[AISWorld] CFP AMCIS 2011: SIGGreen MiniTrack

[Catherine 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

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. 

Important deadlines:
Deadline for paper submissions: February 17, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: March 24, 2011
Final Copy Due: April 21, 2011

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