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<p class="MsoNormal">******************************************************************</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CFP - ICT4D / Development Informatics - 6th
IDIA Conference </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6-8 September 2012</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:city>Istanbul</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*******************************************************************</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Theme: Alleviating Digital Poverty with ICT
innovation in
emerging economies. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will ICT Rights make a difference? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Website:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2012/6th.html">http://developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2012/6th.html</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We invite you to submit an abstract for a
proposed paper in
the area of Developing Informatics / ICT4D for IDIA 2012 (the
6th International
Development Informatics Association Conference) to be held on
6-8 September
2012, in <st1:place><st1:city>Istanbul</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submit and register here:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Online conference system:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.conftool.net/idia2012/">https://www.conftool.net/idia2012/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keynote speakers:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chrisanthi Avgerou</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Information Systems and Innovation Group</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:placename>London</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype>School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
of Economics</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:city>London</st1:city></st1:place></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mustafa Akgul </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bilkent University,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:city>Ankara</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. CALL FOR PAPERS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The conference is aimed at researchers,
policy-makers and
reflective practitioners. It will be managed and hosted by the
School of IT at
the South African campus of Monash University, North-West
University (South
Africa), and Marmara University (Turkey).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed and
accepted
papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Selected
papers will be
submitted for publication in an accredited journal in DI
(Development
Informatics) / ICT4D.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference proceedings will be distributed at
the
conference.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The DI / ICT4D space is a dynamic, complex,
morally
challenging and altruistic area for intervention or for
undertaking research.
The 5th IDIA conference, held in October 2011 in <st1:place><st1:city>Lima</st1:city>,
<st1:country-region>Peru</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
identified these
realities. One of the key themes emerging from that conference
was the need to
understand the connections between access and usage of ICT and
poverty,
connecting both issues under the concept of digital poverty.
Also, in the
context of the recent social uprising around the <st1:place>Mediterranean
Sea</st1:place>,
the importance of ICT and new media are growing. The voices of
citizens through
the use of social media are becoming a part of the political
scene. ICT tools
for communication as well as for organizing and structuring
political responses
under both authoritarian and democratic regimes are gaining
ground. The need to
go beyond the technical aspects of ID / ICT4D demands serious
attention. The
6th annual IDIA conference hopes to progress in this direction.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Development Informatics covers a broad range
of fields
relevant to developing countries and marginalised communities,
and includes
disciplines such as Health Informatics, e-Governance, and
e-Learning. The 6th
IDIA2012 Conference hopes to progress in exploring improving the
field of
Development Informatics, and calls for papers in any of the
following themes:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. THEMES</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.1 Digital Poverty Alleviation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What is digital poverty? Theoretical,
methodological,
empirical discussions and developments. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does poverty alleviation require an ICT
dimension? What
experiences, at the local, national or regional level, can offer
guidance? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What are the skills for development agents
that ICT can
provide? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How can ICT, among others, contribute to the
non-monetary
dimensions of poverty alleviation, including political, cultural
and minorities
issues? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.2 ICT Rights</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are there specific rights associated to ICT
access and
usage? Are these rights connected to development in any
meaningful way? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is rights promotion a requirement for those
involved in DI /
ICT4D work? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are rights specific to cultural or social
realities, or are
they universal? Is ICT a way to universalize rights? And if so,
what right do
we have to promote these rights? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is development work with ICT being
transformed by the
current usage of social media for political purposes? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.3 The Field of DI / ICT4D</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Development informatics and poverty
alleviation: academic,
theoretical and practical issues. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What is the relevance of social and cultural
conditions and
contexts of work activities for Development Informatics? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What developmental challenges are brought by
the widespread
deployment of technologies in deprived communities, in
developing nations, in
aboriginal communities? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Minorities and DI: ethnical, gender, sex,
religion and the
work of development. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The relationship between commercial
informatics, development
informatics and information systems. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Papers may be relevant to one or more of
these topics and
the above themes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We especially invite academics,
practitioners, policymakers
and activists from the <st1:place>Mediterranean</st1:place> and
<st1:place>Middle East</st1:place> regions to participate.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. PANELS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Candidates may also put in proposals for a
panel discussion.
Kindly submit possible themes and names of panelists.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. RESEARCH EXCHANGE</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Research Exchange session is proposed for
either 5
September or 9 September. The purpose of this session is for
sharing current
non-published work in progress research (i.e. working papers,
Ph.D, M.S. or
academic non-degree-oriented research). If interested, please
indicate which
date suits you best. Arrangements will be made in time, and
there is no extra
fee if you are already registered for the main conference. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS <st1:stockticker>AND</st1:stockticker>
PROPOSALS </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abstracts of no longer than 300 words may be
submitted
through the electronic submission system:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.conftool.net/idia2012/">http://www.conftool.net/idia2012/</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If an Abstract is accepted, its full paper
may only be
submitted via the electronic submission system. For relevant
themes see the
Call for Papers above.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deadlines:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:date year="2012" day="28" month="2">28
February 2012</st1:date><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Submission of Abstracts</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">15 March 2012<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Notification of acceptance of Abstracts</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 May 2012<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Full
papers due for blind peer review</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 July 2012<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Peer review results</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:date year="2012" day="1" month="8">1
August 2012</st1:date><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Final
version of papers due</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5.1. Conference Proceedings</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5.2 Format</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For reviewing purposes papers should be
submitted in one of
these formats: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Open Office </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">RTF </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MS Word - please do not save in *.docx
format, but in an
older version [Use Save As... and select an older version of MS
Word].</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Formatting requirements:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For review purposes: The paper should include
a title,
abstract, and references (preferably Harvard/<st1:stockticker>APA</st1:stockticker>
style. Please remove all references to author names and
institutions. The paper
length should be between 4000 and 8000 words including all
headings,
references, and footnotes. We recommend 1.5 or double line
spacing with size 10
or greater font. Use of footnotes should be minimized. The
abstract should be a
maximum of 300 words.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For publishing purposes: Papers accepted
after the double-blind
peer review process must comply with the following requirements,
otherwise they
will not be included in the Conference Proceedings. Also meet
the deadlines for
submissions to have the paper included in the Proceedings.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The paper should include the author and
co-authors' name,
affiliation and contact email </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Note that papers may be reformatted by the
conference
organisers for the conference proceedings and for journal
submission. The paper
will only be included in the conference proceedings if at least
one co-author
is able to present the paper at the conference </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once the paper is accepted for the conference
proceedings,
it is assumed that the author gives consent for the paper to be
published
online by the conference organizers. Do not submit in *.docx
format.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. REGISTRATION</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To register, please use the online conference
system at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.conftool.net/idia2012/">https://www.conftool.net/idia2012/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6.1 Registration fees</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference fee<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Early bird<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Student specials:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference fee<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Early bird<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Students have to present proof of current
registration at a
higher education institution.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6.2 Visa letters</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Visa application support letters will only be
supplied to
individual authors of peer reviewed papers that have been
accepted. Please do
not request bulk visa application supporting letters. For
observers who require
a visa letter, please submit your qualifications, university
from which you
obtained your degree, year of completion, and a short paragraph
of your
research interest and activities in the field. Support letters
will only be
supplied after full registration for the conference, including
payment of the
registration fee.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7. ACCOMMODATION</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8. TRANSPORT</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TBA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">About IDIA:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 five international
conferences.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.developmentinformatics.org">http://www.developmentinformatics.org</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IDIA2012 is the 6th International IDIA
Conference. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Co-Chairs:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Melih KIRLIDOG</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jacques STEYN<o:p></o:p></p>
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