[AISWorld] HICSS-58 2nd CfP: Digital Energy Services and Analytics Minitrack

[Kenan Degirmenci]

Dear all,

We invite you to submit your paper to the Digital Energy Services and Analytics Minitrack for HICSS-58, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, January 7-10, 2025: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/

Track: Decision Analytics and Service Science

Minitrack: Digital Energy Services and Analytics

Minitrack description:

The challenge to limit global warming and extreme weather events has become even greater due to continuously rising greenhouse gas emissions. One major action to reduce emissions is to shift from fossil to renewable energies. The share of renewable energy in electricity generation has globally increased to 28.3%, however, an acceleration of the sustainable energy transition is required to limit worldwide temperature rise. Digital energy services and analytics (DESA) facilitate the automation of electricity infrastructures and decision support by dynamically deploying options to manage energy supply and demand for optimal and efficient renewable energy usage. We invite submissions that include - but are not limited to - the following topics:

- Cyber-physical energy systems and Internet of Things (IoT), including various sensors and devices
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cognitive Computing Systems (CCS) to optimize energy usage, distribution, decision support, and management
- Digital transformation of energy resources management (e.g., electric vehicles, battery storage solutions, photovoltaics, or wind energy)
- Design of future energy applications and ecosystems
- Consumer behavior and motivation, renewable energy technology adoption, and privacy and trust in digital energy services
- Customer messaging and digital nudging to encourage pro-environmental engagement and behavior, e.g., in smart homes
- Co-creating system values (e.g., grid resilience, cybersecurity, and efficiency) and customer values (e.g., cost savings and customer experience)
- Digitally informed energy policies to manage intermittency (e.g., deferrable devices, rights markets and regulation, dynamic pricing, or energy storage)
- Real-time energy supply and demand predictions and forecasts, e.g., to balance fluctuation of intermittent renewable energy sources
- (Big) data analytics of energy consumption and production
- Energy simulations, e.g., with system dynamics or agent-based modelling
- Transitioning electricity providers from selling electrons to marketing energy services (e.g., Thermal Comfort as a Service)

Fast-track opportunities:

Selected papers from this minitrack will be recommended to the editors of two journals for fast-track review and publication of an extended version of the HICSS paper:

1. MISQ Executive sustainability section: https://aisel.aisnet.org/misqe/ 2. Energy Informatics: https://energyinformatics.springeropen.com/

The extended version must include at least 30% new material, cite the HICSS paper, and include an explicit statement about the increment (e.g., new results and findings, better description of materials, etc.) in the cover letter.

Important dates:

- April 15, 2024: Paper submission system will be open
- June 15, 2024, 11:59 PM Hawaii time: Papers due
- August 17, 2024, 11:59 PM Hawaii time: Notification of acceptance/rejection
- September 4, 2024, 11:59 PM Hawaii time: Deadline for authors whose papers are conditionally accepted to submit a revised manuscript
- September 22, 2024: Deadline for authors to submit final Manuscript for publication
- October 1, 2024: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for the conference

See author instructions here: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/

We look forward to your submissions.

Minitrack co-chairs:

Kenan Degirmenci (Primary Contact)
Queensland University of Technology
kenan.degirmenci at qut.edu.au<mailto:kenan.degirmenci at qut.edu.au>

Alistair Barros
Queensland University of Technology
alistair.barros at qut.edu.au<mailto:alistair.barros at qut.edu.au>

Michael H. Breitner
Leibniz Universität Hannover
breitner at iwi.uni-hannover.de<mailto:breitner at iwi.uni-hannover.de>

Richard T. Watson
Digital Frontier Partners
richard.watson at digitalfrontierpartners.com<mailto:richard.watson at digitalfrontierpartners.com>