The International Network for Post
Graduate Students in the Area of ICT4D
(IPID) is a network of postgraduate
students doing research in ICT4D. The
aim is to become an established research
network for postgraduate students in the
domain of development informatics
through inter alia continued support to
doctoral and masters students and
increased visibility at international
conferences.
IPID was established during Spring 2006
with the support from SPIDER - the
'Swedish Program for ICT in Developing
Regions'. The network has been
adminsited by the Swedish Business
School (Informatics) at the Örebro
University. The ambition was to become a
research-meeting place as well as a
social meeting place for students
interested in ICT4D. The ambition was
also to increase the existing network of
SPIDER, national as well as
international, and also to increase
collaboration among universities. With
its around 600 registered members representing over 280
universities/reserach organizations from around 60 countries so
far, the interest for the network has been met beyond all
expectations.
Seminar on ‘Global initiatives on
connecting the unconnected: Myth and reality’ Date & Venue: November
11, 2011, Örebro University, HSF (Forumhuset)
A seminar (click
here)
on 'Global initiates on connecting the unconnected: Myth and
reality' was held on November 11, 2011 at the Swedish Business
School (Informatics) of Örebro
University. The focuses of the seminar were how global
initiatives on ICT4D were addressing the needs of poor people,
how the challenges and development effects had been evident so
far, and how effectively ICT could be applied in the development
agenda. Distinguished speakers of this seminar were :
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Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor, Indian Institute
of Management Bangalore,
India
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Maung Sein, Professor of Information Systems, University of
Agder, Norway
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John Traxler, Director of the Learning Lab and Professor,
University of Wolverhampton, UK
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Dorothea Kleine, Director, MSc Practising Sustainable
Development (ICT4D specialism),
UNESCO Chair/Centre in ICT4D, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Åke
Grönlund, Professor of Informatics at Örebro
University and Chair of AIS
Special Interest Group on Electronic Government (SIGeGov)
presided over the seminar.
IPID funded domestic travel grants to some of its members for
attending this seminar.
The 2011 Annual Conference of the
International Network for Postgraduate
Students in the Area of ICT4D (IPID)
was held at
Università della svizzera italiana
(USI), Lugano, Switzerland. This
conference granted postgraduate
researchers the opportunity to present
their work to a diverse audience, and
to gain positive and valuable experience.
It was also an opportunity for young
scientists to network and engage with
international scholars in ICT4D.
Keynote speakers :
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Dr Wallace Chigona, Associate Professor, Department of
Information Systems, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr Gertrudes Macueve, Director of the
master’s program in Informatics at
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane,
Department of Mathematics within the
Faculty of Sciences
Please click
here to
learn more about this conference.
