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Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in fostering social development: Paper Review

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The following table lists the papers submitted and reviewed by the programm committee

Submitted Papers Presentation during the workshop
Brazilian Experience with Fixed Cellular Stations in Rural Areas
Ronan Franklin, Antonio Eduardo Ripari Neger
Designing Possible, Probable and Preferable Futures With MobileWeb Technology Advancing Social Development
Bill Gillis
Yes
Mobile Opportunities: Poverty and Mobile Telephony in Brazil
Antonio Botelho
Mobile based Primary Health Care
M V Ramana Murthy (CDAC)
Voice: The killer application of mobile learning
G. Cooney (learnosity)
Mobile Cell Phones and Poverty Reduction: Technology Spending Patterns and Poverty Level Change among Households in Uganda
Ms Kathleen Diga (International Development Research Centre)
Yes
Innovative Cities for the Next Generation
Janaina Oliveira (Dublin Institute of Technology)
Fang&Ripper Consulting Engineers
Mario Ripper(Fang&Ripper Consulting Engineers)
Educating the Architects of the Mobile Economy: A Program for “Mobile Computing & Applications Software Development” (MCASD)
Fisseha Mekuria
Yes
Mobile Opportunities: Poverty and Mobile Telephony in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hernán Galperin, Judith Mariscal
Yes
IPSO position paper
Carlos Seabra
An investigation of the usability of MOBILE devices in educational environments
Maria Luisa L. de Faria, Adilson Marques Cunha, José Silvério Edmundo Germano (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica)
Institute of Information Technology Alagoas State Government Position Paper
Thiago José Tavares Ávila
Yes
Join Us! Mobile Phone Software Management of Enthusiast ”Flash Mobs” Interested in Performing Social Tasks
Cesar Marcondes, Magnos Martinello, Raphael de Oliveira Santos Fabio Fabris, Bruno Pandolfi, Rafael Santos Coelho, Lessandro Zagoto Mariano, Clebson Oliveira, and Leonardo Charra
Developing appropriate mobile solutions for grassroots non-profits in the developing world by kiwanja.net
Ken Banks (kiwanja.net)
Yes
Digital inclusion in Brazil UsingWireless Networks
J. Kniess (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Bia Kunze Position Paper
Bia Kunze
Mobile Phone Usage by Motoboys
Gilson Schwartz
vídeoAula Mobile Project
Marcos Resende Vieira (WEbaula)
Questionbox
R. Shuman
Yes
Mobile Phone & Telecenter: A comparative case study of Bangladesh & Uganda
Rubayat Ahsan
Mobile microfinance for social development
Raphaël Dard
Yes
Rural Internet Propagation Enhancement
Rabiu Auwalu Yakasai
The RuralMAX Project
Antonio Eduardo Ripari Neger
Yes
Centro Universitário Senac position paper
Caio Adorno Vassão (Senac)
Serasa and mobile technoligies
Gustavo Tadao Okida, Rogério Yuki
Challenges in UNICEF´s Mobile Technology Implementations
Merrick Schaefer
Yes
THREATS AND OPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE M-GOV
Vagner Diniz (CONIP)
Mobile Technologies: their role in the Promotion of Social Development
CDI
Yes
ESDI and the design of mobile devices
João Bezerra de Menezes, Denise Filippo (ESDI/UERJ)
Mobile Knowledge for Social and Environmental Benefits
Jackson Dinajar Saraiva Feijó Filho, Carlos Eduardo Marques Rosas (INdT)
USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY DURING THE RECENT GENERAL ELECTIONS IN KENYA
Abdi Shariff (PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK)
Kubatana.net: Using mobile technologies for social development
Brenda Burrell (Kubatana)
Anatel Position Paper
Nelson Mitsuo Takayanagi (Anatel)
Yes