Dear Colleagues,

 

We hope that you will consider submitting a paper or panel proposal.  The submission deadline is September 21.

 

Ted Stohr

Call for Papers

 

Association for Information Systems

Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development (SIG GlobDev)

http://www.globdev.org

 

5^th Annual SIG GlobDev Workshop

ICT IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

Pre-ICIS Meeting

Orlando, Florida, USA

Sunday, December 16, 2012

 

 

Theme: 

ICT Innovation in Developing Regions:

Human Capital and Capacity Building for Development

 

WORKSHOP GENERAL CHAIRS

Ojelanki Ngwenyama, Ryerson University, Canada          

Sajda Qureshi, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA

 

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR

Edward A. Stohr, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

 

THEME CHAIRS

Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

 

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, The University of Texas-Pan American, USA

Arlene Bailey, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Corlane Barclay, University of Technology, Jamaica

Jyoti Choudrie, Hertfordshire University, UK

Marlene Holmner, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Mehruz Kamal, SUNY Brockport, USA

Sergey Samoilenko, Virginia Union University, USA

 

 

DESCRIPTION

Following our very successful pre-ICIS workshops in Paris, Phoenix, Saint Louis, Shanghai and pre-ECIS and AMCIS workshops and tracks, the 5^th Annual SIG GlobDev Workshop will again provide a forum for discussion of practical experience and research related to the diffusion and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing regions of the world. The papers in this workshop will also further knowledge of what we know about how ICT enables the global economy by enabling local needs to be met. Development is the improvement in the lives of people and this is often made possible by ICTs.  

A continuing problem in advancing the program of ICT for social development is the shortage of expertise in many developing countries. While many gains have been made, the shortage of skilled ICT professionals, low levels of ICT literacy and the ‘brain drain’ of ICT specialists to developed regions of the world could undermine progress. In addition, access to ICT resources and the ability to use these resources have the potential to better the lives of people. Innovations in ICTs  have enabled access to services such as mPESA that provide access to financial services through cellphones, telecenters that enable innovative uses of existing technologies to help communities access needed resources. At the same time, people who are unable to have access to the ICTs and the innovations associated with them become marginalized.

In order to address these issues, human capital and capacity building are seen to be important concepts in understanding development.  Human capital is seen to be a key driver of development in that human capital is the knowledge, skills and capacity that enable people to achieve their goals and take the opportunities presented to them. The ability to access and use ICT resources in innovative ways, requires skill and literacy.  In their editorial in the Information Technology for Development Journal, Bada and Madon (2010) state that changes in ICT and their applications have placed new demands on the stock of human capital required to function effectively in the changing global technological and business environment. The collective stock of human capital also effects the capacity of a region to grow from ICT investments and infrastructure. Building capacity for development involves harnessing human capital to enable the innovative uses of ICT to bring about economic, human and/or social development.   

We invite papers, panel session proposals, and field studies that can inform theory and provide guidelines to field workers in developing economies. Both research and practice papers are encouraged. Graduate student papers will be given special consideration. Areas of interest for the 5^th Annual GlobDev Workshop include but are not limited to:

1.      The role of government policy in fostering ICT human capital and capacity building

2.       New frameworks and models for fostering ICT human capital and capacity building

3.       Critical and theoretical perspectives on the digital divide and social inclusion

4.       Challenges of ICT human capital and capacity building in remote regions

5.       Educational systems; content provision and delivery; developing ICT skills

6.       Mobile technologies as infrastructure for ICT human capital and capacity building

7.       Frugal Innovation and innovative ways in which technologies are applied in developing regions.

 

Any combination of the above or aspects of human capital and capacity building for development will be considered. 

 

WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

These will be published in the AIS eLibrary.

 

FAST-TRACKING TO JOURNAL

Authors of selected workshop papers will be invited to submit their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of Information Technology for Development (ITD)

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Notification of Intention to Submit (Optional): asap

Paper/Panel Proposal Submission Deadline:  Friday, September 21, 2012

Notification to Authors: Friday, October 26, 2012

Deadline for Final Papers: Saturday, November 24, 2012

Workshop Date:  Sunday, December 16, 2012

 

AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS

Submitted papers should be limited to 7,000 words or approximately 25 pages in length.

Please clearly indicate the category of your paper on the title page:

·         Research Paper

·         Contribution to Practice

·         Research-in-progress

·         Student Paper

Additional information and instructions for submitting papers and proposals to the workshop can be found at http://www.globdev.org/

SUBMISSIONS

Panel proposals and Paper Submissions should be sent to:
Ted Stohr, Stevens Institute of Technology: estohr@stevens.edu

Please include “SIG GlobDev Workshop” in the subject header of the email.

 

 

 

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Edward A. Stohr

Professor and Director of the BI&A Program

Howe School of Technology Management

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ 07030

Tel: 201-216-8915; Cell: 201-993-5592; Fax: 201-216-5385

http://stevens.edu/howeschool/bia