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Call for Panels and Workshops - ICTD2009

The organizers of the 3rd IEEE/ ACM International Conference on ICT and Development, ICTD2009 Conference (17-19 April 2009 at the Carnegie-Mellon campus in Doha, Qatar), would like to spur reflective dialogue among researchers and between researchers and development practitioners. Therefore a small number of panels will be chosen to be added to the program.

Panel proposals are invited that will add to the emerging ICTD discipline by having multiple points-of-view reflect on issues that affect the practice of ICTD research and its relationship to development practice. Therefore key assessment criteria we will use to evaluate the panel proposals are:

1. Does it reflect on a novel or unresolved issue in the practice of ICTD research?
2. Does it reflect on a novel or unresolved issue in disseminating or scaling the results of ICTD research into general practice?
3. Does it introduce challenges in the practice of development that ICTD research has yet to address adequately?

Deadline for proposals: 2 November 2009.

Click here to go to the ICTD2009 conference website.
Click here for author instructions.

See also post on Richard Heek’s IEEE Computer article on ICT4D 2.0.

This conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship in the field of ICT and international development. Confirmed speakers include a keynote by William H. Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation. The conference organizers aim to provide funding for attendance of one author of each paper accepted for oral presentation at the conference, and are working to raise additional sponsorship to cover attendance of other participants, with priority given to students and participants from developing countries.

PANEL PROPOSALS

Panel proposals will also be evaluated on the quality of the panel participants’ experience to address the topics being proposed.

Panel proposals need to include:

1. Title for the Panel
2. Summary of what the panel will cover (max 500 words)
3. Names, affiliations, and contact information of 3-5 panelists who have made a commitment to participate
4. Abstract of each panelist’s position statements (max 500 words)
5. Brief biography of each panelist

Proposals will be reviewed by the Panel and Workshop Committee.

All submissions should be emailed to panels@ictd2009.org

For the latest information, please see the conference website at http://www.ictd2009.org

Please also address questions of other e-mail correspondence to panels@ictd2009.org

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

The organizers of ICTD2009 would like to provide a venue for ICTD researchers to disseminate best practice methods and detailed descriptions of solutions to other researchers and development practitioners. Therefore, a few workshop sessions will be chosen to be added to the program in the morning and afternoon before the formal opening of the conference in the evening of April 17th.

There will be two ways to propose a workshop:

1. A proposal to provide a workshop (e.g. Innovative evaluation techniques with low-literacy populations.)
2. A proposal for a workshop to be provided (e.g. Can you provide a workshop on evaluation techniques for when working with low-literacy populations.)

We invite workshop proposals that will further the emerging ICTD discipline by enhancing the skills of ICTD researchers and scholarly practitioners.

Proposals will be evaluated in terms of:

• Will it enhance the practice of ICTD researchers and practitioners.
• Is there a demand for the workshop.
• Do the workshop presenters have the skills and experience to lead the workshop.

Proposals to provide a Workshop need to include:

1. Title for workshop
2. Description of the workshop (500 word max)
3. Time required
4. Intended audience and expected number of attendees
5. Presenters, contact information, and bios
6. Outline of the content of the workshop, including:

6.a. Learning goals
6.b. Topics covered
6.c. Format(s) used (e.g. lecture, small group discussion, demonstration)
6.d. What training materials, if any, will be needed? Will you provide them? Will you need the conference to provide them?
6.e. Do you anticipate needing to charge fees for participation? If so, do you have ideas for sponsorship?

Proposals requesting a workshop to be provided need to include:

1. Title for workshop
2. Description of the desired workshop
3. Intended audience and anticipated number of attendees
4. Potential presenters & contact information (if known)
5. Desired topics to be covered and learning outcomes

Proposals will be reviewed by the Panel and Workshop Committee.

All submissions should be emailed to workshops@ictd2009.org

For the latest information, please see the conference website at http://www.ictd2009.org

Please also address questions of other e-mail correspondence to workshops@ictd2009.org

IMPORTANT DATES
(Please check the conference website for latest information.)

November 2, 2008 Panel and Workshop Proposals due

January 30, 2009 Final decisions sent out to those submitting proposals

February 28, 2009 Position Paper due for panels

April 17-19, 2009 Conference

PANELS AND WORKSHOPS COMMITTEE:
Joe Mertz (Carnegie Mellon, USA) - Co-Chair; Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley, USA) - Co-Chair
Salimah Samji (Google.org, USA); Tim Unwin (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)

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