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[
cid:image002.png@01D5791E.CF69B9D0]Twelfth Annual AIS SIG Global
Development pre-ICIS Workshop
Munich, Germany
Date of Workshop: Sunday December 15, 2019
Paper Submission Date: October 15, 2019
https://communities.aisnet.org/sigglobdev/home
Call for Papers
Theme:
Information and Communication Technology Innovations
in Global Development
DESCRIPTION
There is a growing interest in the Information Systems community
for investigating societal impacts of ICTs on people, data and
things; at the same time, research in Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT4D) is becoming increasingly
diverse. Recent ICT innovations, such as the use of blockchain
technologies to trace refugees, to offer new identification
mechanisms, to track for epidemics and to offer payment systems
based on cryptocurrencies, create new ways for people to bring
about improvements in their lives. For example, with the fall of
the banking systems and currencies in countries such as Zimbabwe
and Argentina, the use of Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies has the
potential to empower people through asset ownership and financial
inclusion.. Similarly, innovative applications in open source
communities are offering financial inclusion, health and wellbeing
to those who were previously left out of opportunities to improve
their lives from the global economy.
While drawing upon theories that help understand these emerging
phenomena, research in ICT4D and IS also requires attention to the
contextual challenges facing practitioners in the field. There
have been attempts to develop theories that enable these
challenges to be understood. Global pressures, socio-economic
pressures, disruptive technology, and the emergence of
multi-stakeholder networks are some of the forces being studied
(Walsham 2017, Njihia and Merali 2013). An interesting and
significant question is whether ICTs can play a sustaining,
value-adding role that enables societies to move beyond the
conditions that cause mass discontent to beneficial development
for all. Such a role may include supporting social groups in
identifying and defining achievable goals and acquirable
resources, supporting sustainable and secure collaboration,
offering health and wellbeing, and financial inclusion.
The Global Development workshop addresses questions that provide
new and meaningful definitions of Development, such as, Can ICTs
support the development that will lead to improvements in the
lives of individuals, communities and regions? And inevitably, one
needs to ask questions about how to better understand these
problems and challenges. The papers in this workshop will also
further the knowledge of what we know about how ICT enables the
global economy by enabling local needs to be met in a manner that
preserves the ability of the planet to support human life. It
should be noted that focus includes not only development issues
relevant to 'developing' countries but also those relevant to
migrant and other minority communities or enclaves in the Global
North.
Relevant topics for this Workshop include:
1. Innovations in blockchain, cryptocurrencies for inclusion and
sustainable development
2. Open source communities that offer innovations for financial
inclusion, health and wellbeing
3. Theoretical lenses and/or empirical studies that enable an
understanding of: ICTs & Sustainable Development; ICTs &
Peace building; ICTs & Disaster Recovery.
4. Internet of things and ICT artifacts on the cloud that support
holistic Development.
5. Security & Technological constraints on the use of ICTs for
development
6. The role of government policy in fostering ICT human capital,
cooperation and capacity building
7. Innovations in health and wellbeing
8. Social networking for Development, ICT human capital and
capacity building
9. Critical and theoretical perspectives on the digital divide and
social inclusion
10. Challenges of ICT human capital and capacity building in
remote regions
11. Educational systems; content provision and delivery;
developing ICT skills
12. Mobile technologies as infrastructure for ICT human capital
and capacity building
13. Frugal Innovation and innovative ways in which technologies
are applied in developing regions.
WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS:
These will be published on the SIG GlobDev website and in the AIS
E-Library with ISBN: 978-0-9976176-9-6.
FAST-TRACKING TO JOURNAL:
Authors of selected workshop papers will be invited to submit
their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the
Journal of Information Technology for
Development
<http://globdev.org/dev/?q=node/8> (ITD).
IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper/Panel Proposal Extended Deadline: October 15, 2019
Notification to Authors: November 8, 2019
Deadline for Final Papers: November 25, 2019
Workshop Date: Sunday December 15, 2019
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, template and instructions for submitting
papers and proposals to the workshop can be found at
https://communities.aisnet.org/sigglobdev/home
Information on the location of the AIS Conference and SIG GlobDev
Workshop can be found here -
https://icis2019.aisconferences.org/
SUBMISSIONS
Panel proposals and Paper Submissions should be uploaded to
EasyChair submission web site for SIG GlobDev 2019 is
easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigglobdev2019 Abstracts do not
need to be submitted prior to the full submission. Any questions
should be sent to Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Virginia Commonwealth
University,
KMOsei@VCU.Edu<mailto:KMOsei@VCU.Edu>. Please
include "SIG GlobDev Workshop" in the subject header of the email.
