[Community] Fwd: [AfricaConnect] FW: IST-Africa 2015 - Call for Papers Deadline 12 December - Pls circulate

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Subject: [AfricaConnect] FW: IST-Africa 2015 - Call for Papers Deadline 12
December - Pls circulate
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*From:* secretariat at ist-africa.org [mailto:secretariat at ist-africa.org]
*Sent:* 25 September 2014 14:59
*To:* 'IST-Africa Secretariat'
*Subject:* IST-Africa 2015 - Call for Papers Deadline 12 December - Pls
circulate
*Importance:* High



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IST-Africa 2015 Conference

Lilongwe, Malawi, May 2015

Call for Papers - Deadline 12 December

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Dear Colleagues,



Please find below the Call for Papers for IST-Africa 2015. We would
appreciate if you circulate this Call for Papers to relevant mailing lists,
colleagues and publish the links on relevant sites to raise awareness of
this opportunity.



Hosted by the Government of Malawi through the National Commission for
Science and Technology, Supported by the European Commission and African
Union Commission, IST-Africa 2015 will take place in Lilongwe in early May
2015.



Part of the IST-Africa Initiative, which is supported by the European
Commission under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7), IST-Africa
2015 is the tenth in an Annual Conference Series which brings together
senior representatives 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 and
discussing policy related issues.


The scientific programme for IST-Africa 2015 is based on an open Call for
Papers

http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2015/files/ISTAfrica2015_CallForPapers.pdf



IST-Africa 2015 is focused on applied ICT and the core thematic areas
include:
- Digital Libraries
- eHealth, mHealth & Health Information Systems
- eGovernment - Services to Citizens & Business
- eInfrastructures, NRENs and IPv6
- Future Internet: Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust, Connected Enterprise
- ICT for Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability
- ICT4D (including Humanitarian Technologies)
- ICT Skills and ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility
- ICT Regulatory Frameworks
- Living Labs (Adaptation for Developing Countries)
- Mobile Applications (including mServices, mEducation, Social Networking)
- Next Generation Computing: Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Localisation,
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Open Source Software - Applications
- Technology-enhanced Learning
- Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation
- Societal Implications of Technology



Interested presenters are encouraged to prepare an 8 page paper (4,000 -
5,000) words following the IST-Africa paper guidelines and paper template
for submission online by *12 December*. For more information, please visit

http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2015/default.asp?page=submission



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



We look forward to receiving your submission.



Best wishes,

Miriam



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