FYI.<br><br>Crossed posting and duplication apologies!<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Halefom Hailu <<a href="mailto:halefom03@gmail.com">halefom03@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Monday, November 30, 2015<br>Subject: [African-ig-school] Fwd: IST-Africa 2016 - Call for Papers Extended Deadline 31 December - Pls circulate<br>To: <a href="mailto:african-ig-school@lists.apc.org">african-ig-school@lists.apc.org</a><br><br><br>FYI<br>----------------------------------------------------<br>HALEFOM HAILU ABRAHA<br>Cyber law and policy researcher, and deputy director of legal and policy affairs <br>at Information Network Security Agency (INSA), Ethiopia.<br>+251 935409723 or +251926773507<br>Founder: <a href="http://www.ethiocyberlaws.com/">http://www.ethiocyberlaws.com/</a> <br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: IST-Africa Secretariat <<a href="mailto:secretariat@ist-africa.org">secretariat@ist-africa.org</a>><br>Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 8:05 PM<br>Subject: IST-Africa 2016 - Call for Papers Extended Deadline 31 December - Pls circulate<br>To: <a href="mailto:secretariat@ist-africa.org">secretariat@ist-africa.org</a><br><br><br>IST-Africa 2016 – Call for Papers Extended Deadline 31 December<br><br>---------------------------------<br><br>IST-Africa 2016 Conference<br><br>Durban, South Africa, 11 - 13 May 2016<br><br>Call for Papers - Extended Deadline 31 December<br><br>----------------------------------<br><br> <br><br>Dear Colleagues,<br><br> <br><br>We would like to thank those who have submitted the papers to date and remind other authors of the extended deadline of 31 December.<br><br> <br><br>We would appreciate if you circulate this Call for Papers to relevant mailing lists, colleagues and publish the links on relevant sites to raise awareness of this opportunity.<br><br> <br><br>Please find below the Call for Papers for IST-Africa 2016.<br><br> <br><br>IST-Africa 2016 (11 - 13 May, South Africa) is the eleventh in an annual series of Ministerial level Technology Research Conferences, supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission. The 6th Annual IST-Africa Living Lab Thematic Working Group Meeting will take place on 10 May as a pre-conference event.<br><br>IST-Africa provides a platform in Africa to strengthen Innovation, Science and Technology related policy dialogues within Africa and between Africa and Europe, supporting the goals of Africa-EU Strategic Partnership. It also provides an opportunity to identify potential partners for future research cooperation under Horizon 2020. IST-Africa is a unique community that brings together cross disciplinary stakeholders from public, private, education and research, societal sector with end user communities focused on ICT and STI Research and Innovation.<br><br>The scientific programme for IST-Africa 2016 is based on an open Call for Papers<br><br><a href="http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2016/files/ISTAfrica2016_CallForPapers.pdf">http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2016/files/ISTAfrica2016_CallForPapers.pdf</a><br><br> <br><br>IST-Africa 2016 is focused on applied ICT and the core thematic areas include:<br>- Content Technologies: Language, Learning, Digital Preservation<br><br>- Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust<br><br>- eHealth, mHealth & Health Information Systems<br><br>- eGovernment – Services to Citizens & Business<br><br>- eInfrastructures, NRENs and IPv6<br><br>- Future Internet, Connected Enterprise<br><br>- ICT for Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability<br><br>- ICT Entrepreneurship<br><br>- ICT4D and Humanitarian Technologies<br><br>- ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility<br><br>- ICT Regulatory Frameworks<br><br>- Living Labs, Collaborative Open Innovation<br><br>- Mobile Applications (including mServices, mEducation)<br><br>- Next Generation Computing: Big Data, Cloud Computing,<br><br>- Data Localisation, Internet of Things (IoT)<br><br>- Open Source Software - Applications<br><br>- Technology-enhanced Learning and eSkills<br><br>- Societal Implications of Technology<br><br> <br><br>Interested presenters are encouraged to prepare an 8 page paper (4,000 - 5,000) words following the IST-Africa paper guidelines and paper template for submission online by 31 December. For more information, please visit<br><br><a href="http://www.ist-africa.org/conference2016/default.asp?page=paperguidelines">http://www.ist-africa.org/conference2016/default.asp?page=paperguidelines</a><br><br> <br><br>All papers are double blind peer reviewed. Accepted authors will then be invited to submit a final paper taking account of feedback provided for inclusion in the conference proceedings by 29 February.<br><br>Each presenter can present one paper in the Programme.<br><br>Full Papers accepted for the Conference Proceedings and presented during the conference will be submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore as an additional dissemination channel.<br><br>We look forward to receiving your submission.<b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