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IPID The International Network for PG Students in ICT4D

The network, IPID, the International Network for Post Graduate students in the area of ICT4D, is an international PG network for everyone in the field of ICT for developing regions. The network is created to support and facilitate networking and knowledge sharing. Download the IPID folder

More then 400 PG students from around 290 universities in 50 countries are participating in this network. View statistics

The IPID focus is to support its members through arranging activities and through communication. Activities are both academic and social, national as well as international. Academic activities include to attend conferences together, arrange seminars, suggest literature and journals etcetera. Social activities which will in it self encourage networking, contact, communication and collaboration include visits at different universities, intercultural meetings etcetera.

News

• A new section has been added to the site, IPID daily news
• We are proud to announce Edward Stohr as IPIDs latest honorary member. Stohr is Professor of Information Systems and Co-Director of the Center for Technology Management Research at the Howe School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the founder and chair of the AIS SIG on ICT in Global Development.
• Seminar Gapminder. We are glad to invite you to a seminar on how to use the "Motion Chart" or "Gapminder Trendalyzer" with your own research data. The seminar will be hosted by Örebro University and given by Zhongxing Zhang from Gapminder.org.
• The ICT4D Consortium invites IPID members to join their ELGG (ICT4D Consortium environment)
• Some ICT4D Symposium 2009 Pictures have now been added to the wiki
• ICT4D Symposium 2009 Recordings have now been added to the wiki
• The Cite extention (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php) has been installed in the wiki
• A new section for ICT4D Conferences has been added under ICT4D Resources

Join

In order to take part in the IPID activities you need to be a registered member. Membership is free! As a IPID member you will also twice a month receive a newsletter containing ICT4D and IPID related news.

Join IPID: http://www.humanit.org/PID/registration.php

Sponsors

The IPID network is supported by The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER) http://www.spidercentre.org/