IDIA2020

Call for Papers

Conference theme

IDIA provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to connect and exchange knowledge on issues of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) in, for, or by the Global South, where the notion of “Global South” extends beyond developing countries to encompass the socio-political transnational collective of the marginalized around the world. The theme of IDIA2020 is “The more things change …” and it invites a critical exploration of the impacts of both old and new frontier technologies on the global landscape of poverty and sustainable development, and encourages reflection on the changes within ICT4D in response to the many socio-technical developments and challenges. Visit our conference website at https://www.idia2020.com for further details. 

Submission

We invite submissions of full papers of between 12 to 15 pages, formatted according to the Springer’s CCIS one-column page format template. Only original, unpublished, research papers in English can be considered. The technical program committee will evaluate papers on the basis of their originality, methodological rigour, significance, and clarity. We encourage submission of papers that draw out clear implications, and actionable guidance both to practitioners and policy makers within the ICT4D domain.

Full papers will undergo a double blind, peer review by at least three reviewers with the possibility that accepted papers will be published in a Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) volume. CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for inclusion in ISI Proceedings. Previous years’ conference proceedings have been published in a Springer CCIS volume.

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit 2-page policy briefs based on their paper. These will be reviewed by the conference organizers for possible inclusion in a United Nations University published policy brief volume.

NB: Please note that the conference does NOT accept abstract submissions, only full paper submissions. The abstract deadline has been added because it is required to post this CFP

Important Dates

The extended dates for the conference are as follows: 

• Paper submission: 6 September 2019 
• Workshop submission: 13 December 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: 22 November 2019 
• Camera-ready accepted papers submission: 10 January 2020