Subject: [gaia] Fwd: Call for Papers-M4D2018 in Kampala, Uganda, Nov.15-16, 2018

From: Melissa Densmore <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:51:58 +0200

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From: Rehema Baguma <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 2:25 PM
Subject: Fwd: Call for Papers-M4D2018 in Kampala, Uganda, Nov.15-16, 2018
To: [email-masked]

Kindly, share with your networks. Thanks.
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
*The 6th International Conference on Mobile Communication Technology for
Development (M4D2018), Kampala, Uganda, November 15-16, 2018*
*Makerere University (MUK)*
The 6th International Conference on Mobile Communication Technology for
Development (M4D2018) welcomes researchers, practitioners and all those
with interest in the use, evaluation, and theorizing of mobile
communication technologies for development to submit research papers,
practice papers, workshops, panels and posters/demos. This conference
provides a forum for M4D enthusiasts to network, innovate, and share
experiences of working with mobile technologies in development contexts.

The inaugural conference was held in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008. The 2nd
conference was in Kampala, Uganda in 2010; the 3rd Conference was in New
Delhi, India in 2012; the 4th conference was in Dakar Senegal in 2014 and
the 5th Conference was held in Maputo, Mozambique in 2016. This year, we
welcome you to Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda for M4D2018!

*Topics*
M4D2018 will take up the mobile-technology-for-development quest along
topics addressing (but not restricted to):

   - mLearning
   - mLivelihood
   - mAgriculture
   - mHealth
   - mInclusion
   - mGovernance
   - mCommerce
   - mHuman Computer Interaction
   - mDevice – application areas of the mobile device (radio receiver, etc.)
   - mInnovation
   - Mobile app development

*Submission Options*
*Research papers* (8-12 pages including references formatted according to
the template on conference website (http://cit4.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html
)  which will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on theory, craftsmanship
and analytical rigor. Papers considering critical approaches and
theoretical development will be prioritized.

*The practitioner’s track *is open to practitioners to present their
experiences, cases and policies (4-5 pages). These contributions do not
have to be guided by academic theory and critical analysis. All accepted
papers will be published in the proceedings and allocated a presentation
slot.

*Workshops* - You can also participate by organizing a workshop. Workshop
submissions for proceedings (2 pages) must contain: title, organizers with
affiliation, participants, motivation and objectives.

*Panels –* We welcome theme driven panels. If you would also like to chair
and organize a panel, feel free to submit (2 pages) that must contain
title, organizers with affiliation, participants, motivation and objectives.

*Posters or Demos* - You are also welcome to present your work in the form
of a poster or a demo by submitting a one page extended abstract in the
format of the template on the conference website (http://cit4.mak.ac.ug/
M4D2018/index.html).

*Important Dates*
*Paper submission deadline*: 30 May 2018
*Paper acceptance notification*: 30 August 2018
*Final papers due and registration deadline for presenting authors:* 30
September 2018
*Poster/Demo/workshop/panel submission deadline:* 1 September 2018
*Acceptance notification:* 15 September 2018
*Final Posters/Demos/workshops/panel submission deadline*: 15 September
2018
*Registration deadline for participants without presentations*: 31 October
2018

 For further information, visit: *http://cit4.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html
<http://cit4.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html>*

For any questions, please contact us on:
[email-masked], rbaguma@cit. <[email-masked]>ac.ug

Thank you.

