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<p class="header">CPRsouth 8 / CPRafrica 2013</p>
<p class="subheader">Call for Abstracts</p>
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<p><strong>Innovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT: Changing
Asia / Africa</strong><br>
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CPRsouth 8 / CPRafrica provides a forum for policy-engaged
scholars to meet face-to-face to exchange ideas, network,
and improve the quality of their scholarly work. It
fosters the next generation of active scholars and in-situ
experts capable of contributing to good ICT-related policy
and regulation in the region. The emphasis is on research
for evidence-based ICT policy and regulation, and on the
use of research for policy influence.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will be hosted at the
Infosys Campus Mysore India. The state-of-the-art campus
has been set up and is managed by the Indian global
technology services company, Infosys, for the purpose of
training its staff and recruits. The Infosys Bangalore
and Mysore campuses inspired Thomas Friedman to write the
international bestseller The world is flat. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Content</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will accommodate 30
paper presenters from Africa and the Asia-Pacific over the
course of three days (Asia-Pacific papers will make up
around 60 percent of total). The conference includes
sessions on cutting-edge developments on policy and
regulation in the South and discussion of the
research-policy interface. The audience will be made up
of 70+ scholars on ICT policy and practice. A senior
scholar will chair each of the paper sessions.
Substantive discussant comments will be provided. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Mentoring</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper presenters will have opportunity
to be mentored on their paper, policy brief and the
presentation prior to the conference.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Call for Abstracts</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research ICT Africa invites submission
of abstracts for papers on ICT policy and regulation
research carried out in Africa, or relevant to Africa, for
review and acceptance. <strong>Abstracts are due on 15
February 2013.</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Paper proposals must be
classifiable with at least three keywords from the list
below:</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Access | Applications | Authorization
and Licensing | Broadband| Broadcasting |Business models |
Citizen | Civil society| Cloud computing | Competition |
Conflict | Connectivity | Consumer | Content | Convergence
| Cooperation | Demand | Digitisation Disaster |
Disability | Domestic | Economy | Efficiency | Emerging
markets | Environment | Governance | Growth | Inclusion
| Indicators | Information | Infrastructure | Innovation |
International | IP |Judiciary | Knowledge | Legislation |
Markets | Media | Monopoly| Networks | Performance |
Policy | Political economy | Poverty |Pricing |
Productivity | Property | Public goods | Oligopoly |
Reforms | Regional | Regulation | Rights |Social
networking Spectrum | Strategy | Security| State
|Transparency | Universal access | Universal services.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These keywords will be used to assign
papers to reviewers in a double-blind process, which will
yield a shortlist of approximately 30-35 papers.
Completed papers from this shortlist will be adjudicated
by two senior scholars, and authors of the highest ranked
papers will be invited to present at the conference. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em>The actual program will depend on
the papers received. Organisers reserve the right to
combine topics and to not offer sessions for which
sufficient high-quality submissions are not received.</em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Submission Guidelines</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abstracts should be submitted to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:admin@researchictafrica.net">admin@researchictafrica.net</a> <strong>on or before 15
February 2013</strong> and must contain the following:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- the title of the paper<br>
- your name and contact information (email address and
mobile no.)<br>
- an abstract of the paper (no more than 500 words
including a minimum of three, and a maximum of five,
keywords from the list above. Abstracts should include at
least three, but preferably more, references to prior
work. (References and keywords are outside the 500-word
limit)<br>
- a curriculum vitae of no more than one page 
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- the document must be named:
CPRafrica2013_abstract&Bio_YourLastName.doc<br>
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<a class="std" target="_blank"
href="http://www.researchictafrica.net/docs/CPRafrica%20Abstract%20Guidelines_18012012.doc">TEMPLATE
FOR PAPER PROPOSALS (ABSTRACTS)</a><br>
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Notification of acceptance of proposed papers on the basis
of the abstract will be emailed on or before 1 March 2013.
Full papers must be submitted for review by 1 May 2013.
Only full papers of acceptable quality that are received
by this deadline will be considered for partial travel and
accommodation support.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is expected that the papers will be
improved based on substantive comments provided in the
run-up to the conference. All paper presenters are
required to develop a policy brief based on their final
research paper.<br>
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Mentoring on writing a policy brief will be provided prior
to the conference, and policy briefs will be judged in a
policy-brief competition.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Review Criteria</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Paper proposals will be
reviewed according to the following criteria: </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>PRINCIPAL RESEARCH QUESTION </strong>(15%):
Captures the essence of the proposal in no more than 50
words</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>POLICY RELEVANCE</strong>
(15%): The relevance of the proposal to identified
decision-makers in the ICT space is explicated</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>COMPONENT RESEARCH QUESTIONS</strong>
(15%): Breaks down the research question further and is
linked to the research plan</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>RESEARCH PLAN </strong>(45%):
Includes a literature search, method and data sources
sections</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>LIST OF REFERENCES/SOURCES </strong>(5%):
Identifies the key documents. APA style is used</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>TITLE </strong>(5%): Is clear
and communicates no more and no less than the content
given in the proposal</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note: Only the authors whose
papers are delivered by the <strong>1 May 2013 </strong>deadline
AND who meet the quality standard will be allowed to
present at the conference.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper presenters who make the cut will
be notified by <strong>3 June 2013</strong> with contact
information for the assigned chair and discussant and
instructions on travel arrangements.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Funding</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Selected presenters who are
passport-holders, will be provided with:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- lowest cost route economy airfare, to
and from India<br>
- accommodation, including bed and breakfast, for the
duration of the conference (Organisers will provide 3
lunches and 1 dinner from 5-7 September 2013, but not all
meals are covered)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All other costs are to be borne by the
participant. Participants who are able to receive
institutional support to attend are requested to do so in
order that others, who are not, are able to attend.
(Please note that only African scholars selected to
present papers are eligible for support.)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Key dates</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Call for Abstracts published: 15
January 2013<br>
- Abstracts due: 15 February 2013<br>
- Notification of acceptance of abstract: 01 March 2013<br>
- Submission of papers for review: 01 May 2013<br>
- Notification of selected paper presenters: 03 June 2013<br>
- Final submission of revised papers/policy briefs: 03
July 2013</p>
<strong>Visas</strong><br>
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Visas are required to enter India, with some exceptions.
Letters will be provided for this purpose after final
participant selections have been made. Participants are
strongly advised to initiate visa approval procedures
immediately upon notification of their selection.<br>
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The papers selected for presentation at the CPRsouth
conference will be uploaded onto the Social Science Research
Network (SSRN) database. Please note that the submission of
the final paper implies consent to upload them onto the SSRN
database. The slides of the presentations and the policy
brief will be uploaded onto <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cprsouth.org">www.cprsouth.org</a><br>
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See <a class="std" target="_blank"
href="http://www.researchICTafrica.net">www.researchICTafrica.net</a> for
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