[bestbits] Call for Papers for 1st African ITS conference - 10-11 March 2016

[Becky Lentz]

> First AFRICAN ITS conference ­ 10-11 March 2016
> Call for papers
> The first African International Telecommunications Society (ITS) conference
> will be held in Accra, Ghana, in March 2016.
> The conference is entitled ŒICT Infrastructures, Applications and Policies¹.
> The conference website can be found at www.africa-its.org
> <http://www.africa-its.org>
> Deadline for abstracts for paper: 1 November 2015
> Abstracts and suggestions for panels, tutorials and seminars should be sent to
> Anders Henten: henten at cmi.aau.dk
> The conference will elicit papers in the following fields focusing on African
> developments as well as developments in other parts of the world:
> ICT infrastructures and services ­ technologies and markets
> ·        Fixed and mobile developments
> ·        Country cases of coverage and take-up
> ·        Mobile broadband
> ·        Internet developments
> ·        Mobile operators
> ·        Continental fiber rings
> ·        Digital divides
> ·        Investments in ICT infrastructures including PPP
> ·        Cyber security
> ·        Cloud computing
> ·        Broadcast developments
> Social and private applications
> ·        ICT4D and M4D
> ·        E- and m-commerce
> ·        E- and m-learning
> ·        E- and m-health
> ·        E- and m-governance
> ·        Intelligent Traffic Systems
> ·        Agricultural applications
> ·        Mobile money and banking
> ·        Mobile for disaster management
> ·        Social media / social networks
> ·        Communication patterns and trends
> ·        Age and gender issues
> ·        Information Systems approaches to government and business
> applications
> ·        New media
> Policy and regulation
> ·        Telecommunications regulation
> ·        Universal access and service
> ·        Competition regulation
> ·        Spectrum regulation
> ·        Broadcast and media policies and regulation
> ·        Regulatory institutions and agencies
> ·        Internet regulation
> ·        Information society policies
> ·        ICT4D governance
> ·        Broadband policies
> ·        Protection of privacy and identity management
> ·        Cyber security policies
> ·        Copyright and patent issues
> Additional relevant topics are also welcome.
>  
> Important deadlines
>  
> ·        1 November 2015: Deadline for abstracts for papers
> ·        1 December 2015: Notification of acceptance
> ·        1 February 2016: Deadline for final papers
>  
> Submission of Abstracts
>  
> Abstracts should be about 2 pages (800 to 1000 words) in length and contain
> the following information:
> ·        Title of the contribution
> ·        A research question
> ·        Remarks on methodology
> ·        Outline of (expected) results
> ·        Bibliographical notes (up to 6 main references used in the paper)
> All abstracts will be subject to blind peer review by at least two reviewers.
> Questions should be addressed to henten at cmi.aau.dk <mailto:henten at cmi.aau.dk>
>  
> Best regards
> Anders Henten and Dr. Osei Darkwa





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