IST-Africa 2024 call for papers – Deadline extended to 8 December 2023

IST-Africa 2024, the 19th in the annual series of ministerial-level technology policy, research and innovation conferences, is supported by the European Commission and the African Union Commission.

IST-Africa 2024 will take place as a virtual event in May 2024.

The IST-Africa conference series provides a world-class strategic platform rotating around Africa to strengthen policy dialogues between Africa, Europe and the rest of the world on matters related to technology-enabled innovation, science, technology and entrepreneurship, as well as global development, research and innovation cooperation and community building.  It also provides an opportunity to identify potential partners for future research cooperation under Horizon Europe and other international funding programmes. IST-Africa is a unique community that brings together cross-disciplinary stakeholders from the public, private, education, research, societal, funding and international donor sectors, with end user communities focused on ICT and research, innovation and technology-enabled entrepreneurship.

IST-Africa 2024 invites the submission of full papers (4 000 to 5 000 words) for blind peer review).  The deadline has been extended to 8 December.  Please use the paper guidelines and IST-Africa template when preparing your paper.

The original call for papers brochure is available here.

The thematic priorities, aimed at achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), include the following:

• Technology-enabled healthcare (m-health and e-health).
• Technology-enhanced learning and e-skills.
• Technology-enabled agriculture (m-agriculture and e-agriculture) and environmental sustainability.
• Energy – ICT for power delivery and micro-grids.
• Electronic infrastructure and national research and education networks.
• Next generation computing – big data, cloud computing, future internet, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things.
• E-government and public service delivery.
• Content technologies – languages and digital preservation.
• Cybersecurity, privacy and trust.
• Collaborative open innovation and technology-enabled entrepreneurship (including social entrepreneurship).
• Global development (including ICT for development).
• The societal and ethical implications of technology.

Full papers must present an analysis of policy, initial or final research results or a case study. It is important to highlight actual or expected impacts as well as the level of innovation.  General project descriptions or descriptions of proposed research will not be reviewed.

Papers submitted must include a unique element that has not previously been published and any previously published materials (including material previously published by the authors) must be clearly referenced.

Each presenter can present only ONE paper at the conference. It is necessary for papers to be presented by a registered author/co-author, who must be able to answer questions on the presentation during the event to ensure inclusion in the published conference proceedings.

Please only submit papers for review where there are authors/co-authors who will complete registration.  Please do not submit multiple papers for which there is only one author who can register.  Please note that only full papers will be assigned for review.

Submit your paper here by 8 December 2023.