Welcome to M4D2010!
HumanIT (Karlstad University, Sweden) in cooperation with Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) invite you to the 2nd International Conference on M4D - Mobile Communication Technology for Development, following the inaugural conference in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008 ( ) and M4D in East-Africa 2008 ( http://m4d.kcl.co.ug/)

M4D2010 aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in the use of Mobile Communication Technology for Development. Confirmed Key-note speakers so far are Richard Duncombe (the University of Manchester), Ken Banks (Founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS) and Thomas Tufte (Roskilde University, Ørecomm, MEDIeA).

M4D2010 will combine two days of plenary sessions, peer-reviewed paper sessions, workshops, panel sessions, discussion forums, and demos. The conference will take place at Protea Hotel in central Kampala ( http://www.proteahotels.com/protea-hotel-kampala.html)

Accepted papers will be published in the conference Proceedings. We are currently negotiating a special issue of ITD ( Information Technology for Development) to be put together based on best papers from the conference.


How to Participate?
We strive to have an event where all types of actors are included. As a participant you may therefore submit either to the practitioner or the research track .The research track has a traditional academic conference design and the practitioner’s track industry, NGOs, and public bodies can disseminate their knowledge.

You can choose whether to submit a full paper (maximum of 10 pages) or a short paper (4 pages). Submitting your papers and abstracts, use the M4D Word template (Times New Roman, 11pt single space) , see http://m4d.humanit.org/2008/images/stories/doc/m4d_template.doc

There is also the possibility to submit a Poster or a Demo (with 1-page abstract for conference proceedings) in order for smaller companies and other organizations to put on display their activities and graduate students to make presentations of work in progress. (Poster size is max. 80 cm width and max. 120cm and can be fastened on cardboard screens to be made available at the conference venue. Roll-ups are also allowed).

Use the following e-mail address to submit submit-m4d AT kau.se State in the subject line your name and either of the following: full research, short research, full practitioner, short practitioner, poster or demo.

Inclusion of accepted papers/posters in conference proceedings is conditioned on payment of registration fee. Conference proceeding will be published in the Karlstad University Studies series, as well as on the websites of the university and the Centre for HumanIT.

How to Register?
To register to this exiting event go to http://www1.kau.se/konf/index.lasso?id=1536&to_do=register
Conference fee is 300 US dollars with a reduced fee of 200 dollars for Master and PhD students.

Conference fee includes access to conference venue, workshops and demonstrations, keynote speakers, lunches, refreshments and receptions throughout the conference, conference dinner and social events.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: 1 July 2010
Acceptance note: 31 August 2010
Final papers due: 30 September 2010


Interested in Reviewing?
Interested in reviewing? Please contact Jakob.Svensson AT kau.se and tell how many papers/short papers you are interested in reading, your areas of interest and your level of expertise.


Interested in Sponsoring?
We are happy to receive funding for social events, lunches, refreshments, conference proceedings, etc. Due mention will be made at the occasion and due credits will be made at the website, in the conference program, and in the final conference proceedings. Also companies providing funding for travel and accommodation costs for researchers from developing countries to enable researchers at less funded universities to participate will be mentioned as sponsors of the conference – please write to the conference chairs to discuss the conditions giving full details of the researchers (research students) concerned by your kind offer. Please contact Jakob.Svensson AT kau.se for more information.


Conference Committee:
General Chair: Gudrun Wicander (HumanIT/ KAU)
Local Organizing Chair: Johan Hellström (SU)
Reviewer Chair: Jakob Svensson (HumanIT/ KAU)
Co-Chair: Jude Lubega (Makerere)
Co-Chair: Ali Ndiwalana (Makerere)
Co-Chair: Michael Niyitegeka (Makerere)
Co-Chair: John Sören Pettersson (HumanIT/ KAU)
Co-Chair: Idris Rai (Makerere)

The 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2010) will take place in Beijing, China during 25-28 October 2010. The conference will bring together practitioners, developers and researchers from government, academia, industry and non-governmental organizations to share the latest findings in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance

more on www.icegov.org

I am currently writing a paper about the identities of online youth. If you are reading this you might be one of them, why not help an academic research by sending me your first three identities that come to your mind to itir.akdogan@helsinki.fi
thank you so much for your contribution to social sciences!
the deadline is March 9th, 2007

hey!
You(th) should be present in the Internet Governance discussions. Send a blank e-mail to YouthandIG-subscribe@groups.takingitglobal.org to subscribe to the e-consultations
and share your ideas!

About Internet Governance Forum:

The WSIS ( World Summit on Information Society) process gave birth to a multitude of action lines, one of whichis the Internet Governance Forum. In particular, the Tunis Agenda forthe Information Society<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2267%7C0>invited the Secretary-General to convene a new forum formulti-stakeholder policy dialogue (Para 67).

The Internet GovernanceForum (www.intgovforum.org <http://www.intgovforum.org/> ) was convenedOctober 30th - November 2nd in an open and inclusive process asindicated in Para72 of the Tunis Agenda.

Last week-end a group of e-democracy researchers have discussed the politics on the Internet . You can find more about the discussions and papers presented on http://www.edemokratia.uta.fi/eng/index.php?filename=MainPage&alasivu=OpenInternationalResearchandPost-GraduateSeminar:PoliticsontheInternet24-25.11.2006

I like to send special thanks to the organizers of the event Jarmo Rinne, Tapio Häyhtiö and Auli Keskinen for this great organization! Their smiles have created a very positive atmosphere both in academic level at the workshop rooms and human level at the great Finnish sauna by the Tampere lake:)