In Asia, the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT4D) has progressed considerably with the development of infrastructures, skills, and even university postgraduate programs specializing in ICT4D. Nonetheless, the research and academic community are confronting peculiar structural challenges, if not unique to the Asian region. For instance, most higher education institutions still position ICT4D, as a specilaisation in the field of Computing or Information Technology, rather than a field that has to be unfolded within the interdisciplinary academic paradigm. Also, the region is well represented in academic studies, but only a small number of papers authored by Asia-based women researchers can be found in top quality ICT4D journals.

In the IPID-Asia Women Forum 2022, we are bringing the Asian perspective on institutional and structural challenges to the discussion related to the development of the field of ICT4D. The panel aims to generate discussions on ideas to overcome these challenges. Furthermore, as Asia continues to grow to be one of the biggest producers and consumers of Information Technology, then this panel can also project the future of ICT4D field in the region.