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IST-Africa 2010 Conference - Call for Papers Deadline 06 November

Hosted by Government of South Africa through the Department of Science and
Technology, IST-Africa 2010 Conference & Exhibition will take place in
Durban, 19 - 21 May 2010.

Part of the IST-Africa Initiative, which is supported by the European
Commission under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7), IST-Africa
2010 is the fifth in an Annual Conference Series which brings together
senior representatives from leading commercial, government & research
organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by
sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice and
discussing policy related issues.

IST-Africa 2010 is also Supported by the South Africa - Finland Knowledge
Partnership on ICT project (SAFIPA) and Technically Co-Sponsored by the IEEE
South Africa Computer Chapter and Computer Society of South Africa.

The Call for Papers can be downloaded from
http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2010/files/ISTAfrica2010_CallForPapers.pdf

Important Deadlines:
Online submission deadline for full paper or workshop proposal: 06 November
2009
Acceptance decision: 15 January 2010
Final Paper Submission: 19 February 2010

The scientific programme for IST-Africa 2010 is based on an open Call for
Papers and the conference language is English.

Interested presenters are encouraged to prepare an 8 page paper (4,000 -
5,000) words following the IST-Africa 2010 paper guidelines and paper
template for submission online by 06 November. Please observe the Paper
Guidelines available at
www.ist-africa.org/conference2010/default.asp?page=paperguidelines and use
the Paper Template provided when preparing your paper.

All submissions will be double blind reviewed by the International Programme
Committee and authors will receive feedback in mid January. Accepted authors
will then be invited to submit a final paper taking account of feedback
provided for inclusion in the conference proceedings by 19 February.

Core Thematic Priorities for IST-Africa 2010
- eHealth - Health Information Systems
- eInfrastructures
- Technology Enhanced Learning & ICT Skills
- Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content
- Living Labs
- Technology Transfer
- Open Source Software Applications
- ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility
- ICT for Environmental Sustainability
- RFID and Networked Enterprise
- eGovernment - Secure Services to Citizens & Business

More information is available at
http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2010/default.asp?page=priorities

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IST-Africa Initiative
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IST-Africa (Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa)
is a collaborative Initiative between IIMC (Ireland, Coordinator), Ministry
of Communications, Science and Technology (Botswana), Ministry of
Communications, Science and Technology (Lesotho), Commonwealth Network of
Information Technology for Development (Malta), ICT Policy Implementation
Technical Unit (Mozambique), Ministry of Education (Namibia), Wits
Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), COSTECH - Tanzania
Commission for Science and Technology, and Uganda National Council for
Science and Technology.

Over 2008 - 2009 with support from DG Information Society and Media under
FP7, IST-Africa will focus on raising wider awareness of African research
capacity, promote participation of African organizations in the ICT Theme of
FP7 (FP7-ICT) and identify co-operation opportunities in fields of mutual
interest. The goal is to increase visibility of mutual RTD potential and
network relevant European and African stakeholders.

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