Call for Papers for IST-Africa 2012 Conference & Exhibition Print
Written by Tania Altamirano   
Friday, 04 November 2011 00:00
Hosted by the Government of Tanzania through the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission and Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE, IST-Africa 2012 will take place from 09 - 11 May 2012.

IST-Africa 2012IST-Africa 2012 will focus on the Role of ICT for Africa's Development and specifically on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission's Information Communications Technologies (ICT) Theme of FP7. The Conference Programme combines strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an exhibition and social activities.

The scientific programme for IST-Africa 2012 is based on an open Call for Papers. The core thematic areas are eHealth, eInfrastructures, Living Labs, Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills, Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content, Open Source Software, ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility, ICT for Environmental Sustainability, RFID and Networked Enterprise, Cloud Computing, eGovernment, Mobile Applications (including mEducation and Social Networking), Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation and IPv6. The call for Papers Deadline is November 30th, 2011.

IST-Africa 2012 will also feature an Exhibition that provides the opportunity to showcase research results and applications through technology demonstrations, whether funded commercially or at national, regional or European level. The Call for Exhibitors will open in December and close on 29 February.


For more information, please visit
http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2012/default.asp?page=submission