 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Rehema Baguma <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Dear Emmanuel,
>
> Thank you for your comment.  I will inform Raymond S. to try out different
> font types.
>
> K.rgds,
>
> ............................................................
> ..................................
> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
> *E-mail*:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 5:36 PM, <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Dear Rehema,
>>
>> I think most of the text on the M4D website is a little faint. We could
>> make it a little salient
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> regards
>> Emmanuel
>>
>>
>> On 2018-01-24 15:31, Rehema Baguma wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Edgar,
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for the edits. The templates are already provided on the
>>> website. I have now added the links to the CFP text.
>>> K.rgds,
>>>
>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe
>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Rehama,
>>>>
>>>> I don’t have much to add or subtract. See the file attached.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Edgar
>>>>
>>>> FROM: Rehema Baguma
>>>> SENT: den 24 januari 2018 07:25
>>>> TO: John Sören Pettersson
>>>> CC: [email-masked]; Tonny Oyana; Gilbert Maiga; Edgar
>>>> Napoleon Asiimwe; Raymond Mugwanya; Fiona Ssozi; Hasifah Kasujja;
>>>> Elin Svensson; [email-masked]
>>>> SUBJECT: Re: M4D2018 CFP-Final Draft & website
>>>>
>>>> Dear  All,
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks to all those that have  so far contributed to the CFP
>>>> and website.
>>>>
>>>> Kindly find attached the final draft of the CFP. I suggest that we
>>>> all do a final check and share our comments by end of day so that we
>>>> can publish it tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> The first version of the website
>>>> (http://cit.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html [1]) is also ready. Kindly
>>>> have a look and share your comments too.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Rehema Baguma <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Edgar,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for your comments.
>>>>
>>>> We thought about [email-masked] but it is a lengthy process
>>>> to get such an address. We will continue following it up and as soon
>>>> as we get it, we will replace the one on the website.
>>>>
>>>> We also thought about social media but at the moment , we are thin
>>>> on ground but we will reconsider.
>>>>
>>>> About the website, yesterday we updated the design and content
>>>> including some pictures.But we are still looking for more relevant
>>>> pictures. In case  John/yourself have some for the past conference,
>>>> kindly share them. Check the latest version at:
>>>> http://cit.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html [1]
>>>>
>>>> Once again, thanks for your comments and keep them coming.
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:47 PM, Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe
>>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Rehema,
>>>>
>>>> Kindly receive my late comments (which are minor):
>>>>
>>>> * I know you are a usability expert… can we have [email-masked]
>>>> or just [email-masked] INSTEAD OF [email-masked]. Also it would
>>>> be good to share the call with social media tags so we can easily
>>>> market the even on Twitter, FB, etc.
>>>> * On can we have some nice attractive pictures on the conference
>>>> website before you launch it?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Edgar
>>>>
>>>> FROM: Rehema Baguma
>>>> SENT: den 19 januari 2018 20:05
>>>> TO: John Sören Pettersson
>>>> CC: [email-masked]; Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe; Tonny Oyana;
>>>> Gilbert Maiga
>>>> SUBJECT: Re: M4D2018 CFP-Draft one
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Once again, thanks a lot for the useful comments.
>>>>
>>>> Attached are two copies. The first one has my feedback to the
>>>> comments and the second one is draft two.
>>>>
>>>> Kindly share any further comments asap.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:14 PM, John Sören Pettersson
>>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Rehema, enclosed you will find comments from Solange, and then from
>>>> me, and finally I have added some comments from Edgar at SPIDER who
>>>> is right now sitting opposite to me at a hamburger restaurant at the
>>>> Stockholm Central Station.
>>>>
>>>> I am on my way to Karlstad i a few minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Edgar invites you to contact him directly in matters of IPID
>>>> support.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> john sören
>>>>
>>>> FROM: Rehema Baguma [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>>> SENT: den 17 januari 2018 20:43
>>>> TO: John Sören Pettersson <[email-masked]>
>>>> CC: Tonny Oyana <[email-masked]>; Gilbert Maiga <[email-masked]>
>>>> SUBJECT: M4D2018 CFP-Draft one
>>>>
>>>> Dear John & All,
>>>>
>>>> Kindly, find attached draft one of the Call for papers that we hope
>>>> to share in different networks by end of this week.
>>>>
>>>> I will be grateful for your comments asap.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>>
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Rehema Baguma <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear John,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the comments.
>>>>
>>>> The cit.ac..offers more storage space but you are right about the
>>>> identity aspect. i will find out whether we can get a .mak one with
>>>> a sizeable storage quota and get back.
>>>>
>>>> I agree that adding Solange is a very good idea and we've added her
>>>> but it would also be good to have a faculty and or advanced PhD
>>>> student from Karlstad.
>>>>
>>>> We will leave Christelle off the list for now.
>>>>
