CALL FOR PAPERS

AFRICOMM 2014
6th International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries
24 -26 November, 2014

Kampala, Uganda
Past editions: 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009

Scope

Deploying efficient and effective infrastructures and solutions when limited resources are available is a challenging task and a key-enabler for the diffusion of ICT in developing countries. The aim of this conference is bringing together international researchers, students, public officers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries.
AFRICOMM 2014  is organized into three Tracks, two of them organized as Research Tracks and one as Policy & Governance Track. The Research Tracks will consist of presentations of research findings in defined themes proposed for the conference.

Paper submission

AFRICOMM offers 4 opportunities of paper submission:
– Research papers: no more than 10 pages of original work;
– Student papers: no more than 5 pages of student/ongoing work;
– Extended abstracts: no more than 2 pages of discussion;
– Posters: no more than 2 pages of work-in-progress description.

Contributions should be submitted electronically as PDF in EasyChair and have to comply with the SPRINGER format.

Publication

All accepted contributions will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST) and will be submitted to the major indexing services (e.g.Google Scholar, ISI, EICompendex, Scopus), as well as in EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL) in Open Access format.
Selected papers may be invited to publish in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on on e-Busineess

Call for Workshop Papers

Workshop on Key factors for sustainable ICT development in Emerging Regions

The goal of this workshop is to identify the key factors for sustainable ICT developments in emerging regions.

Submitted papers should present and discuss concrete ‘lessons learned’ regarding ICT development efforts in and for emerging regions, including, but not limited to

a) Collaborations with international corporations b) R&D efforts between institutions in developed and emerging regions c) Efforts funded by donor organizations focusing on a sustainable socio-economic impact.

Important dates

Submission:                                          31 August, 2014

Notification:                                         21 September, 2014

Camera-ready:                                     29 September, 2014

Please visit the conference website for detailed submission instructions.

General Co-Chairs:

Bjorn Pehrson, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Julianne Sansa Otim, Makerere University, Uganda

TPC Chair:

Amos Nungu, Dar es salaam Institute of Technology

Workshops Chair:

Mathias Kretschmer, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

Publication Chairs:

Karl Jonas, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Science, Germany
Steven Mutaawe, Makerere University, Uganda

Poster Chairs:

Ruth Mbabazi Mutebi, Makerere University, Uganda
Paddy Jr. Assimwe, Makerere University, Uganda
Tom Kamya, Makerere University, Uganda

Industry Forum Chair:

Eng. Isaac Kasana, CEO, Research and Education Network Uganda

Local Arrangements Chair:

Dora Bampangana, Makerere University, Uganda

Publicity Chairs:

Tony Bulega, Makerere University, Uganda
Philip Lutaaya, Makerere University, Uganda
Web Chair:

Maxwell Omwenga, Makerere University, Uganda