[AISWorld] CFP AMCIS 2011: SIGGreen Mini-track

[Cathy Dwyer]

Call for Papers 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems
August 4-7, 2011, Detroit, MI, USA
Track:Information System for Sustainability and Global Competitiveness

Mini-Track Title:
IS in Support of Environmental Sustainability - Towards a Roadmap for
SIGGreen
CFP: http://siggreen.wikispaces.com/AMCIS2011

Revised deadline for paper submissions: February 28, 2011

Description
Environmental  issues present enormous challenges that are of global concern

and therefore are now the responsibility of everyone, including the
Information
Systems (IS) profession who can play a prominent in meeting  these
challenges.
The message of SIGGreen of the Association for  Information Systems, is that
IS
can play a significant role in the  global green agenda through research,
education, practice and community  engagement. Green IS spans the dual
responsibilities of the IS  profession to both reduce its own impact on the
environment and to use  its particular expertise to enable others to do so.
As
indicated by the  list of topics below, Green IS tackles a much larger
problem
than Green  IT which focuses mainly on energy efficiency and equipment
utilization.  IS can play a key role in making organizations and communities

more  sustainable while at the same reducing the negative environmental
impact
of IS and associated IT infrastructure. SIGGreen as an environmentally
responsible organization aims to this itself, to encourage AIS to do
likewise
and to provide information so that all members of the IS  profession can
help
the “greening” of their own institutions.
The  purpose of this track is to advance theoretical and practical
knowledge  in

this emerging domain and to gain a better understanding of current  industry

initiatives and academic research being conducted on the role  of IS in the
sustainability of all human enterprises. Hence submissions  of high quality
papers are sought that report on empirical research and  case studies,
assess
critical Issues or undertake theory development,  including but not limited
to
following topics:

    * IS facilitating and monitoring systems
    * The role of IS in sustainability reporting
    * IS for the management of environmental risks
    * IS for sustainable supply chain management
    * IS for the management of green initiatives
    * Innovation in Green IS
    * Greener ways of working
    * Meeting virtually, traveling less
    * Optimising Processes for lower energy use and emissions
    * Green BPM
    * Green Project Management
    * Green HCI
    * Theories and methods applied in Green IS initiatives
    * Sustainability and Green IS themes in the IS curriculum
    * Embedding and teaching sustainability concepts and practice in
Information

Systems programs and courses
    * Case studies: companies and organizations using Green IS and Green IT
to
support sustainable business practices
    * Lifecycle analyses of IS resources
    * Using IS to sustain Green IT
    * Consumer and practitioner awareness and response to green computing

Contributions sought
We seek full research papers, research in progress, and teaching cases.


Mini-Track co-chairs:
Associate Professor Catherine Dwyer
Pace University
Seidenberg School of CS & IS
163 William Street #225
New York, NY 10038
E-mail: cdwyer [AT] pace[dot]edu
212-346-1728

Associate Professor Helen Hasan
Information Systems
Faculty of Commerce
University of Wollongong
Wollongong 2522, Australia
E-mail: hasan[AT]uow[dot]edu[dot]au
+61 2 42213757
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