-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WG9.4: IFIP 9.4 doctoral colloquium May 2009 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:39:48 -0000 From: <S.Bailur@lse.ac.uk> Reply-To: <S.Bailur@lse.ac.uk> To: <wg94-l@uku.fi> Call for Participation: Doctoral Colloquium, May 28th 2009, Dubai School of Government, United Arab Emirates In conjunction with IFIP WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries 10th International Conference, "Assessing the contribution of ICT to Development Goals" ( _http://ifip.dsg.ae/index.htm_ ). The Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students from the ICT for Development (ICT4D) community a unique opportunity to present and discuss their research with leading specialists, scholars and peers in an international setting. To support doctoral students to attend, a 50% discount on the main conference fee is available to full-time PhD students. This includes attendance at the colloquium. To apply for presentation at the colloquium please submit an extended abstract of 1500 words of your research covering: . Topic area, research questions and rationale for the work . Research methodology including conceptual framework used and research methods employed . Summary of any initial findings and planned analysis approach Submissions must be written in English, in Open Office Writer or MS Word .doc format, or as a .pdf file and sent to: sharon.morgan@manchester.ac.uk Accepted papers will be published on the conference website. Important Dates: - Deadline for extended abstract submission: November 28 2008 - Notification of acceptance: December 19th, 2008 - Camera-ready paper due: January 20th 2009 - Doctoral Colloquium: May 28th, 2009 - Main Conference: May 26-28th, 2009 Contacts: Doctoral Colloquium organiser - Sharon Morgan, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, UK ( _http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/_) sharon.morgan@manchester.ac.uk Main Conference Organising Chair - Fadi Salem, Dubai School of Government ( _http://www.dsg.ae_ <http://www.dsg.ae/>) fadi.salem@dsg.ae <mailto:fadi.salem@dsg.ae> .. Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hci4d" group. To post to this group, send email to hci4d@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hci4d+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hci4d?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---