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<strong><font color="#000099" size="6">IEEE IT Professional</font></strong> </span><span></span></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0);line-height:115%;font-size:14pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Call for Papers</font></span></b></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80);font-family:"StoneSansStd-Bold","sans-serif";font-size:18pt" lang="EN-US"><font size="6">Advancing Green IT</font></span></b></p>
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</font><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Publication: January 2013<span> </span><span>
</span></font></font></span></b><b><span style="color:red" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span> <br></span>Submission deadline: 1 July
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</font></font></span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"></font></span></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">We are called upon to make
our IT systems and work practices greener (environmentally friendly) and to
harness the power of IT to address the environmental problems facing us. Green
IT is about responding to this call. It is an environmental imperative, and, as
many would advocate, our social responsibility.</font></span></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green
IT is a topic of growing relevance and significance due to an increasing recognition
of the harmful effects of climate change, new stringent environmental
legislations, concerns about electronic waste disposal practices that damage
our environment, and corporate image concerns that are pushing businesses and
individuals to go green. We can make a difference by advancing green IT and
embracing it in several areas of enterprise and personal activities.</font></span></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></i><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">The January/February 2013 issue of <i>IT Professional</i>
will focus on Advancing Green IT. The magazine solicits papers covering a range
of topics, including:</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><br><font face="Calibri">
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</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><span><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Environmental impacts of
IT and ways to make IT environmentally sound</font></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green computing and
green data centers</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green data storage systems</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green clouds</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green software</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green networking and
communication</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Environmentally-friendly
IT life-cycle management and asset disposal</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green supply-chain
management</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green business process
reengineering and management</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Using IT to support various
environmental initiatives in business, industry and society— smart buildings
and homes, smart grids, sustainable IT services, and IT-enabled smart
communities</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Assessment of the effectiveness
of green IT initiatives</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green IT metrics,
maturity models, standards, and regulations </font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green IT auditing </font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Green IT strategies and
policies</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Roadmapping the future
of sustainable IT services</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Aligning the IT strategy
with corporate sustainability strategy</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Fostering a sustainable
IT organization</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">User’s and industry’s
attitude toward green IT</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Governments’ roles in
fostering and enforcing green initiatives</font><a name="_GoBack"></a></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Innovative ways of
creating green awareness using IT</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Benefits of, and
barriers to, adopting greener IT practices</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3">
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</font><p style="background:white;margin:3pt 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">San Murugesan</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">, BRITE Professional Services &
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