IST-Africa 2007: Call for Papers - First Announcement

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Montag, 2. Oktober 2006

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IST-Africa 2007 Conference and Exhibition

9 - 11 May 2007, Maputo, Mozambique

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Part of the IST-Africa Initiative (www.IST-Africa.org), which is supported by the European Commission under the IST Programme of Framework Programme 6 (FP6), IST-Africa 2007 is the second in an Annual Conference Series which brings together delegates from leading commercial, government & research organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice.

IST-Africa 2006 (Pretoria, 3 - 5 May) was a great success, attracting 309 Delegates from 38 countries and 4 continents, with Exhibitors from 13 African and European countries.

Hosted by the Government of Mozambique and Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE, IST-Africa 2007 will focus on Applied IST research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission's Information Society Technologies (IST) programme. The programme combines strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an exhibition and social activities. The programme will showcase results from projects currently funded at national and regional level in

Africa and Europe as well as those funded under the IST Programme of the European Commission.

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Call for Papers

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Important Deadlines:

Submission deadline for full paper or workshop proposal: 30 November 2006

Acceptance decision: 31 January 2007

Final Paper Submission: 28 February 2007

The scientific programme for IST-Africa 2007 is based on an open Call for Papers The core thematic areas are Networked Business, eGovernment & eDemocracy, eHealth, Technology Enhanced Learning & ICT Skills and ICT for Agriculture.

Interested presenters are encouraged to prepare an 8 page paper (4,000 - 5,000) words following the ISTAfrica 2007 paper guidelines and paper template for submission online by end of November. Please observe the Paper Guidelines available at

www.ist-africa.org/conference2006/default.asp?page=paperguidelines and use the Paper Template provided when preparing your paper.

All submissions will be double blind reviewed by the International Programme Committee and authors will receive feedback in January. Accepted authors will then be invited to submit a final paper taking account of feedback provided for inclusion in the conference proceedings by end of February.

All papers (www.ist-africa.org/Conference2007/default.asp?page=submission) and workshop proposals (www.ist-africa.org/Conference2007/default.asp?page=submission-ws) must be submitted online from 20 September.

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Core Thematic Priorities for IST-Africa 2007

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- Networked Business

- eGovernment & eDemocracy

- eHealth - Services to Citizens

- Technology Enhanced Learning & ICT Skills

- ICT for Agriculture

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Related Themes

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Related themes include but are not restricted to:

- eAdoption and eInclusion - national, regional and sectoral case studies and policy issues

- Collaborative Learning

- Culture and language - impact on eAdoption

- Digital Content & Digital Rights Management - issues, applications & technologies

- eVoting, eParticipation

- Future Emerging Technologies

- GRID - issues, applications and technologies

- ICT for Development

- Interoperability and Standardisation

- Knowledge management and technologies

- Learning organizations

- Lifelong Learning

- Mobility - issues, applications & technologies

- Networked, Smart and Virtual Organisations

- Open Source Content

- Open Source Technologies and Applications

- Research Infrastructures

- Trust & Confidence

More information is available at

www.ist-africa.org/Conference2007/default.asp?page=priorities

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Support Organisations

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Support organisations confirmed to date include

- European Commission

- Ministry of Science and Technology, Mozambique

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Technical Co-Sponsors

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Technical Co-Sponsors confirmed to date include

- IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa)

- IEEE South Africa Section

- IEEE South Africa Computer Chapter

- IEEE UKRI Computer Chapter

- IEEE Control and Communications (Ireland) Joint Chapter

We kindly ask you to forward this Call for Papers to your colleagues in research, government or business interested in these topics.

We look forward to receiving your paper and workshop submissions.

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IST-Africa Organising Committee

www.IST-Africa.org

Conference Secretariat: secretariat@IST-Africa.org

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Paul Cunningham

President & CEO

IIMC International Information Management Corporation Ltd

E-mail: paul@iimg.com

Web: www.iimg.com

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IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition

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www.IST-Africa.org/Conference2007 - Call for Papers Submission Deadline 30 November