We’ve just uploaded some suggestions for accomodation in the IPID 4th Annual Conference 2009 website, especially for those not willing to sleep on campus.
Nevertheless, we remind you that for sleeping on campus you should contact us before July 15th.
The registration for the IPID 4th Annual Conference 2009 is now open and so is the call for papers.
Key dates are:
Please visit the IPID 4th Annual Conference 2009 website for further and contact information.
The 2009 Annual Conference of the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D will be held at Royal Holloway, University of London on 11th and 12th September 2009, hosted by the ICT4D Collective and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (http://www.ict4d.org.uk).
Conference format
In line with previous IPID events, the conference is intended to be informal. Its main purpose is twofold:
• To let postgraduate students present short papers about their research in a supportive environment where they can gain positive feedback from other participants; and
• To provide an opportunity to discuss key themes of interest to ICT4D postgraduates. The conference organisers would be pleased to hear from potential participants about the themes they would like to have discussed.
A formal call for papers and themes will be issued in May 2009.
Travel and Accommodation
The conference will be held at the splendid Royal Holloway, University of London campus, which is situated only 15 minutes from London’s Heathrow Airport, and 40 minutes by train from central London.
Accommodation is available on campus (at c. £50 a head) or in a range of local bed and breakfast establishments and more expensive hotels.
Paper presentations and themed discussions
In order to maximise the number of presentations, each will be limited to a maximum of 15 minutes including questions. If more than 32 offers of papers are received, we will run parallel sessions.
It is envisaged that there will be 8 themed discussions on aspects of ICT4D research practice. These will run in parallel, so that smaller group interaction will be possible. Suggested themes include:
• Managing your supervisor
• Being multidisciplinary
• Combining theory and practice
• Writing ICT4D
• Working in partnership
We welcome other suggested topics for themed discussion.
Provisional programme
Thursday 10th September
Participants arrive
Evening: Visit to hostelries (Led by ICT4D Collective postgraduates)
Friday 11th September
Morning
• Keynote address
• Presentation session (8)
• Themed discussions (2)
Lunch
Afternoon
• Presentations (8)
• Themed discussions (2)
Evening: Reception (Location to be confirmed)
Saturday 12th September
Morning
• Presentations (8)
• Themed discussions (2)
Lunch
Afternoon
• Presentations (8)
• Themed discussions (2)
• Concluding session
Evening:Possible visit to London (We may arrange visits to events in London)
Sunday 13th September
Delegates depart (Opportunities also to visit parts of southern England)
Workshop team
Members of the ICT4D Collective with prime responsibility for delivering the conference will be Tim Unwin and Uduak Okon. Other colleagues involved in managing the event will be David Hollow, Ugo Vallauri and Win Tun. Gudrun Wicander, Ismael Peña-López and Marcus Duveskog from IPID will also be assisting with the conference preparations.
To pre-register
All those interested in pre-registering to receive further information should send an e-mail to tim.unwin@rhul.ac.uk. Further information will be circulated in May 2009.