>>>> The zero draft of the website is available at:
>>>> http://cit.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html [1]
>>>>
>>>> We hope to have a better version by end of day.
>>>>
>>>> N.B. I suggest that we work to send the call out this weekend. I
>>>> will share a draft of the precise text for your input by end of day.
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>>
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 2:10 PM, John Sören Pettersson
>>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I missed to do the Reply All to include the cc’s. /jsp
>>>>
>>>> FROM: John Sören Pettersson
>>>> SENT: den 16 januari 2018 12:07
>>>> TO: 'Rehema Baguma' <[email-masked]>
>>>> SUBJECT: RE: FW: M4D2016
>>>>
>>>> A [email-masked] would be good to show that it is Uganda who
>>>> runs the m4d2018, but does the cit.ac [2] really refer to MAK?
>>>>
>>>> [email-masked] at Örebro University, Sweden, is willing
>>>> to be a PhD student representative on the Steering commite or the
>>>> conference committee. She is no longer IPID coordinator, but she
>>>> said it has not been decided yet who is. I think with her experience
>>>> as IPID coordinator, she is a valuable resource for you in the conf
>>>> committee. Moreover, she is Rwandian, so she would like to
>>>> disseminate info about the conference among universities and
>>>> organisations in Rwanda. I think this is excellent.
>>>>
>>>> I write a letter to Christelle also, but until we get this clear we
>>>> cannot list her yet.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> john sören
>>>>
>>>> FROM: Rehema Baguma [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>>> SENT: den 15 januari 2018 19:14
>>>>
>>>> TO: John Sören Pettersson <[email-masked]>
>>>> CC: Tonny Oyana <[email-masked]>; Gilbert Maiga <[email-masked]>
>>>> SUBJECT: Re: FW: M4D2016
>>>>
>>>> Dear John,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for your useful feedback/comments.
>>>>
>>>> I have made most of the suggested adjustments and responded to some
>>>> of your comments in the attached version.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with your suggestion to add Christelle and Solange. I
>>>> suggest that you introduce them to us and formerly ask them if they
>>>> would like to be part of the conference at your earliest
>>>> convenience.
>>>>
>>>> More comments are very welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>>
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 7:40 PM, John Sören Pettersson
>>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Rehema, and Tonny and Gilbert, here are my comments and
>>>> changes.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to think through most the things. At some points this
>>>> might open for further discussion but I think you anyhow can go
>>>> ahead with the web site.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> john sören
>>>>
>>>> FROM: Rehema Baguma [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>>> SENT: den 11 januari 2018 20:41
>>>> TO: John Sören Pettersson <[email-masked]>
>>>> CC: Tonny Oyana <[email-masked]>; Gilbert Maiga <[email-masked]>
>>>> SUBJECT: Re: FW: M4D2016
>>>>
>>>> Dear John,
>>>>
>>>> Kindly find attached, the first draft of the content about M4D2018.
>>>>
>>>> I will be grateful for your comments on any part and particularly
>>>> those highlighted for your input asap.
>>>>
>>>> We are starting on the website tomorrow. I will let you know when it
>>>> is up for you to have a look and give us your comments.
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>>
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Rehema Baguma <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the content.
>>>>
>>>> I will share an edited version mid next week. Working on the site
>>>> will also start then.
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ............................................................
>>> ..................................
>>>
>>>> Rehema Baguma, PhD.
>>>> Senior Lecturer & Researcher,
>>>> School of Computing & Informatics Technology,
>>>> College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University
>>>>
>>>> E-MAIL:[email-masked],[email-masked]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:24 AM, John Sören Pettersson
>>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here is a Word version of the previous conference website. (If you
>>>> switch on Markups, you will be able to see the Portugese version!)
>>>> Please note that text about "HumanIT research center" should be
>>>> replaced with "the Information Systems research group" (or simply
>>>> "Karlstad University"). But of course, we can also play down the
>>>> role of KAU now when you have to do most of the tasks and the
>>>> financing!
>>>> : - )
>>>>
>>>> We should link the previous proceedings to url's in DiVA database.
>>>> For the last conf, 2016, it is urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-47516
>>>>
>>>> I have to rush now, but I hope the Word document gives you quite a
>>>> good sense of what the web site may contain. Last conf fee is there
>>>> too, but you might like to keep it lower to really have lots of
>>>> African scholars coming.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> john sören
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Leonardo Iwaya
>>>> Sent: den 3 januari 2018 17:12
>>>> To: John Sören Pettersson <[email-masked]>
>>>> Subject: Re: M4D2016
>>>>
>>>> John Sören,
>>>>
>>>> I only have a Word doc file with all the translated content (English
>>>> and
>>>> Portuguese). I don't have the HTML pages or anything like that.
>>>>
>>>> Sending it attached.
>>>>
>>>> BRs,
>>>> Leo.
>>>>
>>>> On 2018-01-02 21:33, John Sören Pettersson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Leo,
>>>>>
>>>>> do you have some sort of copy of the m4d2016 site?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] http://cit.mak.ac.ug/M4D2018/index.html
>>> [2] http://cit.ac
>>>
>>
>

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