ICTD 2024 provides an international forum for scholarly researchers to explore the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. The 13th International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2024), will be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, from December 9-11, 2024.

Call for Notes at ICTD 2024

With a shorter four-page limit (single-column template, as specified in the “Submission Instructions” section below, and excluding references), Notes are intended to introduce work-in-progress that may be further developed for later archival publication, as well as to document shorter project write-ups. An ICTD Note is likely to have a more focused and succinct research contribution to the ICTD field than Full Papers. For example, Notes on novel ICTD systems may not cover the entire design of the system but may instead go into depth in specific areas (e.g., how the system was evaluated with real users or how the formative work to create the system was conducted). Notes are also not expected to include a complete discussion of related work that is as broad as that of a submission to the Full Papers venue. 

• Notes will be evaluated by at least one (or two, in critical cases) multidisciplinary reviewer in a double-blind fashion and will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, and quality of writing, and presentation. 
• Manuscripts considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered. However, Notes need not necessarily be as comprehensive, novel, or generalizable as Full Papers.
• Authors of accepted Notes will be invited to present a poster. All acceptance will be conditional, the final version of the Note will be checked by the initial reviewers before final acceptance.
• Selected Notes will be posted on ICTD.org, but will not be archivally published.

Important Dates 

• 25 Oct 2024: Deadline for submission of Notes
• 8 Nov 2024: Notification of acceptance for Notes
• 15 Nov 2024: Deadline for revised Notes

All deadlines apply at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth) on the date indicated.

Submission Instructions

• Please prepare your Note as a PDF file, using the ACM template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template.
• Notes submissions should be submitted via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/7xtmbRtWVSzVAsQD6.

Please send any questions about Notes to ictdnotes2024@gmail.com.