Apologies for cross-postings – this is a final CFP for open sessions due on 28 June 2013 and a reminder about Notes (due 26 July) and Demos (due 23 August). Please repost and share the attached CFP with interested and relevant colleagues to help us make ICTD 2013 a success! With warm regards, Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town Notes Chairs, ICTD2013 David Barnard, Southern African NGO Network Jenna Burrell, University of California, Berkeley Open Sessions Chairs, ICTD2013 Michael Champanis, University of Cape Town Carlos Rey-Moreno, University of the Western Cape Demos Chairs, ICTD2013 * * *ICTD2013 – Information and Communications Technologies for Development Conference 2013* * * On 7-10 December 2013, the sixth international conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTD2013 <http://www.ictd2013.info/>) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. Held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS, ICTD2013 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. ****** *Call** for Notes – ICTD2013* We would like to invite you to submit a *Note*, which is a new category for the conference. With a shorter 4-page format, Notes are intended to highlight work from a range of researchers and practitioners, and can be used to introduce work-in-progress that may be published later in a journal, as well as to document shorter project write-ups. Notes will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, quality of writing, and presentation. Manuscripts considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered, however Notes need not necessarily be as comprehensive, novel, or generalizable as Full Papers. All Notes submissions are strictly limited to four pages. To allow for late-breaking findings, Notes are due on July 26, 2013, closer to the date of the conference. Authors of accepted Notes will be required to prepare a poster. For more information, please see the conference website: http://cfp.ictd2013.info/. ****** *Call for Open Sessions – ICTD2013* Additionally, the *Open Sessions *proposal deadline is coming up very soon, June 28, 2013! We invite you to contribute to this lively, informal, and interactive component of the ICTD conference. Successful proposals will work towards the conferences goals of (1) accessibility and inclusion (2) participation and dialogue and (3) excellence. For details about submitting an open session proposal see http://ictd.cs.uct.ac.za/contrib-open-sessions.html. ****** * * * * *Call for Demos – ICTD2013* An extra channel for participating in the conference is the *Demos* Session, with a deadline of August 23. This track will provide the opportunity to showcase demonstrations of novel hardware or software systems, video footage, or physical artifacts of interest to the ICTD community. To submit a demo, please use the demo application form here <http://goo.gl/Jaq15>. ****** *Emerging Scholars – ICTD2013* Have 5 minutes to spare? Help shape a pre-conference event for ICTD2013 emerging scholars by filling out a quick 5-minute survey here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bCHD52MJi4eixfgwGG_msoDWjbJhR9YjInMP_vH-A2Y/viewform> . ****** *Key Dates* June 28, 2013: Deadline for submission of Open Sessions July 26, 2013: Deadline for submission of Notes July 26, 2013: Deadline for application for travel scholarships August 23, 2103: Notification of acceptances for Notes August 23, 2013: Deadline for Demos September 6, 2013: Camera-ready Full Papers and Notes due September 6, 2013: Notification of acceptances of Demos September 6, 2013: No December 7-10, 2013: ICTD2013 in Cape Town *Conference Information* Conference website: http://ictd2013.info Follow or visit at: Twitter @ICTD2013 Facebook: *www.facebook.com/ICTD2013* *Notes Co-Chairs:* Contact us at: notes@ictd2013.info <program@ictd2013.info> Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town *Open Sessions Co-Chairs:* Contact us at: open@ictd2013.info Jenna Burrell, University of California-Berkeley David Barnard, Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) *Demos Co-Chairs:* Contact us at: demos@ictd2013.info** Carlos Rey-Moreno, University of the Western Cape Michael Champanis, University of Cape Town -- Carlos Rey-Moreno Research Assistant Office 1.28 Department of Computer Science University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 - Bellville, 7535 Cape Town - South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 959 2562 Cel: +27 (0) 76 986 3633 Skype: carlos.reymoreno Twitter: Creym