Thats a unique idea.You should consider the following idea to enhance your idea so that it would impact uniquely: In 2010 the first edition of ACM DEV was held at Royal Holloway, University of London. The conference was co-located with the ICTD conference, but the idea was to facilitate a more technical conversation beten researchers about the state of the art in exploring how ICTs can be used for social and economic development. Since then, 've enjoyed six ACM DEV meetings around the world, published almost 200 papers, and seen students attend their first conference and later return as PIs.   Coincidentally, 2010 was also the same year I took over management of the amazing TEM group at Microsoft Research India and began working full time in ICT4D. One could say that DEV and I have grown up together in the field; I've been to every DEV and have even had the responsibility of organizing it. It's possible 've even matured a little! Lately I've been thinking a lot about what makes research in this area special: Why do people want to work in this space and what can  hope to accomplish together? Since our journeys in this area have been so close, I thought I might be in an interesting position to step back and ask a few questions for DEV as a group:   Who is "DEV" and how do  grow our community to thrive in the years ahead? Who do  want to be?   What do  want from our conference and community? Sure, it's a place for publishing work, but what else could or should it be?   What is our mission? I believe that ICT4D research offers us the opportunity to apply our expertise in technical research to solve very real problems being faced by people who are frequently marginalized or vulnerable and usually ignored by tech. To the extent that the DEV community buys into this notion, how do  progress from publishing ideas to on-the-ground impact?     ACM DEV is six years old and it's still evolving and changing. This is a perfect time to pause and consider what  want it to be both for the future of our community and for the benefit of the people  are working with and for.
['Edward Cutrell']
I am writing a research paper on a idea Growing DEV, Building Community, Making a Difference
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