---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:13 AM Subject: [members] Fwd: Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa - international conference 26-27 May 2014 in Accra, Ghana To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Forwarded as requested. Nigel Begin forwarded message: *From: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> *Subject: **Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa - international conference 26-27 May 2014 in Accra, Ghana* *Date: *17 March 2014 09:53:30 GMT *To: *"[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Gilbert GN Prof (Sociology)" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> A serious telecom research event, the first ITS event that is taking place in Africa (with the exclusion of South Africa, few venture elsewhere) Can you please inform experts, faculty, PhD students and others who might contribute to the event?Thank you Loretta *From:* Its-l [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> ] *On Behalf Of *Morten Falch *Sent:* Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:53 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [Its-l] 2nd Call for Papers: The Future of Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa - 3rd CMI GTUC international conference 26-27 May 2014 in Accra, Ghana INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results on Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa. Selected papers will be published in a special edition of Nordic- and Baltic Journal of ICT*.* ================= Mobile and fixed communication networks and services have been advancing at a fast pace in Africa and is increasingly used as technology platforms for meeting challenges in other fields such as health, education, banking, etc. New media have also emerged in the process. Today there is a shift from conventional TV and radio delivery of media content to the internet. Though a decade of innovative public sector reforms in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and media sectors of sub-Saharan Africa has brought enormous developments and prospects, there's room for further development. Most of the African economies have also been expanding over the same period, which implies that the consumer base is still expanding, and there are enormous opportunities for the media, mobile and internet sub-sectors. The mobile markets in the sub-Saharan Africa are very competitive with a multiplicity of network operators in each country. Investors from across the world are keeping a watch over the events in the sub-region as new and innovative service offerings are being rolled out year after year. The story isn't different in the media sector. Africa is the second most populous region of the world with over 1 billion inhabitants. Though there has been tremendous growth rates for mobile communications, coupled with some fiber optic cables being laid, market penetration rates for fixed telephony, mobile communications and broadband internet remain relatively low. In the media, most media houses in Africa are yet to harness the full potential of new media enabled by ICT. Real digital opportunities for deployment and utilization in areas such as e-learning, e-health and e-governance, etc. are presented to promote higher literacy, healthy, and well informed societies. It is, therefore, imperative that sub-Saharan Africa positions itself to participate and utilize the ever-evolving opportunities in health delivery, e-learning endeavors, e-commerce, e-governance, new media etc. The conference on 'The Future of Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa' examines these issues regarding the development of mobile ICT and media - markets, regulations, business strategies - as well as issues relating to the use of mobile communications for economic, social, and human development. Participants will come from academia, business, and policy and regulation. The idea is to benefit from input from speakers and participants from Africa as well as Europe and elsewhere. There is a need for Africa to partner and establish cooperation with their counterparts in the areas of research and development, deployment and operations, consultancies and education, as well as learning best practices. Conference Objectives The main objectives of this conference are: · To discuss the developments of mobile communications and media with respect to market developments, policies and regulation, and business potentials and strategies; · To highlight the current challenges encountered in the uptake of new media platforms in Africa; · To examine the need for and use of ICT by educators, health care workers, government officials, business men, researchers, etc. in the sub-region; · To explore ways in which technologies are used and assessed in diverse fields of education, health care, governance, businesses, social networks, banking & finance; · To assess recent methods that enhance access to mobile communications, education, health services, government services, business services such as distance education, computer-based communication methods, telemedicine, e-commerce, face booking, etc.; Who Should Attend Faculty, Teachers, Researchers, Policy makers and Regulators, Health practitioners, Business professionals, ICT practitioners, Instructional designers, Media specialists and producers, Distance learning directors, Technology & Service providers. Topics will include - but not limited to the following: · Mobile communications · Mobile broadband · Information Systems · Role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) · Application of Information Systems in government and businesses · Age and gender issues in the use of Information Systems · Digital library, distance learning, e-learning systems & technologies · E-health & e-governance · Databases, storage & retrieval systems (e.g. Cloud Computing) · Cyber-security - governance, risk & compliance (GRC), cyber-crime. · E-commerce & e-banking in developing economies · Social media & social networks · Social engineering challenges and counter measures · ICT policy & regulatory environment. · Media policy & regulatory environment Important Dates: · *Deadline for Abstracts: April 1, 2014.* · *Notification of Acceptance: April 7, 2014.* · *Deadline for Full Papers: May 12, 2014.* Submit your abstract / paper to: [email protected] Registration Can be made at http://www.conf.cmi.aau.dk/current-conference/ . The final programme and otherinformation will be posted on the same website. Organizing committee: Ezer Yeboah-Boateng, GTUC, [email protected] Osei Darkwa, GTUC, [email protected] Isa Abdullahi, CMI, [email protected] Idongesit Williams, CMI, [email protected] Reza Tadayoni, CMI, [email protected] Anders Henten, CMI, [email protected] Morten Falch, CMI, [email protected] Knud Erik Skouby, CMI, [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ Professor Nigel Gilbert, ScD, FREng, AcSS, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. +44 (0)1483 689173 Surrey is 38th in QS World Rankings for Sociology http://goo.gl/xvo77W -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/