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From: pierre@imag.imag.fr (Pierre LAFORGUE)
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Subject: AFRICOM-CCDC/91: Conference on Computer Communication
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Date: 9 Nov 90 17:27:37 GMT
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>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 five 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


Pierre LAFORGUE     laforgue@imag.Fr