10th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries

Dubai School of Government (DSG) and International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
May 26-28, 2009

Agenda

DAY TWO

    Room 1 - L13 - Auditorium (Red ROOM)       Room 2 - L13 - BREAK OUT ROOMS       Room 3 - L7 - EDPA CLASSROOM       Room 4 - L7 - MPA CLASSROOM       Room 5 - L7 - U-SHAPED (Research Department)  
Wednesday 5/27/2009   DAY TWO                                  
                                       
09.00-11.00   Plenary Address: "The Prosumer" George Ritzer                                
                                       
11.00 - 11.30   TEA/COFFEE                                  
                                       
11.30 - 12.30   ICT4D and Practitioners       Conceptual Issues       Doctoral consortium                  
    Chair - Niall Hayes       Chair - Nicolau Reinhardt       Chair - Sharon Morgan                  
    PR: Empathetic Consultancy:A Reflective Approach to ICTD Julian M. Bass     FP: Mavericks, Mavens and Social Connectors: Computer-Mediated Information Seeking Behaviour in Rural Societies Antonio Diaz Andrade, Cathy Urquhuart     Workshop  Gianluca Miscione                
    PR:Exploring some theoretical foundations of practitioner-based inquiry research. Udo Richard Averweg     WIP: ICT and religious tradition: the case of Mount Athos Pavlo Tanasyuk, Chrisanthi Avgerou                        
                                       
                                       
12.30 - 14.00   LUNCH                                  
                                       
14.00-15.00   ICT Policy       Capacity Building       Doctoral consortium (Session 1)       Doctoral consortium (Session 2)       Doctoral consortium (Session 3)  
    Chair - Nigussie Tadesse Mengesha       Chair - Neki Frasheri                          
    The Role of the City State in Developing an ICT Industry: The case of Dubai Ayesha Abdullah, Brian Nicholson     PR: Building Software Development Capacity and Competence in Rural Nigeria: Pitfalls and Prospects  Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Jainaba M.L. Kah
 		     Factoring Decentralization in e-Governance Policy Frameworks - a study in Indian context T. Kumar     ICT4D and its Implications on Farming Communities: success and failures of telecentres in rural Tamil Nadu R. Thirumavalavan     Adoption of Large Scale Generic Software Application in Institutions of Higher Education in Less Developed Countries Miriam Winfrey Mukasa
    WIP: ICT for Mesh-Economy: Case-Study of an Urban Slum Nimmi Rangaswamy     PR: eGovernment capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in Bangladesh Ahmed Imran, Shirley Gregor, Tim Turner     Policy Making in the Era of Globalization: an examination of the use of ICT for development strategies in the Caribbean Afifa Aza     ICTs and Development: a study of telecentres in Rural India Maitrayee Mukerji     Adoption of ICT4D and Poverty Reduction in a Conflict Zone: A Zimbabwean Case. Sam Takavarasha
                    A Study on Unbundling Policies of Local Loop with an empirical study on Broadband Penetration in Egypt and some Emerging Countries Mona Farid Badran     Analyzing the role of Health IS for Enhancement of Child Health Services: A case study from Ethiopia Zufan Abera Damtew     Towards a Critical Interpretive Research Approach fro ICT/e-Commerce Research in LDCs  Salah Kabanda
                    The Adoption of ICT in Revising and Disseminating the Laws of Fiji Sam Gounder     Formal Models for Fairness and Congestion Control on the Internet Elly Amani Gamukama     Complex Dynamics in the Socio-Technical Infrastructure: the case of a Nigerian Health MIS Ime Asangansi
                                       
15.00 - 15.30   TEA/COFFEE                                  
                                       
                                       
15.30-17.00   Financial Services and Development       Cooperation, Participation and Development                          
    Chair - Zeinab Karake Shalhoub       Chair - Yasar Jarrar                          
    WIP: The Role of ICT in the Microfinance Model of Brazilian Banks and the Use of Banking Correspondents Eduardo Henrique Diniz, Martin Jayo, Tania Pereira Christopoulos and Cesar Akira Yokomizo     WIP:Towards a Framework of Cooperation Issues in Base of the Pyramid Projects Jakobus Smit, Anand Sheombar, Gilbert Silvius                        
    FP: Influencing Factors and the Role of ICT on Corporate Sustainability in Bahrain’s Service Industry: A Field Study Approach  Ralla Al Azali, Mohammed Quaddus, Jun Xu     FP: COOPWORKS – a case study on an information system meant to enhance the capacities of agricultural co-operatives Jussi Nissilä, Jussi Puhakainen, Inkeri Tanhua
 		                        
    FP: Banking transactions: On the control of electronic inter-bank settlement (EIS) system Kofi Agyenim Boateng     FP: A Federative View for Information Infrastructures in Developing Countries Gianluca Miscione, Knut Staring, Yola Georgiadou,                        
                                       
                                       
                                       
7.00 PM   Conference Dinner - Dhow Cruise