The pre-conference is being organized by LIRNEasia (www.lirneasia.net).

It will draw together research constituting evidence for and against this emerging Mobile2.0 narrative in the context of the larger social-science understanding of mobile-use behavior.  We welcome abstracts which will contribute to understanding emerging mobile use patterns, under the following areas of interest:

The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) will be held 17-19 April 2009 at Carnegie Mellon's state-of-the-art campus in Doha, Qatar. This conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship in the field of ICT and international development. Confirmed speakers include a Keynote by William H. Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

• September 22, 2008 - Submissions due
• January 15, 2009 - Final decisions sent out to authors
• February 20, 2009 - Camera-ready papers due
• April 17-19, 2009 - Conference

In an effort to keep the growing CPRsouth community active and encourage post-conference networking among its members, we have introduced a community section on our website to feature the current research pursuits of our members. We hope that this information will be of use to you, in your own research work; should you wish to get in touch with one of our featured members, kindly email us at: info[at]cprsouth[dot]org.