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Call for Papers
The Swedish International development Agency (Sida) in collaboration
with United nations Information and Communication Technology Task
Force (UNICTTF) and The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have
organized in 2003 and 2004 the first and second international
conference on Open Access technologies.
The Eduardo Mondlane University in
Maputo Mozambique has requested to host the 3rd International Open
Access workshop in Maputo Mozambique. It has been decided that the
workshop will be held on 10-11 May 2005.
This year the main theme of the workshop will be on Open Access
Solutions, a Pan African Fibre Backbone, financing models and
regulatory environment for Open Access technologies. The scope is how
to provide open access which includes identifying the users, the
relevant technologies, the regulatory framework and how to support the
entrepreneurship that is necessary to build sustainable networks. This
conference will address the open access technologies in the context of
Developing Regions in particular the Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is expected that the conference will gather about 150 participants
from Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin-America and North America.
The 3rd International Open Access Workshop will be organized through
collaboration between Sida,
IDRC,
UNICTTF,
UEM and
KTH.
Thus, focused abstracts, tutorial and survey contributions as well as
research papers are solicited on (but certainly not limited to) the
following topics:
• Papers that discuss the concept of Open Communication and Open
Networks, i.e. networks with modular network segments with open
standardised interfaces allowing different actors to build networks
together based on local economical opportunities.
• Papers that disseminate case studies illustrating best practices for
how to provide first mile access from more users
• Papers addressing how academia,
regulators and funding agents can stimulate and support entrepreneurs
to provide access in new areas
• Papers disseminating case studies illustrating cases of how to build
national or international fibre backbones that provide access to more
users
• Papers that address the issues related to the regulatory environment
that is required for these backbones to evolve
• Papers that discuss how to establish national and regional research
and education networks (NRENs)
Initially it is only requested that you submit an abstract summarizing
your main paper. You will be required to submit the full paper if the
abstract is accepted. The abstract should fit in 2 pages and should
not have more than 1500 words.
Submission
Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style
comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article.
Articles should be submitted through
openaccess@uem.mz. Articles should be presented in
pdf or MS word format and should have no more than 4,500 words, no
more than 8 tables/figures, and no more than 15 references. Please
submit no later than indicated in the deadline information.
Important dates:
Abstracts Due: 30 January 2005
Acceptance Notification: 15 February 2005
Final Manuscript Due: 15 April 2005 |
