pierre@imag.imag.fr (Pierre LAFORGUE) (11/10/90)
>From: belhadj%tuniscni@imag.fr (Belhadj Yahia Ezzedine)
SCOPE
AFRICOM-CCDC /91 is an international conference that will focus on computer
communication technologies in the developing world.
The aim of this conference is to report the progress achieved in these
fields and to give participants the opportunity to explore the new
horizons thus opened up to developing countries. It is not reserved for
a specific category of attendee but is aimed at a diversified public of
users, designers, researchers, planners and managers of information
systems.
TOPICS
A) NETWORKS
-Planning, network operation and managemnent, pricing policies.
-Last-mile problems.
-ISDN evolution, intelligent networks, academic and research networks.
-High capacity networks.
-Planning for the unexpected or disasterous, architectures and designs
for risk managemnent in data and telecommunication networks.
B) APPLICATIONS
-Research and academic network applications.
-Government networks
-Corporate communications.
-Banking, international trade, commercial partners.
-Electronic data interchange(EDI).
-Skills training requirements of specialists as well as of users
in the field of communications.
-International Cooperation in this field.
C)TELEMATIC SERVICES AND MEDIA
-Messaging and teleconference systems; the role of satellites.
-Technical information networks.
-Security, and impacts on development.
Authors are invited to address one or more of the following issues
of relevance to developing countries : cost effectiveness of
technology, adaptation of existing communication networks, local
manufacturing opportunities, standards, appropriate technologies
and applications for developing countries, multi-language systems,
education and training, socio-political issues...
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Full papers ( between 3000 and 8000 words should not have been
published elsewhere and submitted in 5 copies )
The first page should include the title of the communication, the
author's (') full name, affiliation, address, telephone, telex and
fax numbers, electronic mail and an abstract ( 200 words maximum ).
The conference organization will hold the copyright of accepted
papers which will be published in the conference proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
Today Fill in and mail the enclosed reply form.
1st December 90 Deadline for the reception of papers by
the programme committee chairman.
14 February 91 Notification of acceptance.
1st April 91 Deadline for the reception of final copy
by the programme committee chairman.
INFORMATION
Centre National de l'Informatique
17,Rue belhassen ben chaabane
1005-El Omrane Tunis, TUNISIA
Telex: 13904 CENINF - Fax: 781.862
E-mail: africom@tuniscni.uucp
F.KAMOUN F.RACHDI
Programme Committee Organizing Committee
Chairman Chairman
Phone # (216) 1 782.996 Phone # (216) 1 782.774
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Pierre LAFORGUE laforgue@imag.Fr