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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>PACIS 2013 Track on Green IT</b><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> and Sustainability<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Jeju Island, Korea, June 18th to 22nd, 2013.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Green IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> and sustainability have increasingly become important issues for business in this era of climate change and scarce resources. <span style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>Green IT can be defined as </span>computing technologies that are energy-efficient and have minimal adverse impact on the environment. The salience of technology<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> and systems</span> in shaping organizations and society suggests that green IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> is a key component of an organization’s environmental initiatives. <span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Furthermore, s</span>ustainability is a more <span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>important </span>term that encompasses <span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>environmental concerns including </span>people, processes<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>,</span> technology<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>, and systems</span> to support individual, organizational, and societal objectives. Beyond <span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>the role of </span>reducing the environmental footprint of technologies, <span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>green </span>information systems can be <span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>initiated, adapted, and</span> implemented to  play a key role in supporting sustainable business practices, e.g., in reducing consumption and facilitating reuse and recycle. This track focuses on the role of IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> in supporting sustainability initiatives and in balancing the need for profitability versus the need to address environmental concerns.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>We invite contributions from a broad spectrum of disciplines that have interest in green IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> and sustainability.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Adoption and impact of green IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> and sustainability practices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Green supply chain management & logistics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Environmental management systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Life cycle analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Reduce, reuse, recycle practices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Motivations for green initiatives within organizations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Green technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Theories for green IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> and sustainability<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Case studies of green IT<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>/IS</span> and sustainability<span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>- Human and green devices and products<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>- Green initiatives through latest technologies (e.g., social media, cloud computing, etc.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-fareas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