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The technical committee for ICT Africa 2007 is pleased to invite the submission of abstracts on or before May 15, 2007 and full papers on or before June 30

ICT Africa 2007 conference and tutorial program will bring together engineers, scientists, developers, government leaders, corporate managers, educators, financiers and project representatives from all over Africa and abroad. Suggested topics include:

Paper and tutorial titles will include, but not limited to:

Track 1 – Networks
There have been concerted efforts to develop ICT infrastructure in Africa including submarine fibre links, terrestrial long haul fibre and microwave links, metropolitan and access networks including wireless mesh networks, Wi-Max, ADSL, 3G wireless, broadband over power line and fiber to the premises (deployed in Kigali, Rwanda for example). This track will address technologies appropriate for these developments will include but not limited to:

• Fiber optic networks
• Submarine cable systems
• Digital subscriber line (ADSL)
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
• Wireless broadband access: including WI-MAX
• Wireless LANS: including Wi-Fi
• Broadband over power line
• Satellite Broadband
• Fiber to the premises
• Internet exchange points

Ttrack 2 – Data Management Issues in Internet-Based Applications:
The availability of high-speed networks and high-performance microprocessors is making networks of computers an appealing vehicle for cost-effective internet and business computing. Clusters of computers built using commodity hardware and software are playing a major role in web server design with several applications in E-Commerce, E-learning, E-government, etc. Although applications are flourishing, some challenges remains in the Peer-to-Peer and Internet-based applications. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) refers to a network of equals (peers), where by design two or more peers are able to collaborate spontaneously or share resources without the need for central coordination. We invite contributions from a broad spectrum of disciplines including economics, information systems, information management, and computer sciences. We would also like to involve practitioners whose experiences applications of P2P could certainly enrich the discussions. The track focuses on but is not limited to:

• Information storage, retrieval and update in a distributed system
• High performance and reliable mass storage
• Intrusion prevention, detection and tolerance
• Formation of supply chains, coalitions, and virtual enterprises
• Agent technology
• Public records archives (electronic documents accessibility, authenticity)
• Trust and privacy;
• e-Voting systems solutions;
• Mobile applications.
• e-government solutions
• e-learning solutions
• e-commerce solutions
• e-health solutions
• e-labs and distance learning

Tutorial Titles

• Fiber optics
• Next generation broadband networks
• VoIP

Instructions:

PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with the title above. All paper submissions will be handled electronically at http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ocs . Authors should prepare the full paper following the IEEE paper format. Papers including text, figures and references must not exceed 10 pages.

The abstracts should be submitted with the following information:

• Author’s name
• Co-author(s)
• Address
• Company/organization
• Telephone number
• email address
• Title of the paper or presentation
• Relevant topic (from the areas listed above)
• One or Two keywords (relating to the subject of the abstract)

TUTORIALS:
Proposals submission should be in plain text or PDF format and should include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The cover sheet should specify:

1. The title of the tutorial
2. The length : a half day (3 hours plus breaks) or full day (6 hours plus breaks)
3. The intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced)
4. The complete contact information for the contact person and other presenters
5. A brief biography (max. 2 paragraphs) for each presenter
6. The audio/visual equipment needed for the presentation.

The extended abstract should be 4 to 6 pages, and should include an outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the course objectives and course materials.
Important Dates:

Abstract due date: May 15, 2007
Manuscript due date: June 30, 2007
Acceptance date: August 10, 2007
Camera ready manuscript due date September 1, 2007

Paper submission site:
http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ocs/

Conference site:
http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org

Contacts

Technical Program Chairs
Vincent Oria
New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
oria@homer.njit.edu

Johnson Agbinya
University of Technology, Sydney
agbinya@eng.uts.edu.au )