Organisers invite individuals from academic and applied backgrounds as well as business, public authorities, NGOs, NPOs and education institutions to submit papers, reflections as well as workshop proposals to the topics addressed in the tracks. Interdisciplinary approaches to the conference topics are welcome.

The Centre for E-Governance at the Danube University Krems has been organising conferences on e-democracy and public administration since 2007: the E-democracy Conferences began in 2007, and the CeDEM, first presented in 2011, represents the development and continuation of the conference series. The CeDEM is also held biennially in Asia. Papers are peer-reviewed in a double-blind process and, if accepted, published in the conference proceedings and are also available online according to Open Access principles. Workshops proposals, PhD colloquium papers and reflections that have been submitted and selected by the chairs are also published in the paper and online proceedings. Authors of the best peer-reviewed papers will be asked to re-submit their revised and extended papers for the autumn issue of the Centre for E-Governance’s Open Access eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (www.jedem.org).

Since 2014, the CeDEM conference presents the author/s of the best paper with the “CeDEM Best Paper Award”. Papers are nominated for this award by the reviewers during the peer-review process, the best paper is then selected by the CeDEM’s track directors.

The CeDEM offers a PhD Colloquium in cooperation with the Danube University Krems’ Platform for Political Communication and netPOL (www.netpol.at). The PhD Colloquium provides PhD students the opportunity to present their work and gain feedback from experts as well as meet other PhD students. Students from any stage of their PhD are invited to submit their work and invited to apply for the “CeDEM PhD Colloquium Grant”.

The CeDEM also provides an Open Space, where participants can democratically choose and organise in a barcamp style their own presentations, workshops, birds of a feather, events, meetings etc..

For more information about the Conference (Important dates, Registrations, Agenda and Venue) please visit de dedicated webpage.

The closing conference will be an opportunity to celebrate the success of this international cooperation and to present the results of MoICT project. The conference will be conducted mainly in the form of round tables and supervised discussions around three topics:

• ICT for Water research;
• Technology Transfer and Innovation;
• Networking.

During these 3 days event, participants will have the opportunity to meet representatives of the 3 European partners of MoICT which were fully invested in this ambitious project. They form, altogether, a well defined mix of expertise in water research, ICT and strategic capacity building. There will be also renowned international experts in the field of ICT and Water, representatives of the European Commission, of national public bodies and of national and international stakeholders from industry. They will share their experiences and enrich the debates and discussions.

This meeting will offer participants the opportunity to develop a cross reflection on the concept of applicability of ICT in the Water field according to a European/Mediterranean/Regional and National vision, to enlarge their networks and partnerships, as well as, to think of new horizons for future collaboration beyond MoICT.

MoICT project was focused on the scientific thematic of ICT for Water. It was mainly dealing with capacity building activities (on ICT/Water/ICT for Water/ Raise of Innovation and quality of Research Management), as well as, the strategic strengthening of USMBA in order to become a regional center of excellence in the field of ICT for Water.

For more information about the conference (agenda, registrations) please visit the dedicated .

ESASTAP Plus currently invites European and South African individuals involved in technology transfer to apply to the E+ STEP short-term exchange programme that aims at advancing innovation collaboration. In particular, the objectives of E+ STEP are:

• to provide opportunities for the exchange of information and best practices in technology transfer between South Africa and Europe;
• to enhance and promote innovation collaboration between South Africa and Europe;
• to identify and reduce barriers to innovation collaboration between South Africa and Europe.

The  E+ STEP programme will provide an opportunity for individuals working in the field of technology transfer from South Africa and individuals from Europe to visit a host institution in Europe and South Africa respectively.

The duration of each visit will be subject to negotiation between the institutions concerned, but funding will be provided at the given rates for a maximum of two weeks. Submissions will be reviewed by a committee that will be appointed from within the ESASTAP Plus consortium. A minimum of 4 applicants (2 South Africans, 2 Europeans) will be funded as part of the 2014 E+ STEP call.

For more information about the call (eligibility, funding, application process), please visit he dedicated webpage.

The workshop’s main objectives are to:

• Enhance collaboration among West-African and European scientists
• Raise awareness on the regional research and education networks and their transformative potential
• Propose alternate means of conducting research and delivering services
• Demonstrate the relevance of e-Infrastructures and advanced networks
• Provide a forum for discussions and debates on recent development and perspectives in the field

For more details, see the tentative agenda here.

Registrations, free of charge, are now open: register today!

UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 will provide the appropriate forum to showcase best practice, research, projects, initiatives and progress in research and education networking in Africa and beyond.

