[AISWorld] Call for AMCIS mini track proposal - the Green IS and sustainability track

[Savanid (Nui) Vatanasakdakul]

AMCIS, August 12-16, 2020 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Sponsored by AIS SIGGreen

You are invited to submit a minitrack proposal to the Green IS and sustainability track. Please notice the following important information:

*         Mini-tracks will be managed under tracks. Visit the descriptions of AMCIS 2020 tracks (https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/) and identify a related track for your submission. In this case, select Green IS and sustainability.

*         Each mini-track should have 1-5 mini-track chairs (2-3 preferred). An individual can chair at most two mini-tracks.

*         An individual must hold only one role within a track. A person should not be both a track chair and mini-track chair within the same track.

Mini-track proposals are due by October 18, and will be submitted through the PCS system (instructions to follow).  If accepted, mini-track chairs are expected to:

*         Promote their mini-track to generate manuscript submissions to the conference

*         Solicit and assign reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the mini-track

*         Provide a summary report to authors based on reviews

*         Make recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the mini-track

*         Nominate best papers and reviewers

Green IS and sustainability track description:

Sustainability and climate change are global issues, with many cultural, organizational, technical, social, regulatory, economic, and individual dimensions. Just as computer-based information systems have been a driving force for societal progress, Green IS can be a driving force for strategic sustainable solutions in organizations and communities.

Green IS enables the transformative power of information systems to support the multiple dimensions of sustainability. It addresses the world's greatest challenges including shrinking access to non-renewable resources, decreased energy and food security, and environmental degradation due to climate change. IS can play a pivotal role in enabling sustainable solutions, which greatly increase the effectiveness and efficiency of modern communities and enterprises. Consequently, IS research can contribute in such transformation towards a multidimensional perspective to sustainability.

This track is open to any type of research within scope of Green IS and Sustainability as well as those that adapt research and industry experiences into teaching cases and modules.

Potential track topics include:
*           Managing Green IT/IS systems
*           Green IS as a digital disruptor
*           Governance and strategy in Green IS and Sustainability
*           Green Business Process Management
*           Decision support for logistics and supply chain processes
*           IS-enabled collaborative processes for mobilization towards sustainability
*           IS-enabled multidisciplinary collaborations for sustainability
*           IS-enabled smart cities and sustainable communities
*           Designing and implementing systems for the Smart Grid
*           End user acceptance and adoption of smart grid technologies
*           Green HCI - Changing human attitudes and behaviors through information
*           Energy informatics - analyzing, designing, and implementing processes to increase the efficiency of energy demand and supply systems
*           Resource informatics - designing and implementing systems to manage metals, minerals, water, forests, etc.
*           Designing and implementing systems that measure and validate the impact of sustainable business practices and policies
*           Critical competencies and curricula for Green IS graduates and professionals
*           IS-enabled sustainability of educational campuses and institutions
*           IS to support carbon management, accounting and reporting
*           Sustainable development in transitional and developing countries
*           Global and cultural issues in Green IS and Sustainability
*           Green IS education, curriculum, and training
*           Data Science and Sustainability
*           Sustainability and blockchain technologies


For any questions, please contact the track co-chairs:

  *   Nui Vatanasakdakul, Carnegie Mellon University, savanid at cmu.edu<mailto:savanid at cmu.edu>
  *   Chadi Aoun, Carnegie Mellon University, chadi at cmu.edu<mailto:chadi at cmu.edu>
  *   Pratyush Bharati, University of Massachusetts, Boston, pratyush.bharati at umb.edu<mailto:pratyush.bharati at umb.edu>

We look forward to receiving your mini-track proposals.

Regards,
Pratyush, Chadi and Nui



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