Announcement and call for papers for 7th CMI Conference 2014
Title of conference: Mobile Communications in Developing Countries
Date: 17 - 18 November 2014
Venue: Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark
The conference on ‘Mobile Communications in Developing Countries’ examines issues regarding the development of mobile ICT. Issues bordering on, but not limited to mobile markets, regulations, business strategies as well as issues relating to the use of mobile communications for economic, social, and human development, will be discussed.
Participants will come from academia, business, and policy and regulation. The idea is to benefit from input from speakers and participants from developing countries as well as Europe and elsewhere.
Conference Objectives
The main objectives of this conference are:
- To discuss the developments of ICTs, mobile communications, and media
- To discuss sector specific uses of mobile communications, e.g. e-payment, e-health
- To highlight the current challenges encountered in the uptake of mobile broadband in developing countries and its impact on ICT development
- To explore ways in which ICTs and mobile 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
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
- ICT for development
- Mobile for development
- 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: 22 September
Notification of acceptance: 29 September
Deadline for Full Papers: 10 November
Submit your abstract / paper to: cmi@cmi.aau.dk
Hosts
CMI, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark and Ghana Telecom University College, Accra, Ghana
Price: 100 €
