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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We hope that you will consider
submitting a paper or panel proposal. The submission deadline is September 21.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ted Stohr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Call for Papers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Association for Information Systems<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development (SIG
GlobDev)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="http://www.globdev.org/">http://www.globdev.org</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>5<sup>th</sup> Annual SIG GlobDev Workshop<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>ICT IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Pre-ICIS Meeting</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Orlando, Florida, USA</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Sunday, December 16, 2012<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><b>Theme:
</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>ICT Innovation in Developing Regions: <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Human Capital and Capacity Building for Development<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>WORKSHOP GENERAL CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ojelanki Ngwenyama, Ryerson University,
Canada <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sajda Qureshi, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Edward A. Stohr, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>THEME CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Virginia Commonwealth University,
USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, The University of Texas-Pan
American, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Arlene Bailey, University of the West Indies, Jamaica<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Corlane Barclay, University of Technology, Jamaica<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jyoti Choudrie, Hertfordshire University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Marlene Holmner, University of Pretoria, South Africa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mehruz Kamal, SUNY Brockport, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sergey Samoilenko, Virginia Union University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Following our
very successful pre-ICIS workshops in Paris, Phoenix, Saint Louis, Shanghai and
pre-ECIS and AMCIS workshops and tracks, the 5<sup>th</sup> Annual SIG GlobDev
Workshop will again provide a forum for discussion of practical experience and
research related to the diffusion and use of information and communication
technologies (ICT) in developing regions of the world. The papers in this
workshop will also further knowledge of what we know about how ICT enables the
global economy by enabling local needs to be met. Development is the
improvement in the lives of people and this is often made possible by
ICTs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A
continuing problem in advancing the program of ICT for social development is
the shortage of expertise in many developing countries. While many gains have
been made, the shortage of skilled ICT professionals, low levels of ICT
literacy and the ‘brain drain’ of ICT specialists to developed regions of the
world could undermine progress. In addition, access to ICT resources and the
ability to use these resources have the potential to better the lives of
people. Innovations in ICTs have enabled access to services such as mPESA
that provide access to financial services through cellphones, telecenters that
enable innovative uses of existing technologies to help communities access
needed resources. At the same time, people who are unable to have access to the
ICTs and the innovations associated with them become marginalized.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In
order to address these issues, human capital and capacity building are seen to
be important concepts in understanding development. Human capital is seen
to be a key driver of development in that human capital is the knowledge,
skills and capacity that enable people to achieve their goals and take the
opportunities presented to them. The ability to access and use ICT resources in
innovative ways, requires skill and literacy. In their editorial in the
Information Technology for Development Journal, Bada and Madon (2010) state
that changes in ICT and their applications have placed new demands on the stock
of human capital required to function effectively in the changing global
technological and business environment. The collective stock of human capital
also effects the capacity of a region to grow from ICT investments and
infrastructure. Building capacity for development involves harnessing human
capital to enable the innovative uses of ICT to bring about economic, human
and/or social development. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We
invite papers, panel session proposals, and field studies that can inform
theory and provide guidelines to field workers in developing economies. Both
research and practice papers are encouraged. Graduate student papers will be
given special consideration. Areas of interest for the 5<sup>th</sup> Annual
GlobDev Workshop include but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The
role of government policy in fostering ICT human capital and capacity building<span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>New frameworks and models for fostering ICT human
capital and capacity building <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=msonormal0><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=msonormal0><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Critical and
theoretical perspectives on the digital divide and social inclusion </span></span><span
class=msonormal0><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Challenges of ICT human capital and capacity building
in remote regions <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Educational systems; content provision and delivery;
developing ICT skills<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Mobile technologies as infrastructure for ICT human
capital and capacity building<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Frugal Innovation and innovative ways in which
technologies are applied in developing regions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'>Any combination of the above
or aspects of human capital and capacity building for development will be
considered. <span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal>These will be published in the AIS eLibrary.<span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>FAST-TRACKING TO JOURNAL</span><span
lang=EN style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Authors
of selected workshop papers will be invited to submit their papers for possible
inclusion in a special issue of <a href="http://globdev.org/dev/?q=node/8">Information
Technology for Development</a> (ITD) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Notification of Intention to Submit (Optional): asap<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paper/Panel Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday,
September 21, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Notification to Authors: Friday, October 26, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for Final Papers: Saturday, November 24, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Workshop Date: Sunday, December 16, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'>AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Submitted
papers should be limited to 7,000 words or approximately 25 pages in length.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Please
clearly indicate the category of your paper on the title page: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Research Paper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Contribution
to Practice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Research-in-progress<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Student Paper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Additional
information and instructions for submitting papers and proposals to the
workshop can be found at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="http://www.globdev.org/">http://www.globdev.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext'>SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal'>Panel proposals and Paper Submissions should be sent to:<br>
Ted Stohr, Stevens Institute of Technology: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'><a
href="mailto:estohr@stevens.edu"><b>estohr@stevens.edu</b></a></span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Please include “SIG GlobDev Workshop” in
the subject header of the email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style1><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Edward A. Stohr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Professor and Director of the BI&A Program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Howe School of Technology Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Stevens Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hoboken, NJ 07030<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tel: 201-216-8915; Cell: 201-993-5592; Fax: 201-216-5385<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>http://stevens.edu/howeschool/bia<o:p></o:p></p>
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