THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE POSITIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE (PUTS-14) The PUTS-14 workshop is an annual workshop for researchers in technology and science that will be held in Banjul, The Gambia. PUTS-14 seeks papers on positive uses of technology and science within the Sub-Saharan African region.  Location: The University of The Gambia. Deadline Submission: 8 March 2014 Date: 19 March 2014 Submit Paper: Click following link to submit paper https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=puts14 Topics: Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Health information technology Open source software Technology innovation Techno-entrepreneurship Networking Mobile learning Cyber security Manufacturing robotics Surgical technology Military defense technology Proceedings will be published in a book with Common Ground Publishing's Technology, Knowledge, and Society or IGI Global.  Only proceedings published with a minimum of 8 pages single spaced will be included in the book.   However only abstracts will be published in the general proceedings booklet.  The format for full papers can be found at http://mdslab.unime.it/fsci11/authors_information-IGI_Chapter_Template.doc The book will be titled "Handbook of Research on Sub-Saharan African Innovations in Technology and Science".  Program Chair: Dr. Maurice Dawson Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems Department of Management and Marketing College of Business and Public Affairs P.O. Box 429 Normal, Alabama 35762 +1-256-372-4801 maurice.e.dawson@gmail.com maurice.dawson@aamu.edu

1. PUTS-14 Call for Extended Abstracts
THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE POSITIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
(PUTS-14)
The PUTS-14 workshop is an annual workshop for researchers in technology and science that will
be held in Banjul, The Gambia. PUTS-14 seeks papers on positive uses of technology and science
within the Sub-Saharan African region.
Location: The University of The Gambia.
Deadline Submission: 8 March 2014
Date: 19 March 2014
Submit Paper: Click following link to submit paper https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?
conf=puts14
Topics: Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
• Health information technology
• Open source software
• Technology innovation
• Techno-entrepreneurship
• Networking
• Mobile learning
• Cyber security
• Manufacturing robotics
• Surgical technology
• Military defense technology
Proceedings will be published in a book with Common Ground Publishing's Technology, Knowledge,
and Society or IGI Global. Only proceedings published with a minimum of 8 pages single spaced
will be included in the book. However only abstracts will be published in the general proceedings
booklet. The format for full papers can be found
at http://mdslab.unime.it/fsci11/authors_information-IGI_Chapter_Template.doc The book will be
titled "Handbook of Research on Sub-Saharan African Innovations in Technology and Science".
Program Chair:
Dr. Maurice Dawson

2. Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Department of Management and Marketing
College of Business and Public Affairs
P.O. Box 429
Normal, Alabama 35762
+1-256-372-4801
maurice.e.dawson@gmail.com
maurice.dawson@aamu.edu