*ICTD 2019Jan 4-7, Ahmedabad, India***Call for Participation***Open Sessions, Doctoral Consortium, Demos, & Pre-Published Papers The international conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) is organized every 12-18 months, and brings together researchers and practitioners working across domains, sectors, and disciplines to study the role of ICT in social, political, and economic development. First organized at the University of California Berkeley, USA, in 2006, the tenth ICTD is scheduled to be held at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, from January 4th to 7th, 2019. At the tenth ICTD, or ICTD X at IIM Ahmedabad, the conference’s focus is on growing our community to welcome researchers from related disciplines and practitioners, and supporting young researchers of ICTD as they pursue their research trajectories. Join us via any of the following tracks below:OPEN SESSIONSOpen Sessions will welcome a variety of submissions and formats. Submissions can include proposals for events such as panels, workshops, design jams, and more, ideally fostering dialog and participation from researchers and practitioners. The call for participation is here: http://ictdx.org/open-sessions/ <http://ictdx.org/open-sessions/>DOCTORAL CONSORTIUMWe invite Ph.D. students to present their research before fellow doctoral students and experts, with the hope that this will support exchange of ideas, solicit constructive feedback from experts, develop mentor-mentee relationships, and expand collaborative research networks. The DC is an excellent opportunity for young scholars to learn about the richly diverse ICTD community as they develop their dissertation research. The call is here: http://ictdx.org/doctoral-consortium/ <http://ictdx.org/doctoral-consortium/>DEMOSWe invite participants to present ongoing projects, including researchers with significant field components, practitioners seeking community feedback, or developers with early stage prototypes. Demos should offer insights to real-world problems and/or solutions, and can include hardware, software, or physical artifacts. The call for participation is here: http://ictdx.org/demos/ <http://ictdx.org/demos/>PRE-PUBLISHED PAPERSWe invite papers accepted for publication at other venues over the preceding year and a half (from Jan. 1, 2017 through July 15, 2018), so that ICTD attendees can benefit from conversations happening outside the conference. Inclusion of these papers into the conference program will depend on relevance to the program and availability of slots. Accepted papers will be invited for an oral presentation. The call for participation is here: http://ictdx.org/participate/ <http://ictdx.org/participate/>DATES Sep. 1, 2018: Deadline for Open Sessions, Doctoral Consortium, Pre-Published PapersSep 21, 2018: Deadline for DemosOct. 8, 2018: All notifications sentJan. 4-7, 2019: See you in Ahmedabad, India!All submissions are due at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth time).Updates will be posted on Facebook (http://facebook.com/ictdx <http://facebook.com/ictdx>), Twitter (@ictdx), and our website (http://ictdx.org <http://ictdx.org/>). Email us with any questions at info@ictdx.org <info@ictdx.org>. ORGANIZERSGENERALRajesh Chandwani (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India)Pushpendra Singh (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi India)PRACTICENeil Patel (Awaaz.De, Ahmedabad India)Rikin Gandhi (Digital Green, San Francisco USA)PROGRAMNeha Kumar (Georgia Tech, Atlanta USA)Rajesh Veeraraghavan (Georgetown University, Washington DC USA)POSTERSDavid Nemer (University of Kentucky, Lexington USA)Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed (University of Toronto, Toronto Canada)OPEN SESSIONSAditya Vashistha (University of Washington, Seattle USA)Michaelanne Dye (Georgia Tech, Atlanta USA)Nithya Sambasivan (Google, San Francisco USA)DEMOSKurtis Heimerl (University of Washington, Seattle USA)DOCTORAL CONSORTIUMNimmi Rangaswamy (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad India)Vigneswara Ilavarasan (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi India)Aditya Johri (George Mason University, Fairfax USA)TRAVELShriram Venkatraman (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi India)Anupriya Tuli (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi India)Deepika Yadav (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi India)COMMUNICATIONS Naveena Karusala (University of Washington, Seattle USA)Esther Jang (University of Washington, Seattle USA)DESIGNShruti Dalvi (Georgia Tech, Atlanta USA)ACCESSIBILITYVaishnav Kameswaran (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA)LOCAL OUTREACHDivy Thakkar (Google, Bangalore India)*