Call for Papers and Presentations
IDLELO 4 2010: Call for Papers
IDLELO, the biennial meeting of the Free Softwre and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) will be held 17th–21st May, 2010, in Accra, Ghana. The Program Committee invites proposals for papers and presentation of on all topics and in all disciplines related to Free and open Source Software and Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) in general. 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 IDLELO conference usually brings together IT and FOSS experts from all over the African continent and the world in general. The Programme Committee will capitalize on this strength by encouraging sessions that (1) address subjects of interest to a wide range of FOSS experts, and (2) put experts from different disciplines in dialogue with each other. We are seeking 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 15th April 2010. Notification of acceptance or rejection will take place shortly thereafter.
Submissions: Proposals should be submitted to Programme Committee, preferably by e-mail to secretariat@fossfa.net, or, on paper in two copies, to Programme Committee, IDLELO 4 Conference, Advanced Information Technology Institute(AITI), Private Mail Bag, State House, Accra – Ghana, West Africa.
The deadline is 10th April 2010. Please do not send proposals to session organizers
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.
Topics: The Programme Committee solicits papers for the sessions listed below. For information about a specific session, contact the session organizer.
- Government Roundtable
- Organizer: Ms. Dorothy Gordon (AITI)
- Business Session
- Organizer: Dorcas Muthoni
- Geographical Information System - GIS
- Organizer: Nico Elema (GIS Global Image (Pty) Ltd)
- Education:
- Oganizer: to be updated (-----------)
- Mobile Application
- Organizer: Samer Azmy (Orange)
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 10th April 2010.
Programme Committee: The Programme Committee consists of Ms. Dorothy Gordon, Chair (AITI), Ms Nnenna Nwakanma (FOSSFA Chair), Fred Yeboah (AITI), Shirley Akasreku (AITI), Patricia Nyahe (AITI), Ms Silvia Aimasso(FOSSWAY)
Local Arrangements Committee consists of Ms. Dorothy Gordon, Chair (AITI), Fred Yeboah (AITI), Shirley Akasreku (AITI), Patricia Nyahe (AITI), Lloyd Larbi (AITI).
