[kictanet] Papers Due: ICT Africa 2008 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb 13-15)

[Janet Feldman]

http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org

Last call for papers:

Submission of papers for ICT Africa will now close on September 30. 
If you are still yet to submit your paper, please do so on or before 
September 30, at midnight US Eastern time (GMT/UTC-4). 

With two highly regarded conferences, ICT Africa and NOVATECH, being 
hosted at the same location - you are guaranteed one of the largest 
ICT events in Africa.

Manuscript due date:                                                   
September 30, 2007 
Acceptance date:                                                     
November 16, 2007 
Camera ready manuscript due date                              
December 15, 2007 

ICT Africa 2008 conference and tutorial program will bring together 
engineers, scientists, developers, government leaders, corporate 
managers, educators, financiers and project representatives from all 
over Africa and abroad. Suggested topics include:

Paper and tutorial titles will include, but not limited to:

Track 1 Networks
There have been concerted efforts to develop ICT infrastructure in 
Africa including submarine fibre links, terrestrial long haul fibre 
and microwave links, metropolitan and access networks including 
wireless mesh networks, Wi-Max, ADSL, 3G wireless, broadband over 
power line and fiber to the premises (deployed in Kigali, Rwanda for 
example). This track will address technologies appropriate for these 
developments will include but not limited to:  

Fiber optic networks 
Submarine cable systems 
Digital subscriber line (ADSL) 
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 
Wireless broadband access: including WI-MAX 
Wireless LANS: including Wi-Fi 
Broadband over power line 
Satellite Broadband 
Fiber to the premises 
Internet exchange points 


Track 2  Data Management Issues in Internet-Based Applications:
The availability of high-speed networks and high-performance 
microprocessors is making networks of computers an appealing vehicle 
for cost-effective internet and business computing. Clusters of 
computers built using commodity hardware and software are playing a 
major role in web server design with several applications in E-
Commerce, E-learning, E-government, etc. Although applications are 
flourishing, some challenges remains in the Peer-to-Peer and Internet-
based applications. 


Peer-to-Peer (P2P) refers to a network of equals 
(peers), where by design two or more peers are able to collaborate 
spontaneously or share resources without the need for central 
coordination.  We invite contributions from a broad spectrum of 
disciplines including economics, information systems, information 
management, and computer sciences. We would also like to involve 
practitioners whose experiences applications of P2P could certainly 
enrich the discussions. The track focuses on but is not limited to:
  

Information storage, retrieval and update in a distributed system 
High performance and reliable mass storage 
Intrusion prevention, detection and tolerance 
Formation of supply chains, coalitions, and virtual enterprises 
Agent technology 
Public records archives (electronic documents accessibility, 
authenticity) 
Trust and privacy
e-Voting systems solutions 
Mobile applications 
e-government solutions 
e-learning solutions 
e-commerce solutions 
e-health solutions 
e-labs and distance learning 


Tutorial Titles

Fiber optics 
Next generation broadband networks 
VoIP 


Instructions:

PAPERS:  Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished 
research, not currently under review by another conference or 
journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions 
addressing all the areas associated with the title above. All paper 
submissions will be handled electronically at 
http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ocs .  Authors should prepare the full 
paper following the IEEE paper format.  Papers including text, 
figures and references must not exceed 10 pages. 

The abstracts should be submitted with the following information:

Author's name 
Co-author(s) 
Address 
Company/organization 
Telephone number 
email address 
Title of the paper or presentation 
Relevant topic (from the areas listed above) 
One or Two keywords (relating to the subject of the abstract) 


TUTORIALS:
Proposals submission should be in plain text or PDF format and should 
include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The cover sheet 
should specify: 

The title of the tutorial 
The length : a half day (3 hours plus breaks) or full day (6 hours 
plus breaks) 
The intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) 
The complete contact information for the contact person and other 
presenters 
A brief biography (max. 2 paragraphs) for each presenter 
The audio/visual equipment needed for the presentation. 
The extended abstract should be 4 to 6 pages, and should include an 
outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the course 
objectives and course materials. 

Paper submission site:
http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ocs/

Conference site:
http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org

Contacts

Clarissa Dhliwayo 
cdhliwayo at nepadcouncil.org 

Pamela Odero 
podero at nepadcouncil.org  


submitted by Janet Feldman (kaippg at earthlink.net)
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