Call for Participation

AFRICOMM 2009

1st International ICST Conference on

e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries

03-04 December 2009 - Maputo, Mozambique

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Venancio Massingue, Minister of Science and Technology, Mozambique
Apala Lahiri, Human Factors International, India
Venansius Baryamureeba, Dean and Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Makerere University, Uganda
Danie Kok, Director of Research, SAP Centre, Pretoria
Mark J. Harris, Vice President, CEEMEA Business Development & Africa Geo Expansion

AIMS AND SCOPE

Deploying efficient and effective infrastructures and solutions when limited resources are available is a challenging task and a key-enabler for the diffusion of ICT in growing countries.
The aim of this conference is to bring together international researchers, public officers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Government, e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries.
AFRICOMM 2009, the first conference of the series, is organized into three tracks, two of them organized as Research Tracks and one as Policy & Governance Track.

AGENDA

The technical program is available at http://africomm.eu/agenda.shtml

REGISTRATION

The early registration deadline is 15 November.

Please note that students and participants from Africa without a paper or with a position paper are eligible for complimentary registration.

To register, please visit http://www.africomm.eu/registration.shtml