MULUNGUSHI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE 

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, 27^TH – 30^TH NOVEMBER 2023

TECHNICALLY SPONSORED BY IEEE-ZAMBIA SECTION, ZICTA, ZAMBIA ICT SOCIETY AND EIZ

CO-HOSTED BY

UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA, LUSAKA

COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY KITWE

MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY, KABWE

ICICT Objectives

The objective of ICICT is to support and stimulate active productive research which could strengthen the technical foundations of engineers and scientists in the continent, develop strong technical foundations and skills and lead to new small to medium enterprises within the African sub-continent. We also seek to encourage the emergence of functionally skilled technocrats within the continent.

The list is not exhaustive. Tutorials and Sessions which will impact on and enhance post graduate research within the continent will be considered. Training Workshops on research software tools such as Matlab, SPSS, Scilab, LINUX, Althium, Genesys, COMSOL Multiphysics and others are welcome. The conference also provides a forum for students to compete for best papers and receive an award. Registration fees for student authors are also discounted. We invite research papers, workshop proposals, and panel proposals on the following topics listed below.

Technical Program Tracks

The conference will accept paper submissions in areas related to the following broad themes:

1. Devices and Mobile Phone Applications and Software
2. Wireless Mobile Communications (3G, 4G and 5G)
3. Sensors and Remote Sensing
4. ICT, e-Learning and e-Education
5. ICT for Development
6. Smart Grid and Energy Harvesting
7. Telecommunications
8. Applied Mathematics
9. Computer Networks
10. Scientific Computing
11. Computational Intelligence and Forensics
12. Environmental and Sustainability
13. Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering
14. Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems and Virtualisations
15. ICT in Food Security
16. Data Science and Big Data
17. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
18. Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biological Sciences)
19. Engineering (Electrical and Electronics)
20. Library and Information Science (LIS)
21. GIS and Geospatial Sciences
22. Business Information Systems and Information Management Systems
23. Others

Demonstrators and Products Tracks

ICICT has made provision in 2023 for display and demonstration of working software and hardware that are relevant to African manufacturing base. We will consider working prototypes from university students, staff and industry. The deadline for submission of the express of interest is 30^th September 2023

Paper Submissions

Original research papers containing new research findings which have not been submitted concurrently to any other publication outlets such conferences, Journals and books are sought from authors. Full length papers must be limited for six pages A4 single-line spacing (10 point font size minimum) and formatted following the IEEE conference paper format. Student papers are also limited to between three and four pages A4 single-line spacing.

ICICT has adopted the IEEE referencing format for all its publications. Paper submission is via the conference site at:  http://icict.org.zm/ and the use of EDAS. Authors should access EDAS through the conference site for all submissions and by all means try not to email papers directly to Track or Conference Chairpersons as this makes reviewing of your papers messy and difficult. All papers submitted to the conference will be reviewed by at least two international reviewers. Papers that are registered and presented during the conference will be included in the conference proceedings with an ISBN to facilitate access and referencing.

Deadlines

Deadline for expression of interest in ICICT Tutorials:             30^th July 2023
Demonstrators and Products Tracks                                            30^th July 2023

Deadline for Notification of Tutorials:                                        10^th August 2023

Deadline for submission of student abstracts:                          13^th August 2023 
Deadline for submission of full-length papers:                          17^th August 2023 
Deadline of notification of authors:                                            17^th September 2023 
Deadline of final paper submissions:                                        30^th September 2023 

Post Conference Publications:

All papers accepted and presented at the conference will be submitted to Compendex and SCOPUS for indexing. If and when we secure the IEEE technical sponsorship. Reviewed papers which meet the IEEE requirements and presented during the conference will be forwarded to the IEEE for consideration for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore. Despite the above undertaking, authors whose papers are found to be technically relevant and suitable as possible journal publications will be invited to extend their ICICT conference papers to full length Journal papers of not less than 12 pages. Such extensions must ensure that the extended paper is clearly significantly different in contents from the paper presented during the conference. They will be further reviewed and if the extended papers are accepted by the Journals they will be included in special 2023 issues of:

