairs (Michael Kyobe (Michael.kyobe@uct.ac.za) and Maureen Tanner (mtanner@uct.ac.za). Feel free to contact the chairs to discuss a potential proposed topic.<BR><BR>Acceptance decisions for IDIA panel proposals will be made by 1st June 2010.<BR><BR>Conference Committee<BR>Wallace Chigona, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Kosheek Sewchurran, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Jacques Steyn, Monash South Africa<BR>Graeme Johanson, Monash University, Australia<BR>Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Michael Kyobe, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Salah Kabanda, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Maureen Tanner, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Paul Plantinga, Monash University, Australia<BR>Agnes Chigona, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR>Rangarirai Matavire, University of Cape Town, South Africa<BR><BR>About CITANDA:<BR>CITANDA is a research unit at the University of Cape Town that focuses on creating knowledge by pursuing research relating to the use of ICTs for socio-economic upliftment in Africa.<BR><BR>About IDIA:<BR>IDIA, the International Development Informatics Association, is an association serving as a forum for international cooperation between organisations focusing on research into the use of ICTs by developing economies and societies (ICT4D). IDIA was founded in 2006 and has held national workshops on Development Informatics, as well as three international conferences. IDIA2009 was held in October 2009, attracting papers from 12 countries. IDIA2010 is the 4th International IDIA Conference.<BR><BR>Best Regards,<BR><BR>Organising Committee<BR><BR></DIV>
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