[WSSSPE] ICT4S 2018: ICT for Sustainability Paper Deadline Extension, Nov 21 2017

[Colin Venters]

The ICT4S conferences bring together leading researchers in ICT for Sustainability with government and industry representatives, including decision-makers with an interest in using ICT for sustainability, researchers focusing on ICT effects on sustainability and developers of sustainable ICT systems or applications.

*** Theme and Topics ***

The theme of the 2018 conference is “Thriving Communities”. The transformational power of ICT is essential to put our society on the path to sustainability. This potential could embrace all levels, from individuals to communities, from public sector to all industry sectors, from business goals to social aspirations and environmental objectives. ICT can bring people together to build thriving, resilient communities. Papers relating to ICT for sustainability in a broad sense and papers developing this year’s theme (and beyond) are welcome. Instructions for all types of submissions can also be found at the conference website.

Conference topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

* Sustainable community building via ICT
* Grassroots movements facilitated by ICT
* Resilience by ICT
* Social sustainability implications, contributions and limitations of ICT
* Enabling and systemic effects of ICT on society and/or the environment
* Smart cities, homes and offices
* Intelligent energy management in buildings
* Smart grids
* Sustainability in data centers and high-performance computing
* Intelligent transportation and logistics
* Green networking, monitoring and adaptation of software-intensive systems and services
* ICT-induced behavioral and societal change
* Design principles for sustainable ICT
* Energy-efficient and energy-aware software engineering
* Sustainability of technical infrastructures
* Software for environmental sustainable ICT
* Software for sustainable business governance
* Reduced hardware obsolescence
* E-waste and closed material cycles
* Incentives for more sustainable ICT
* Tools supporting green decision making and development
* Challenges for an environmentally sustainable ICT industry
* Education in ICT for sustainability
* Systematic interdisciplinary efforts in ICT for sustainability
* Computational sustainability
* Climate informatics

 ***Important Dates ***

*Paper & Journals First submissions*

Abstracts deadline: Nov 21 2017
Full papers deadline: Nov 29 2017
Paper acceptance notification: Feb 1 2018
Camera-ready deadline: Mar 1 2018



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