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apols for x-posting, I don't think R has sent this here yet but a link might be with an announcement on the radio this morning that in England, four million people are on the waiting list for social housing four million, waiting list, social housing! what are they waiting for, where are they waiting? This just stuns me I think international development, mobility, and mobile had better come back to England a mobile might be a disused railway carriage, of which there are many, which could be set up with water and sewerage and energy, and wouldn't need landline for almost nothing ________________________________ From: Richard Heeks [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Fri 16/05/2008 00:40 To: Mobiles and Development Subject: [mdevelopment] International ICT4D Conference 2009: Call for Papers and Announcement of Bill Gates as Keynote Speaker What follows is a call for papers for an ICT4D conference - the reason I'm drawing it to the list's attention is that we would hope to have a significant input on mobiles and development. I'm keen to encourage papers on m-devel because of the growing importance of this topic. Richard _+_+_+_+_+_ The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) will be held 17-19 April 2009 at Carnegie-Mellon's state-of-the-art campus in Doha, Qatar (http://www.ictd2009.org <http://www.ictd2009.org/> ). 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. We invite submission of papers for ICTD2009, the third of an ongoing series of conferences, which follows successful events at Berkeley in May 2006 (http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006), and Bangalore in December 2007 (http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/ictd2007) IMPORTANT DATES June 15, 2008 Last date for informal feedback September 22, 2008 Submissions due January 15, 2009 Final decisions sent out to authors February 20, 2009 Camera-ready papers due April 17-19, 2009 Conference CONFERENCE FOCUS The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum for academic researchers and scholarly practitioners 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. The conference will bring together researchers and reflective practitioners in both the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science, electrical engineering, industrial design, and the like, in addition to domain specialists in various development fields such as healthcare, agriculture, enterprise, education, governance, etc. For the purposes of this conference, the term "ICT" will comprise computing devices (e.g. PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), and technologies for voice and data connectivity such as mobile telephony, the Internet, and related technologies. Application domains include, but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, enterprise, 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. CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLICATION Only original, unpublished papers in English will be considered. Word-length limit: 8000 words (this is a maximum, not a target!). Reviews will be double blind. Authors should follow IEEE formats and styles. Samples of this are also available: http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/ictd2007/ICTD2007_sample.pdf. Authors will be required to sign a copyright release for the conference proceedings. All submissions should occur via the ICTD 2009 website: http://www.ictd2009.org <http://www.ictd2009.org/> . All accepted papers will appear in conference proceedings, and we also plan to develop some papers for a journal special issue as well. Papers from the previous conference are now available on IEEE Xplore (IEEE's digital library), e.g.,: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4085497. For the latest information, please see the conference website at http://www.ictd2009.org <http://www.ictd2009.org/> . Please address e-mail correspondence to [log in to unmask] VENUE Qatar is a rapidly growing economy in the region and the world which has set its targets of moving beyond a hydrocarbon economy into becoming a regional and global leader in knowledge and information. Qatar is a modern, stable nation with a vibrant international population, and hosted the Asian Games in 2007. Education City brings leading educational and research institutions to Qatar, including Cornell, Georgetown, Texas A&M, and Carnegie Mellon, offering degree programs in Computer Science, Business Administration, and Information Systems. This provides an ideal venue for hosting ICTD2009, in a geographic location close to major population centers around the world, easily accessible by direct flights. NEW FOR ICTD2009 ICTD2009 will feature an enhanced review process with the opportunity for a brief rebuttal by authors. Details on this process will be given closer to the submission deadline. ICTD2009 will also have a separate call for panels and workshops, and an opportunity to demonstrate ICTD applications. Please refer to the conference website for details. In addition, if authors would like quick feedback on an outline or abstract (especially to gauge topic appropriateness), they can submit this to the Program Committee no later than June 15th, using the designated email address: [log in to unmask] This is voluntary and is not part of the formal peer review process. Richard Heeks, Rahul Tongia Programme Committee Co-Chairs, ICTD2009 Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, ICCO, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank --- You are currently subscribed to mdevelopment as: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [log in to unmask] This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.