Call for papers

51 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-51)
Dates: Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii on January 3-6, 2018
Track: Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D): ICTs and Sustainable Development faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/hicss51/ict4d.php 
Application deadline: 15 June 2017
Information about the conference and other tracks hicss.hawaii.edu/

5th International Conference on e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND2017) 
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates: 11-13 July, 2017
Submission Deadline: 11 June 11, 2017
More information on sdiwc.net/conferences/5th-international-conference-on-e-technologies-and-networks-for-development/

PhD positions

PhD positions in IS department at the University of Cologne on Data-driven analytics and decision support to address wicked problems in sustainable smart energy markets www.stellenwerk-koeln.de/sites/default/files/pdf/university/doctoral_researcher_wma_wirtsch.informatik_prof._ketter.pdf

PhD position in Computer and Systems Sciences with a focus on IT Management at Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University.
Deadline: 5 May, 2017
More information www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/vacancies-new-list  


Some readings

How Technology Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security
http://www.ictworks.org/2017/04/06/how-technology-can-reduce-hunger-and-improve-food-security/ 

How Video Can Improve Agricultural Practices in Uganda
http://www.ictworks.org/2017/04/12/how-video-can-improve-agricultural-practices-in-uganda/ 

6 Recommendations for Supporting Women and Girls’ Power, Voice and Influence Through Digital ICTs http://www.ictworks.org/2017/04/25/6-recommendations-for-supporting-women-and-girls-power-voice-and-influence-through-digital-icts/

Calls for papers

Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D): ICTs and Sustainable Development
More information: hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/electronic-government/

Health Information Technology for Development: Use Of ICTs for Health Equity
For details about this call and contacts visit hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/information-technology-in-healthcare/

Critical Realism and ICT4D” – Special Section, EJISDC
The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries is to publish a special section on “Critical Realism and ICT4D”
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 14 April 2017
More details www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/announcement/view/27

mLearn 2017
16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning
Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
Dates: 30 October - 1 November 2017
Submission deadline: 1st June 2017 
For more information visit www.iamlearn.org/mlearn/

ICWL 2017
16th International Conference on Web-based Learning
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Dates: 20th -22nd September 2017
Submission deadline for abstract: 11th April, 2017
Full Submission deadline: 18th April, 2017
For more information visit www.hkws.org/conference/icwl2017/

International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions ICTer
Location: University of Colombo School of computing, Sri Lanka
Dates: 7 - 8 September 2017
Submission Deadline: 24 April, 2017
More information on www.icter.org/conference/

5th International Conference on e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND2017)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates: 11-13 July, 2017
Submission Deadline: 11 June 11, 2017
More information on sdiwc.net/conferences/5th-international-conference-on-e-technologies-and-networks-for-development/

Scholarship and fellowships

2 PhD Research Fellowships in Information Systems at the University of Oslo: Health Information Privacy and Architectures for Patient Centric Healthcare
The Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo seeks well qualified applicants for 2 PhD research fellowship positions in Information Systems 
Contact person: Petter Nielsen (pnielsen[at]ifi.uio.no
Full announcement: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/135487/phd-research-fellowships-in-informatics-seven-positions

A PhD position at University of Paris Dauphine on Quality-of-service management for Cloud applications
Deadline for application: 15 April 2017 
For full description, required skills and contact see www.lamsade.dauphine.fr/sites/default/IMG/pdf/proposition-these-qos-cloud2017__v02.pdf

Other opportunities 

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting
The Internet Society is inviting applications for its Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The Fellowship programme allows technologists, engineers and researchers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.
Application deadline: 2 April 2017 
For more information visit bit.ly/1HaKPt5.

ICTP Workshop on Open Source Solutions for the Internet of Things 
The applications for the ICTP Workshop on Open Source Solutions for the Internet of Things are open. There is support for 12 PhD students from Developing Countries
Deadline for application: 10 April 2017
More information at indico.ictp.it/event/7972/

Some readings

LIRNEasia research on free and subsidized data use in Myanmar 
LIRNEasia is carrying out research on the use of promotional and free data use in Myanmar and India. The results from Myanmar are available at lirneasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/NavigatingTheWalledGarden_CihonGalpaya_2017.pdf

Innovations to Accelerate Universal Internet Adoption
www.ictworks.org/2017/03/15/innovations-to-accelerate-universal-internet-adoption/

Universal Internet Access for the Next Four Billion
www.ictworks.org/2017/03/08/universal-internet-access-for-the-next-four-billion/

Seminar

IPID ICT4D Seminar 

Theme: Flexible delivery of education through mobile learning

Speaker: Prof. Mohamed Ally, Vice-President of International Association for Blended Learning (IABL) and Acting chair, Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University.
Date: 28^th March 2017

Time: 10 AM -11 AM

Venue: Novahuset, N2043, Örebro University School of Business
For registration and more information visit http://groupspaces.com/ipid/item/1097404

 

Conference

IFIP WG 9.4 2017 conference

Paper submission: Closed

Registration: Ongoing

For more information visit http://2017.ifipwg94.net/

 

Calls for papers

ICTD2017 Conference

The 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD)

Venue: Avari Hotel Lahore, Pakistan

Date: 16^th -19^th November 2017

Submission deadline of full papers: 15^th May 2017

More information at http://ictd2017.itu.edu.pk/

CTISRM2017 Conference

The 2nd International Conference on Computing Technology, Information Security and Risk Management to take

Venue: ISGA (Higher Institute of Engineering and Business - Marrakesh), Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco

Dates: 28^th -30^th September, 2017

Submission deadline: 15^th August 2017

For more information visit http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2nd-international-conference-on-computing-technology-information-security-and-risk-management/

PhD Colloquium - IFIP EGOV 2017 and IFIP ePart 2017

16th IFIP International Conference on eGovernment (IFIP EGOV 2017) and 9th IFIP International Conference on eParticipation (IFIP ePart 2017)

Venue: St. Petersburg, Russia

Date: 3^rd September 2017 (PhD Colloquium)

Dates: 4^th – 7^th September 2017 (Conference)

Call for Papers for PhD Colloquium

Deadline: 15th March, 2017

More information at http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/ifip.working.group.8.5/website/conference/#/Colloquium/

 

Scholarship

ICT4D Masters Scholarships from Manchester University

2017 Development Informatics Scholarship - worth £18,500 - is available for developing country applicants to Manchester’s one-year MSc ICT4D

Application for the MSc and scholarship: By end May

Scholarships: All tuition fees including overseas fieldwork.

For more information visit http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/study/taught-masters/courses/list/icts-for-development-msc/

 

Interesting readings

Key traits of Sustainable ICTforAg programs accessible at

http://www.ictworks.org/2017/02/15/can-you-guess-the-5-key-traits-of-sustainable-ictforag-programs/

How to grow and sustain digital harvest report accessible at https://www.raflearning.org/post/understanding-business-model-review-how-sustain-and-grow-digital-harvest