[Community] IST-Africa 2021 - WACREN - Call for full papers - Deadline 30 November

[Effah Amponsah]

Dear Community,

Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission
(AUC), IST-Africa Week 2021 (May) is the sixteenth in an annual series 
of
Ministerial Level Technology Research Conferences.

IST-Africa provides a platform in Africa to strengthen 
technology-enabled
Innovation, Science and Technology related policy dialogues within 
Africa
and between Africa and Europe, Global Development, Research and 
Innovation
Cooperation and Community Building. It also provides an opportunity to
identify potential partners for future research cooperation under 
Horizon
Europe. IST-Africa is a unique community that brings together
cross-disciplinary stakeholders from public, private, education and
research, societal sector with end user communities focused on ICT and 
STI
Research and Innovation.

IST-Africa 2021 Call for Papers invites *full papers* (8 pages in 
length)
using the paper guidelines and IST-Africa template provided at
http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2021/default.asp?page=paperguidelines
to be submitted online for blind peer review by *30 November*.

*Thematic areas* include:

· Technology-enabled Healthcare (mHealth /eHealth)

· Technology-enhanced Learning and eSkills

· Technology-enabled Agriculture (mAgriculture /eAgriculture) &
Environmental Sustainability

· Energy - ICT for Power Delivery, Micro-grids

· eInfrastructures and NRENs (National Research and Education Networks)

· Next Generation Computing: Big Data, Cloud Computing, Future Internet,
Internet of Things (IoT)

· eGovernment and Public Service Delivery

· Content Technologies: Languages; Digital Preservation

· Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust

· Collaborative Open Innovation and Technology-enabled Entrepreneurship
(including Social Entrepreneurship)

· Content Technologies: Languages; Digital Preservation

· Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust

· Global Development (including ICT4D)

· Societal Implications of Technology


Please download
<http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2021/files/ISTAfrica2021_CallforPapers.pdf>
  the Call for Papers for more information.

Papers must present analysis of initial or final research results or a
case study. General project descriptions are not appropriate. It is
important to highlight actual or expected impact as well as the level of
innovation.

It is necessary for the paper submitted to include a *unique element 
that
has not previously been published* and any previous published materials
to be clearly referenced (including material previously published by the
authors).

Each presenter can present *ONE paper *in the Programme. It is necessary
for papers to be physically presented during the event to ensure 
inclusion
in the Proceedings.

Please only submit papers for review where there are authors/co-authors
who will complete registration. Please do not submit multiple papers for
which there is only one author who can register. Click here
<http://www.ist-africa.org/conference2021/default.asp?page=submission> 
for
more details.

Thank you


-- 
Effah Amponsah
Communication & Marketing Officer,
WACREN
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www.wacren.net
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