2019 OI: 2019 Open Innovations Conference Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa, October 2-4, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.africaopen.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oic2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | June 15, 2019 |
Submission deadline | July 15, 2019 |
The transition from the twentieth to the twenty-first century has witnessed a paradigm shift from the industrial revolution to a predominantly knowledge-based society known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The 4IR is characterized by disruptive digital transformation of the public sector, commercial sector and the society at large. The large-scale digital transformation of society has partly been hinged on the changing nature of innovation: from Closed Innovation, anchored largely on internal ideas, paths, architectures and systems; to Open Innovation, characterized by reliance on both internal and external ideas, paths, architectures and systems. The open architecture of the Internet, characterized by nomadic, transparent, cloud and fog computing environments, is the basis of a collaborative, peer-to-peer, sharing economy, currently stirring and sustaining development of Open Innovations in different regions of the globe. These Open Innovations are enabled by disruptive digital technologies and devices such as smartphones, Internet of Things (IoTs), collaborative and crowdsourcing applications, social media tools, product and service providers and traditional web browsers. The 2019 Open Innovations Conference recognizes that the 4IR is an imperative that underpins contemporary human progress, with societal changes exemplified by Schumpeter’s ‘creative disruption’ and Christensen’s ‘disruptive technologies’. The focus of the 2019 Open Innovations Conference on “New Frontiers on Digital Transformation” seeks to provide a platform in which inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research and practice elevates the concept of “Open Innovations” as an enabler of human progress.
Submission Guidelines
We invite the submission of Full Research Papers (FRP); Short Research Papers (SRP), Reflection Papers (RP), Student Posters (SP), Workshops & Tutorials (WT), Research Development Symposia (RDS), Invited Talks (IT)and Showcases & Exhibitions (SE) to the 2019 Open Innovations Conference (2019 OIC). The 2019 OIC theme, “New Frontiers in Digital Transformation”, invites submissions that exposes the role of digital technology for enabling sustainable innovations in all sectors of our society. Open Innovation is now seen as an imperative that underpins human progress, with societal changes exemplified by Schumpeter’s ‘creative disruption’ and Christensen’s ‘disruptive technologies’. We invite submissions from areas that explicate the disruptive nature of digital transformation in innovations found in various contexts such as the Commercial Sector, Public Sector, Energy, Health, Agriculture, Engineering, Transportation, Education, etc. Submitted papers will undergo a Double-Blind Peer Review process. Submissions should focus on, but not limited to the following tracks:
List of Topics
- Digital Government Innovations
- Digital Business Innovations
- Digital Entrepreneurship
- Case Studies on Innovation Hubs
- Sustainable Energy Innovations
- Big data and analytics
- Innovations in STEM Disciplines
- Innovation Policies & Instruments
- Innovations in Data Sciences
- Innovations in Information Engineering
- Innovations in Health Informatics
- Innovations in Project Management
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Innovations in Information Sciences
- Innovations in e-learning
- Innovations in e-health
- Internet of Things
- Innovations in high performance computing (HPC)
- Innovations in climate change and food security
- Innovations in Materials Science & Engineering
- General Tracks, Exhibitions, Workshops & Tutorials
Contact
Prof. Muganda Ochara
E-Mail: editor@africaopen.org