[AISWorld] CfP IDIA International Development Informatics Conference 2022

[Jean-Paul Van Belle]

Dear IS researcher

Find the CfP for the 12th International Development Informatics Association (IDIA) conference to be held at the University of Mpumelanga, South Africa on 22-25 Nov 2022.
Any papers in the field of ICT4D/ICTD/DI or other IT-for-development-related topics are welcomed. Refer to the thematic areas below.
More information on https://easychair.org/cfp/IDIA2022 or from the conference organiser Dr Patrick Ndayizigamiye ndayizigamiyep at uj.ac.za<mailto:ndayizigamiyep at uj.ac.za>.


(Sent on behalf of Dr Ndayizigamiye)


Jean-Paul Van Belle<https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=9VIEn4AAAAAJ&hl=en> <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems/StaffProfile/Jean-PaulVanBelle>

Professor, Department of Information Systems, School of IT<http://www.sit.uct.ac.za/><http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems>

University of Cape Town<http://www.uct.ac.za>





FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS



Conference Theme: ‘Digital-for-development’: Enabling transformation, inclusion and sustainability through ICTs

Heeks (2020) has argued that there is an emerging paradigm in the ICT4D landscape, termed the ‘digital-for-development’ paradigm. This paradigm marks the transition from ICT4D 2.0, where ICTs were often considered as one of the tools that enable development, to ICT4D 3.0, where ICTs are significantly being used as “platforms that mediate development” (Heeks 2020, 12). This new paradigm is partly fuelled by industry 4.0 technologies and the quest to attain the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Datafication, digitalisation and virtualisation are seen as the emerging “roles” played by ICTs in relation to development in the new paradigm (Heeks, 2020: 8). Heeks (2020) proposes that the implications of this new paradigm need to be investigated in the context of the three tenets of development: transformation, inclusion and sustainability (Heeks 2020: 10). In 2016, the United Nations Foundation's Digital Impact Alliance (https://digitalprinciples.org/) endorsed nine principles for Digital Development (https://digitalprinciples.org/). These are: 1. design with the user, 2. understand the existing ecosystem, 3. design for scale, 4. build for sustainability, 5. be data-driven, 6. use Open Standards, open data, open-source, and open innovation, 7. reuse and improve, 8. address Privacy & Security, 9. be collaborative. From a general perspective, these nine principles can enable ICT-led transformation, inclusion and sustainability.

Heeks (2020) further purported that the emergence of the new paradigm has engendered two patterns towards development: competition and cooperation. The former is often exemplified by the competitive nature of digital technologies in developing countries, while the latter is cited as the opportunity afforded by the ‘digital-for-development’ paradigm. He further suggested that the effects of the new paradigm on the two patterns need to be investigated.

The current COVID 19 pandemic has led to a sudden shift to online platforms to manage the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. In this case, ICTs are increasingly being used as platforms for virtual collaboration, service delivery and business continuity, to name a few. However, although anecdotal, this sudden shift has exposed the lack of readiness to embrace service delivery facilitated by ICTs, especially in resource-limited countries. This could suggest that although many ICT-led innovative practices have been introduced, only those who can afford to connect to these platforms benefited from them. This then questions the extent to which these platforms enable transformation if they are not inclusive. This further poses crucial questions about the paradigm shift in ICT4D described above: How can ICTs be used as ‘platforms that mediate development’ through a transformation that is inclusive and fosters sustainability? What evidence do we have that the new paradigm shift in ICT4D ‘digital for development’ can indeed be transformational, inclusive and bring about sustainable development? What are the relationships among the actors in the ‘digital for development ecosystems? How can we theorise ‘digital for development’ in the context of the three tenets: transformation, inclusion and sustainability?

The 12th International Development Informatics Association (IDIA) conference provides a platform for scholars, academics and IT practitioners to discuss new developments in the context of the paradigm shift from ICT4D to ‘digital-for-development’.

Submission Guidelines

Participants are invited to submit full papers in the following, but not limited to, thematic areas:

  *   eHealth for transformation, inclusion and sustainability
  *   Security, Application and Architectures of Internet of Things
  *   Competitive and cooperative logic in digital-for-development
  *   Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) for digital inclusion
  *   Artificial Intelligence (AI) for good
  *   Emerging technologies for transformation, inclusion and sustainable development
  *   Privacy and Security in digital-for-development ecosystems
  *   Data-driven sustainable development
  *   Trusted data sharing in digital-for-development ecosystems
  *   Theories and practices in digital-for-development ecosystems

Full Papers will be evaluated according to their novel research contribution, methodological soundness, theoretical framing and reference to related work, quality of analysis, and quality of writing and presentation. Authors are encouraged to address the diversity of approaches in their research by providing context, implications, and actionable guidance to researchers and practitioners beyond their primary domains.

The submission URL is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idia2022.

Importnat Dates
Full Papers Submission Deadline: July 17, 2022

Notification to Authors: August 31, 2022

Deadline for Full Final (Camera-Ready) Papers Submission: October 31, 2022

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idia2022<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconf%3Didia2022&data=04%7C01%7Cndayizigamiyep%40uj.ac.za%7Cf1f21b52d68d48686fbd08d9f77d056b%7Cfa785acd36ef41bc8a9489841327e045%7C1%7C0%7C637812940172470972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0&sdata=qUQGFluwJAwZSWYDuME5lPtLr8zT%2FktN1iZislTzr%2BY%3D&reserved=0>



Submission of workshops proposals: July 31, 2022

Notification to workshop organisers/presenters: September 30, 2022



Deadline for submitting a paper note for Masters & Doctoral Symposium: September 30, 2022

Notification to Masters & Doctoral Symposium Participants: October 31, 2022

Final (Camera-Ready) Papers & Poster for Masters & Doctoral Symposium: November 22, 2022

Postgraduate Symposium Date: November 23, 2022


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