[Telecentres] Call for Papers: ICTD2006

[ICTD 2006]

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CALL FOR PAPERS       [Please forward as appropriate.]
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First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies 
and Development (ICTD2006)
 
May 25-26, 2006
Berkeley, California, U.S.A. 
http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006
 
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in projects that apply information and 
communication technologies (ICT) to support socio-economic development.  
Every sector is involved – governments, academia, small start-ups, large 
corporations, inter-governmental organizations, and non-profits and non-
governmental organizations.  In spite of the tremendous energy and resources 
behind these projects, scientifically sound research in this space is just beginning to 
emerge.  What is the actual impact of ICT projects?  What novel technology is 
required to meet development needs?  What methodologies lead to success or 
failure of a project?    
 
The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum for academic researchers 
working with ICT applied to development.  The conference will be scientifically 
rigorous and multi-disciplinary – papers reporting high-quality original research are 
solicited.  Submitted papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review, and a full 
proceedings will be published at the time of the conference.  (Best papers, as selected by a subset of the program committee, will be published in a special 
edition of the journal, Information Technologies and International Development.)
 
The conference will bring together researchers in both the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, 

computer science, electrical engineering, industrial design, and so on.  We expect 
this to be the first of an ongoing series of conferences to occur every one or two 
years, and moving from country to country.  
 
For the purposes of this conference, the term “ICT” will comprise computing 
devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), technologies for voice and data 
connectivity, the Internet, and related technologies.  Application domains include, 
but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, healthcare, poverty alleviation, 
general communication, and governance.  Papers considering novel design, new 
technology, project assessment, policy impact, content, social issues around ICT 
for development, and so forth will be considered.  Well-presented negative results 
from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought.  
 
Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on website):
 
* Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit:   October 21, 2005
* Deadline for full paper submissions:    December, 2005
* Notification to authors:    January, 2006
* Deadline for camera-ready copy:    March, 2006
* Conference dates:     May 25-26, 2006
 
Only original, unpublished papers in English will be considered.  Reviews will be double blind.  Abstracts will facilitate the review process, and should be 200-400 words in length.  
 
For further information, please see the conference website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006.  Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006 at yahoo.com. 
 
Organizers:
 
Honorary Chairs:  VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu Planning Commission) and Ken 
Keniston (MIT) 
 
Chairs:  Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC Berkeley)
 
Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT-
Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama (MSR India)
 
Sponsors:  MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley.  We are seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel grants.


		
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