[AfrICANN-discuss] AFRICOMM 2009: The 1st International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries

[Khaled KOUBAA]

AFRICOMM 2009: The 1st International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure 
and e-Services for Developing Countries
3-4 December 2009, Maputo, Mozambique
http://www.africomm.eu/

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Venancio Massingue, Mozambique Minister of Science and Technology

SPONSORS
Sponsored by ICST, technically co-sponsored by CREATE-NET

AIMS AND 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 growing countries.
The aim of this conference is bringing together international 
researchers, 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-Government, e-Governance, 
e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries.
AFRICOMM 2009, the first conference of the series, is organized into 
three Tracks, two of them organized as Research Tracks and one as Policy 
& Governance Track.

TOPICS
1. Track on Information and Communication Infrastructures for Developing 
Countries
The AFRICOMM track on ICT infrastructures is dedicated to foster ICT 
technologies and projects in and for developing countries environments. 
Main R&D directions in this field, challenges and obstacles, business 
models and success stories will be identified and reviewed.

2. Track on eServices for Developing Countries
The e-Services provides an opportunity to share and compare different 
perspectives of real-world issues and to discuss ways to foster 
development of countries through ICT services. To achieve this goal, 
researchers and practitioners from around the world are invited to 
submit their research findings and new ideas, and for practitioners to 
demonstrate the result of projects and applications on technical 
symposia, panels, and workshops.

3. Policy & Governance Track
The Policy & Governance Track is an opportunity for political actors and 
policy makers of the developing world, worldwide donors and social 
organizations present and discuss policies, models, governance issues 
and challenges, through presentations and panels. Contribution will be 
selected on the basis of a two pages extended abstract.

For registration, please, visit http://www.africomm.eu/