3rd African ITS Conference: The 3rd African Conference of the International Telecommunications Society School of Economics, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa, April 6-7, 2020 |
Conference website | https://www.monssa.org/its2020 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdafricanitsconfere |
Abstract registration deadline | December 22, 2019 |
Submission deadline | January 31, 2020 |
The 3rd African International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Conference will take place at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town on 6-7 April, 2020. The previous two African editions of the conference were hosted in Lusaka (Zambia) in 2018 and Accra (Ghana) in 2016.
The International Telecommunications Society (ITS) is an association of about 400 professionals in the information, communications, and technology sectors. The ITS Conferences provide a forum where academic, private sector, and government communities can meet to identify pressing new problems and issues, share research results, and form new relationships and approaches to address outstanding issues.
The ITS Conference in Cape Town will bring together experts, academicians, policy makers and sector regulators from South Africa and other countries in Africa, and worldwide. During 2-days conference, the participants will discuss a broad range of issues related to investments in telecommunications and Internet infrastructure, competition dynamics and regulation of digital markets, emergence of global information society and many others.
We welcome submissions on a range of topics as outlined below:
- Infrastructure investment strategies in both fixed and mobile markets
- Consolidation in mobile markets
- Digital divides – their changing nature and how they can be overcome
- Monopolisation within high-technology markets – e.g., how can markets be defined and monopolisation measured
- The socio-economic impact of new technologies – e.g., 5G, IoT, AI, blockchain
- Operator strategies – bundling, content and convergence
- The impact of OTT on the telecommunications sector
- The adoption of ICT in other sectors – manufacturing, transportation etc.
- Platforms – their scope, regulation and impact
- Encouraging ICT innovation in Africa
Submissions addressing any other subject relating to telecommunication systems and markets are also welcome. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome, as are methodologically qualitative and quantitative papers.
Submission Guidelines
Full papers or abstracts can be submitted. Abstracts should be about 2 pages (800 to 1000 words) in length and contain the following information:
- Title of the contribution
- A clear statement of the research question
- Remarks on methodology adopted in the paper
- Outline of (expected) results
- Bibliographical notes (up to 6 key references used in the paper)
All abstracts will be subject to blind peer review. Papers presented at the conference will be made available through the ITS Econstor community page.
Committees
Program Committee
- Erik Bohlin
- Claudio Feijoo
- Lukasz Grzybowski
- Ryan Hawthorne
- Anders Henten
- Bronwyn Howell
- Seongcheol Kim
- Jan Kraemer
- Patricia Longstaff
- Hitoshi Mitomo
- Petrus Potgeiter
- Brigitte Preissl
- Genna Robb
- Stephen Schmidt
- Sobee Shinohara
- Simon Tembo
- Jason Whalley
- Xu Yan
- Ezer Yeboah-Boateng
Organizing committee
- Lukasz Grzybowski
- Ryan Hawthorne
- Anders Henten
- Genna Robb
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Lukasz Grzybowski: lg@monssa.org