• Zambian ICT Journal (Published by ICT Society of Zambia)
• African Journal of Information and Communication Technology;
• African Journal of Informatics
• Journal of Machine to Machine Communications (River Publishers, Denmark)

Previous Publications

• Proceedings of PACT 2013, Lusaka Zambia in IEEE Xplore:
  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=7055074

• Proceedings of PACT 2014, Arusha Tanzania in IEEE Xplore
  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7047178

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE/CONTACT DETAILS:

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DETAILS OF THE LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC)

PROF. JAMESON MBALE          LOC CHAIR

DR. DOUGLAS KUNDA              CO – CHAIR (MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY)

DR. JOSEPHAT KALEZHI           CO – CHAIR (COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY)

DR. JACKSON PHIRI                 CO – CHAIR (UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA)

DR. SIMON TEMBO                 CO – CHAIR (UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA)

MR. ARIEL PHIRI                        MEMBER (IEEE, ZAMBIA SECTION)

MR. BONNY KHUNGA              MEMBER (ZAMREN)

Technical Committee

Prof Johnson I Agbinya (Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
Prof. Libati (Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia)

Prof. Jamson Mbale (Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia)

Dr. Douglas Kunda, Mulungushi  University, Zambia
Dr Paul Kogeda (Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa)
Dr. Mayumbo Nyirenda (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr. Simon Tembo (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr Bob Jere (ZCAS, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr. Faustin Banda (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr. Josephat Kalezhi (Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia)

Dr. Evans Lampi (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr. Simon Tembo (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)

Mr. Ariel Phiri (IEEE, Zambia Section)

Mrs. Monica M M. Kabemba (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)

Mr. Bonny Khunga (ZAMREN, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr Vitalis Ndume (NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania)
Mr Ramadhani Sinde (NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania)
Dr Jackson Phiri (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)
Mr David Zulu (University of Zambia, Lusaka)

Dr. Collins Chinyama Kachaka, (The University of Zambia, Lusaka)
Dr Yesufu Thomas (OAU, Nigeria)

Dr. Njovu (ZICAS, Lusaka, Zambia)

Dr Zaipuna O. Yonah (Chairperson IEEE Tanzania Section)
Prof Ito Atsushi (Utsunomiya University, Japan)
Ms. Dina Machuve; (NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania)
Dr Sam Anael (Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science & Technology, Tanzania)
Prof. Ryszard Klempous (Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Mari Carmen Aguayo-Torres (University of Malaga, Spain)
Prof Taan Elali, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Christian Omlin, South Africa
Dr Khalid Aboura, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Dr Frank Jiang, ADFA, Australia
Dr Rashed Saeed, IIUM, Malaysia
Dr Theophile K. Dagba, University of Benin, Bénin Republic
Prof. Marc Lobelle, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Prof. Jerzy Surma, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Prof. Olgierd Unold, Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland)
Dr Daton MEDENOU, University of Abomey-Calavi, Bénin

Dr. Habatwaa V. Mweene ( The University of Zambia, Lusaka)

HONORARY COMMITTEE

1. Johnson I. Agbinya (Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
2. Lisa Seymour (UCT, South Africa)
3. Luke E. Mumba (VC, University of Zambia
4. Naison Ngoma (VC, Copperbelt University)
5. Hellicy C. Ng’ambi (VC, Mulungushi University)
6. Hastings M. Libati (Copperbelt University, Zambia)
7. Alfred J. Sumani (Director, National Science and Technology Council)
8. Director (ZICTA)

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING

Prof. Jamson Mbale           (LOC Chair) – jameson.mbale@cbu.ac.zm

Dr. Douglas Kunda              (Co – Chair) – dkunda@mu.ac.zm

Dr. Josephat Kalezhi           (Secretariat) – kalezhi@cbu.ac.zm

Dr. Jackson Phiri                 (Secretariat) – jackson.phiri@cs.unza.zm

Conference Website: http://icict.org.zm/