ICT for Sustainability

The 2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability will be held in Stockholm, Sweden 24-27 August 2014. The conference is organized by CESC, Centre for Sustainable Communications, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in cooperation with VU University Amsterdam.

ICT and transformational change

ICT for sustainability is about utilizing the transformational power of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for making our world more sustainable - increasing quality of life for ever more people without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their needs. This year’s theme is therefore ICT and transformational change.

Keynote Speakers

We are excited to present a prominent list of keynote speakers!

Lorraine-Hudson

Lorraine Hudson

Freelance consultant specialized in sustainability and smart cities. Has previously worked for Bristol City Council managing Smart City Bristol

CECILIA KATZEFF

Cecilia Katzeff

Research director of the group Energy Design at Interactive Institute Swedish ICT in Sweden

Marko Turpeinen

Marko Turpeinen

Director of European Institute of Innovation and Technology, EIT ICT Labs Helsinki

Debra Richardson

Debra J. Richardson

Professor of Informatics and founding dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California–Irvine

luis neves

Luis Neves

Climate Change and Sustainability Officer at Deutsche Telekom Group and Chairman of the GeSI – Global e-Sustainability Initiative,

Göran finnveden

Göran Finnveden

Professor in Environmental Strategic Analysis and Vice-President for sustainable development at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Lorenz

Lorenz Hilty

Professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday August 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Hackathon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday August 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30

Registration

(KTH 08:30-09:00)

 

09:00

 

Workshops

 

 

 

 

 

·      Smart sustainable cities think tank

 

 

 

 

·      Untapping ICT potential for dematerialization

 

 

 

 

·      What is the role of Sustainable HCI in the field of ICT4S?

 

 

 

 

·      Life cycle assessment of ICT – carbon footprint and operational electricity use from the operator, national and subscriber perspective 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00

Registration

        (KTH)

 

13:00

Lunch

only for workshop participants

 

14.00

 

Conference Opening

 

 

 

Conference welcome, aims and process

 

 

 

Mattias Höjer, Director, Centre for Sustainable Communications CESC

 

 

 

Peter Woodward, facilitator, Quest Associates

 

 

 

ICT and sustainable development – are we doing enough?

 

 

 

Göran Finnveden, Vice president for Sustainable Development at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

 

 

 

Debra Richardson, Professor of Informatics and founding dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California–Irvine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.30

 

Coffee break

 

 

16.00

ConverStation I

 

 

 

 

20 papers presented in unconventional way, among them:

 

 

 

 

·         A Practical Model for Evaluating the Energy Efficiency of Software Applications

 

 

 

 

·         What is the role of ICTs in Sustainable Agriculture in Africa?

 

 

 

 

·         Using Participatory Data Analysis to Understand Social Constraints and Opportunities of Electricity Demand-Shifting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.00

Conference reception at Stockholm City Hall

 

 

 

Conference delegates invited to welcome reception at Stockholm City Hall by

the City of Stockholm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday August 25 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30

Registration (Clarion)

 

09.00

Plenary: Frameworks for action on ICT for sustainable development

 

 

 

Marko Turpeinen, Director of European Institute of Innovation and Technology, EIT ICT Labs Helsinki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30 

Coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.00 

Plenary: ICT4S Best  Papers I

 

 

 

 

Four best paper nominees present their papers

 

12.30 

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.00

ConverStation II

 

 

 

 

 

20 papers presented in unconventional way, among them:

 

 

 

 

·         ICT 4 Climate Change Adaption: Systemic and Generative Perspectives & Tools

 

 

 

 

·         Reducing Risk by Reducing Hazard – Use of Chemical Hazard Screening as the First Step in the Assessment Process

 

 

 

 

·         Supercomputers Keeping People Warm in the Winter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.40 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.00 

Plenary: Perspectives from Industry

 

 

 

Luis Neves, Climate Change and Sustainability Officer at Deutsche Telekom

Group and Chairman of the GeSI – Global e-Sustainability Initiative

 

 

 

Panel discussions with Industry representatives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18:30

Bus departure

 

 

 

 

19.00

Conference banquet

 

 

 

At Alfred Nobel's old Dynamite factory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday August 26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30

Registration (Clarion)

 

09.00

 

Plenary: ICT4S Best  Papers II

 

 

 

 

Four best paper nominees present their papers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.00 

Plenary: Sustainable Interaction design

 

 

 

Cecilia Katzeff, Research director of the group Energy Design at the Interactive Institute Swedish ICT in Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.20 

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.20 

Poster session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.50 

Plenary: Best paper/poster awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.00  

Plenary: City Focus – crucible of the transformation agenda

 

 

 

 

Lorraine Hudson, Freelance consultant specializing in sustainability and smart cities and former manager of Smart City Bristol.

 

 

 

 

Discussion with speaker

 

 

 

 

City Challenge – groups consider research action needed to support a step change for ICT4S agenda in cities

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.00 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.20 

Plenary: Emerging challenges for the research community

 

 

 

 

Lorenz Hilty Professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland

 

 

 

 

Groups discuss challenges and solutions and feedback to expert panel for comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.20 

Closing of conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.00

 

ICT4S Pub Quiz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday August 27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:00 

Workshops

 

 

 

 

Full day

·    Energy-efficient system

 

 

 

 

·    Realising the potential – Citizen observatories for social innovation and sustainability

 

 

 

 

·    A social practice perspective on the smart grid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halfday

 

 

 

 

 

 

·    Defining an assesment for ICT sustainability

 

 

 

 

·    Smart and sustainable solutions in Stockholm Royal Seaport

 

 

 

 

·    Understanding the Societal Impacts of ICT: Methodologies and

indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.00

Lunch

only for full day workshops

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13:00

 

Workshops

 

 

 

 

Full day

·        Energy-efficient system cont.

 

 

 

 

·        Realising the potential – Citizen observatories for social innovation and sustainability cont.

 

 

 

 

·        A social practice perspective on the smart grid cont.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halfday

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Study tour to the Stockholm Royal Seaport

 

 

 

 

·        Gamification on a virtual cluster platform for transformative solutions

 

 

 

 

·        Study tour, Green room concept

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please observe that there still might be changes done to the schedule and that presentations might be shift between sessions.

 

Registration

You can register for ICT4S 2014 here

Or by copying https://www.delegia.com/app/attendee/new_registration.asp?ProjectId=4597&reglineNo=1&ReglineId=20199&ReglinePageNo=1&edit=off&clear=yes to your browser.

 

Conference fee

Early-bird           (before 15 May)

16 May - 31 Aug

Late/on-site         (from 1 Aug)

Full Registration                            

4500 SEK

5000 SEK

5500 SEK

Student Registration                         

2800 SEK

3800 SEK

4300 SEK

Workshops                       (Full day/Half day)

200/150 SEK

200/150 SEK

300/250 SEK

The fees are set in SEK excl. VAT  1€ ~8,99 SEK

More information about registration is available at http://2014.ict4s.org/participators/registration/

 

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We are looking forward to meeting you at ICT4S 2014! Please contact us if you have any questions about the registration or the conference!

 

Registration/accommodation questions: ict4s@meetagain.se

Conference questions: ict4s-2014@kth.se