[Itenv] FW: [isworld] CFP: Environmental Sustainability of ICT (ACIS-2007)

[Joseph Sarkis]

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From: Sandy Chong [mailto:Sandy.Chong at cbs.curtin.edu.au] 
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Subject: [isworld] CFP: Environmental Sustainability of ICT (ACIS-2007)

Call for Papers (Special Track)
Environmental Sustainability of ICT
18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

5-7 December 2007
Toowoomba, Australia

www.acis2007.usq.edu.au/tracks.htm 

The Information Systems Board of the Australian Computer Society has
announced a three-year initiative to raise awareness and encourage action
in response to the major environmental challenges presented to Australia
and its regional neighbours. A lack of environmental sustainability in our
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) presents environmental
risks to individuals, society and ecosystems while representing an
enormous waste of scarce resources.

Information networks and the transition to a knowledge-based economy
enable new ways of optimizing organizational workflows, building
environmental communities, engaging groups in participatory decisions, and
supporting education and advocacy campaigns. But there is little awareness
about the scope and magnitude of related environmental problems,
particularly in Australia. European studies identify discarded ICT
hardware as the fastest growing category of solid waste. An estimated
two-thirds of PCs are thrown into landfill sites within five years of
purchase. Hazardous chemicals leaching from e-waste include toxic heavy
metals and hazardous chemicals. The high level of electricity required to
power and cool data centres also adds to environmental problems as a major
contributor of greenhouse gases.

Papers should clearly identify a specific problem area, cite relevant
literature, and make an original contribution. The track welcomes original
work within the general theme of "Increasing the Environmental
Sustainability of ICT" (e.g. scoping the problem, examining the options,
developing strategies), as well as manuscripts that address specific areas
of interest such as:

* Sustainability in Technology Acquisition and Adoption
* Whole of Life Costing, Life Cycle Analyses
* Sustainable Value Determination of IT (e.g. Triple Bottom Line)
* Disposal/Recycling of IT Hardware
* Using IS Management for Recycling Projects
* Sustainability in IS Industry & Employment
* IS Strategies für Sustainable Resource Management
* Creative Usage of IS Tools to Reduce Energy Consumption and CO2
Emissions
* IS/IT Support for Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives
* Impact of Teleworking on Energy Consumption and Traffic Statistics
* Acquiring and Managing Environmental Knowledge
* Environmental Online Communication and Collaboration
* Virtual Communities on Sustainability and Environmental Protection
* E-learning Technologies for Building Environmental Awareness
* Environmental Web Portals (Carbon Trading, NGOs, Environmental
Indicators, etc.)
* Environmental Applications of Geographic Information Systems


IMPORTANT DATES:

04 Jun 2007: Paper Submission
03 Sep 2007: Notification of Acceptance
01 Oct 2007: Camera Ready Copy of Papers
05 Dec 2007: Start of Conference

The IS Board of the ACS sponsors three awards for the best three papers on
the topic of Environmental Sustainability in ICT at ACIS 2007.

Sandy Chong, Arno Scharl, Barbara Roberts
Guest Editors of the Special Track



Dr. Sandy Chong
Senior Research Fellow
Curtin Business School
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth  Western Australia 6845
Tel : +61 8 9266 7762
Fax : + 61 8 9266 3937
Email : chongs at cbs.curtin.edu.au


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