Call for Papers for eWorld Forum 2011, 2-3 August 2011, The Ashok, New Delhi, India

eWorld Forum 2011 is a dynamic global forum which will be organised by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) and Elets Technomedia Private Limited. It aims to bring together thought leadership from global ICT for Development community to engage in action-oriented policy dialogues and debates around the key emerging issues in the field of governance and health. The eWorld Forum 2011 will be convened in India on 2-3 August 2011 at The Ashok, New Delhi, India.

The papers should be based on, but not restricted to, the following themes:

Governance

• Gov 2.0 technology for participatory and citizen-centric governance
• Scaling the Open Government initiatives across continents
• Access to Broadband for all
• mGov: Mobile as a platform for delivery of government to citizen services and engaging citizens in decision making. Its application in governance and health, especially for the developing world where internet and PC penetration is quite low
• Transformational Government: Adopting enterprise approach towards e-Government – considering the ‘whole of government’ while interaction between state and citizen
• Cloud computing / SaaS [Cloud Computing -SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, XaaS]
• Capacity Building 
• Green ICT / computing

Health 

• ICT for achieving Millennium Development Goals 
• Leveraging Technology for Transforming Standards of Care across Nations  
• Initiatives and Developments in eHealth Technologies - International Perspectives and Developments
• National eHealth Policies, Strategies and Infrastructure
• Country Case-Studies on eHealth Projects and Implementations
• eHealth Implications on Medical Tourism and Offshore Healthcare
• Adopting Sustainable IT in Strained Health Economies of Emerging Nations

Telecentres

• Telecentre Movements: Issues, Lessons and Best Practices
• Telecentres in the Age of Mobile Phones
• Content, Services and Connectivity
• Knowledge Sharing among the Telecentre Stakeholders
• Sustainability Concerns in the Telecentre Domain
• Localisation of Content, Services and Grassroots Innovation
• Telecentre Network Management: Issues and Concerns
• CSC Programme

Municipal IT

• Role of IT in establishing contact with citizens 
• e-Governance Services in Municipalities 
• Management of amenities that come under ULBs (Urban Local Bodies) 

And many more…