[kictanet] Call for Papers and Presentation- IDLELO 5-2012

[Judy Okite]

 *For your information, am sure, most of us, would be interested.
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Kind Regards,


IDLELO 5, the fifth biennial meeting of the Free Software and Open Source
Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) will be held on *March 19-23, 2012*, in
Abuja, Nigeria. The 2012 Idlelo Program Committee thus invites proposals
for papers and presentation of on the use of Free and open Source Software
(FOSS), and Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) in general, to
help attain the MDGs. Members of FOSSFA may submit more than one paper or
presentation proposal.

Sessions usually consist of three thirty-minute presentations, and
proposals should be geared to that length. A different format for some
sessions may be chosen by the Programmme Committee after the proposals have
been reviewed. Session organizers may wish to propose different formats for
their sessions, subject to Programmme Committee approval.
*Themes*:  The theme of Idlelo 5 is: *“Open Source Solutions for Achieving
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.”* Under this rubric,
IDLELO 5 will bring IT and FOSS experts from all over the African continent
and the world to discuss the use of FOSS and ICTs to help the attainment of
the MDGs in the following areas.


   1. *Governance (e-government, advocacy, etc) *
   2. *Poverty Alleviation (business, innovation, job creation, mobile
   technology) *
   3. *Education (open educational resources, open learning, virtual
   learning, online universities) *
   4. *Health *


The Programme Committee seeks innovative proposals and sessions and hope to
see cross-disciplinary participation wherever possible. For both the
commissioned and the open sessions, we are looking for the broadest
possible range of proposals of topics within and across all the disciplines.

*Selection procedure*: Papers and Presentations will be evaluated for
promise of quality and significance of topic. Session organizers make an
initial selection of papers and submit a plan to the Programme Committee,
which makes final decisions by *24th February 2012*. Notification of
acceptance or rejection will take place shortly thereafter.

The proposal must have two parts: (1) a cover sheet containing the
proposer’s name, professional status, postal address, home and office
telephone numbers, fax number (if available), e-mail address, and paper
title; (2) a second sheet containing the proposer’s name, session for which
the paper should be considered, paper title, 250-word abstract, and
audio-visual equipment requirements. If the proposer will be at a different
address when decisions are announced in March, that address should be
included.


*Submissions*: Proposals should be submitted to the Programme Committee
idlelo5 at fossfa.net
*TOPICS *

The Programme Committee solicits papers for the sessions listed below. For
information about a specific session, contact the session organizer.

   1. Government Roundtable
      - *Organizer: Ms. Dorothy Gordon
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      - *Co-Organizer: Diego Okenyodo *
   2. Poverty Alleviation
      - *Organizer: CHALA
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      - *Co-Organizer: Cyril N. T *
   3. Education
      - *Oganizer: Katim S. Touray
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      - *Co-Organizer: Seun Ojedeji *
   4. Health
      - *Organizer: Francis Ohanyido*

*Other topics*: The Programme Committee welcomes submissions on other
topics and will organize additional sessions to accommodate the best
submissions.

*Session proposals: *The Programme Committee will consider proposals for
entire sessions if their subject matter does not conflict with that of
other sessions. Please consult with the Programme Committee chair before
preparing a proposal. Session proposals require the same information as
individual paper proposals; abstracts for the papers in the proposed
session will be evaluated by the Program Committee.

*Audio-visual equipment:* Requests for audio-visual equipment must be made
with the proposal.

*Student Prizes:* Special awards will be given to some students for papers
judged meritorious by the program committee. To be eligible for an award
students must, of course, be members of the FOSSFA and, once their proposed
papers have been accepted for inclusion in the program, must submit
complete papers to the Programme Committee by *24th February, 2012*.

*The deadline for submission of proposals is 20th February, 2012. Please do
not send proposals to session organizers*
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