[AISWorld] CFP: 6th MCIS 2011 / Sustainability and Green IT Track

[Seidel Stefan]

Last CFP: MCIS 2011 Track "Sustainability and Green IT"
http://www.mcis2011.org/?page_id=32
as part of the 6th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS 2011), Cyprus, September 3-5, 2011,  http://mcis2011.org

Important Dates
Paper submission: May 2, 2011
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2011
MCIS 2011 conference: September 3-5, 2011

Track Description
With the growing awareness for global crises such as rapid climate change or wastage, accompanied by increasing demands for energy and natural resources, individuals, organizations, and governments increasingly recognize the need for sustainable development. MIT's Peter Senge, for example, calls for the "necessary revolution" - one that is not only political but implies a paradigmatic shift towards a sustainable economy. Obviously, challenges at a global level cannot be solved by rather reactive solutions that target the mere symptoms rather than the underlying imbalances and potential misbelieves. As indicated by Steve Elliot in his recent MIS Quarterly article on environmental sustainability, organizations play a salient role in the transformation process towards a more sustainable society; what is thus needed, in fact, are fundamental changes in organizational practices.

In this line of thinking, in their paper in the March 2010 issue of MIS Quarterly, Watson et al. draw attention to the "transformative power of IS", one which can be leveraged in order to create a more environmentally sustainable society. That is, information technology (IT) is no longer seen as a mere contributor to environmental problems, but, indeed, as a means to create more sustainable organizations. In this context, it is typically distinguished between the notions of 'Green IT' and 'Green IS.' While the former typically focuses on aspects directly related to the energy consumption of IT, the latter concerns the study and design of IS that aim at contributing to more sustainable business processes.

This track is intended to further the current discussion of Green IT and Green IS and, in particular, to provide thought leaders with a forum where they can discuss current research that investigates how the transformative power of IS can be leveraged at the levels of individuals, groups, organizations, and markets in order to create a more sustainable society. Of special interest are new evolving design practices meeting these requirements. It is our belief that this emergent domain of IS research can particularly benefit from solution-oriented studies that aim at solving real world problems by means of innovative IT artifacts, as well as empirical studies that develop new foundational theory and apply existent theory from other domains to that of Green IT and Green IS.

We invite rigorous and relevant studies employing a wide variety of methods. Empirical (qualitative and quantitative) studies as well as design-oriented research, conceptual papers on theory development, and industry papers will be considered. It is thus hoped that the track will provide a wide range of IS researchers, from different geographical regions and with different methodological backgrounds, with a forum for engaging with a topical and relevant IS research topic.

Relevant Topics
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- The relationship between 'Green IT' and 'Green IS'
- The transformative power of Green IS
- Energy Informatics
- Environmental Informatics
- Business intelligence for sustainability reporting
- Collaboration tools for sustainable processes
- Business Processes and sustainable development
- Measurement systems for sustainable processes
- Case studies on sustainability initiatives
- Balancing the different dimensions of sustainability

Track Chairs
Lorenz Hilty, University of Zurich, Switzerland (hilty at ifi.uzh.ch<mailto:hilty at ifi.uzh.ch>)
Mikael Lind, University of Boras, Viktoria Institute and Linkoping University, Sweden (Mikael.lind at viktoria.se<mailto:Mikael.lind at viktoria.se>)
Stefan Seidel, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein (stefan.seidel at uni.li<mailto:stefan.seidel at uni.li>)


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