ICTD 2012 - Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Develop
ICTD 2012 - Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Develop Faizul Khan Tanim , back from Atlanta, United States, highlights a few of the achievements of this conference The ICTD 2012 which ended recently in Atlanta, Georgia of the United States (March 12-15) was significant for a number of reasons. Interestingly this conference saw an equal mix of ICT academicians armed with theories and frameworks, and ICT practitioners straight from the grass roots, all under the same umbrella and on a single platform, breaking barriers in field of ICT on a global scale. This year, the conference focused on very interesting papers, projects and presentations based on the development of ICT in Africa; mobiles, social media and democracy; sustainable ICTD; role of ICTs in post-conflict situations, ICTs as an enabler for private sector development (PSD) and more. ICTD is the world's premier conference examining the role of computer an...