Authors are invited to submit abstracts of proposed unpublished papers that, if accepted, will lead to papers publishable in the proceedings.  Abstracts should address the following or closely related sub-themes:

• Access to education through innovative use of new networked resources
• Issues for transformation in NRENs
• Innovations at global level
• Experiences of researchers in using advanced network applications

The 500 word abstracts clearly indicating the key message to be shared should be sent to info@ubuntunet.net not later than 31st July 2014. Abstracts for papers collaboratively authored are encouraged and welcome. The Abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed by an international panel. Successful authors will be asked to prepare full papers which will be published in the Proceedings and report of the UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference ISSN 2223-7062.

The Conference will be preceded by several other events with varying participation limitations.  These include:

• Technical Workshop for Engineers;
• Executive Workshop for the CEOs of member NRENs;
• AfricaConnect Administrative Meeting;
• Executive Committee; and Board of the Alliance Meeting;
• Pre-Conference Workshop on Applications

UbuntuNet-Connect is the annual conference of UbuntuNet Alliance that focuses on research and education networking activities in Africa. It is organized by the Alliance and hosted by member NRENs. The UbuntuNet-Connect series of conferences has been held for the past 6 years and is regarded as one of the premier conferences in Africa. These events provide major commercial and publicity opportunity for services and technology companies.

For more information please contact the organisation at info@ubuntunet.net.

For more details about this call please visit the dedicated webpage.

The aim of this conference is bringing together international researchers, students, public officers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries.

AFRICOMM 2014 will be organized into three Tracks, two of them organized as Research Tracks and one as Policy & Governance Track. The Research Tracks will consist of presentations of research findings in defined themes proposed for the conference.

A call for papers is now open, offering 4 opportunities of paper submission:

• Research papers: no more than 10 pages of original work;
• Student papers: no more than 5 pages of student/ongoing work;
• Extended abstracts: no more than 2 pages of discussion; proposal
• Posters: no more than 2 pages of work-in-progress description.

Submission implies that at least one author will register and attend the conference if the paper is accepted.

Important dates:

• Paper submission: July 4, 2014
• Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2014
• Camera ready: September 29, 2014
• Workshops proposal: April 30, 2014

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If you are a student, a teacher, a researcher or a practitioner working in Health, then you can register at the AFRICA BUILD Portal and access Courses in Health Research, join the Communities of Practice of your interest, make Networking with other researchers working on your area and access the Mobility Brokerage Service to find people to work with!

The “Data Mining in Biomedicine” Community of Practice (CoP), starts on February 17th through the AFRICA BUILD Portal. The outline of this CoP will be the following:

• 1st Week [Feb 17 - Feb 23]: INTRODUCTION
• 2nd Week [Feb 24 - Mar 2]: OPEN DATASETS’ REPOSITORIES
• 3rd Week [Mar 3 - Mar 9]: STATE OF THE ART OF DM IN BIOMEDICINE
• 4th Week [Mar 10 - Mar 16]: DESIGN OF A CLASSIFICATION PROBLEM

If you want to participate in this CoP, please register at the AFRICA BUILD Portal and follow the user “Universidad Politecnica de Madrid” or “UPM”.

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]]> 1 http://euroafrica-ict.org/2014/02/06/imit-2014-conference/ http://euroafrica-ict.org/2014/02/06/imit-2014-conference/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 07:37:02 +0000 Website editor http://euroafrica-ict.org/?p=8280 The International Medical Informatics and Telemedicine Conference (IMIT 2014) is taking place on April 13-15 in Geneva (Switzerland).

Organised by the Western Switzerland University go Applied Sciences and the International Institute of Tele-Medicine, the event will feature the following topics:

• Global standards and interoperability in e-Health
• Health smartphone apps:
• Global e-Health and web-based applications
• GRID and cloud computing for global e-Health
• Internet in healthcare and medical web portals
• European and International e-Health roadmaps
• EU program “Horizon 2020”
• Multimedia intensive e-Health applications
• lectronic medical record / personal health record
• Hospital ICT Systems and hospital virtualization
• Teleconsulting and telediagnosis
• Distance learning in healthcare
• ICT for cognitive performances evaluation

A call for papers is now open (deadline: Feb. 20, 2014).

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M4D2014 aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in the use, evaluation, and theorizing of Mobile Communication for Development. M4D2014 will combine two days of plenary peer-reviewed paper sessions, workshops, panel sessions, discussion forums, and demos and it will welcome participants from different sectors such as academia, industry, NGOs, development agencies, and governmental and international organizations.

A call for posters and demos is now open and will close on February 10.

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The 5th edition of the forum is expected to attract more than 500 high-level participants of the business community from across Europe and Africa including private sector representatives, business leaders from across Europe and Africa and government officials from both continents. Both European and African private sector organizations will be instrumental in inviting business leaders and setting the agenda for the forum. A limited number of sponsorships will be available to African SMEs and large companies will be encouraged to contribute to a stronger participation of African SMEs.

The Forum will provide a unique opportunity for African and European companies to network and exchange views on EU-Africa business and investment relations. It thus presents a timely opportunity for a constructive dialogue on how to use the Africa-EU partnership for meeting today’s challenges.

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