Track: Organizational Systems and Technology
Minitrack: Information Technology for Development

Information Technology for Development ( ITD ) research considers the use information technology infrastructures to bring about economic and social development. Contributions of research in ITD over twenty years have been to the management of economies through the implementation of IT infrastructures to stimulate national development. Examples of such research include the use of indicators such as gross domestic product and human development indices to assess the effect of IT technologies and infrastructures on national development. Such research provides insight for policy makers seeking to increase business investment in their regions. It also provides guidelines for businesses seeking to implement and use IT infrastructures to support their sourcing strategies.

Conceptual papers including theory development, frameworks and models for studying and applying IT are invited. For empirical papers field studies, case studies, action research and innovative online data collection methods are strongly recommended. Papers submitted should explicitly state their research methods.

Best papers from this mini-track will be selected for revision and possible publication in the Information Technology for Development Journal.

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
IT Development Concepts and Frameworks
This includes topics such as IT ethics and development, international IT legal frameworks, measurement of the impact of investment in ITC for development, international ICT dialogues and discourses, implications for developed and transition economies, and research into the Digital Divide, technology transfer between developing countries.

IT Infrastructures for Development
This includes topics such as alternative backbone strategies for a nationwide rural network, e.g. terrestrial wireless, high altitude platform and low-earth orbit satellite constellation, e stablishing a high-speed connection to a point of presence in villages; IT innovation meeting the needs of individuals and small collectives in developing areas; and IT adoption in areas with limited resources and skills.

ITD Policy
This includes topics such as IT Infrastructures for public administration and reform, public policy for the IT Industry, innovations in capacity building for ICT development (education in IT, skills for ICT development), and IT dtrategies for development (national and sectoral).

ITD for Business
This includes topics such as geographic information systems ( GIS ), spatial data infrastructures (SDI), off-shore sourcing strategies, and small and medium enterprise (SME) access to public procurement systems.

IT and good governance, e-government, role of IT in reducing corruption, e-Democracy

Co-chairs:
Sajda Qureshi (Primary Contact)
Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
College of Information Science and Technology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0116, USA
Phone: +1-402-554-2837
Fax: +1-402-554-3400
Email: squreshi@mail.unomaha.edu

Robert J. Kauffman
W. P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ   85287, USA
Phone: +1-480-306-4388
Email: rkauffman@asu.edu

Peter Wolcott
Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
College of Information Science and Technology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha , NE 68182-0116, USA
Phone: +1-402-554-3158,
Fax: +1-402-554-3400
E mail: pwolcott@mail.unomaha.edu