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 * About SIGGreen **


 * SIGGreen** is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). **SIGGreen** provides a focus for environmentally responsible activities where IS can really make a difference. Here's a brief (1 page) introduction to [[file:siggreen/An Introduction to Green IS2-Final18-2-15.pdf|Green IS]].

SIGGreen has a group on LinkedIn and on[| Facebook.] For current information see our Twitter account: @AIS_SIGGreen. Proceedings of the SIGGreen program of workshops is available on Sprouts [|here].

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 * SIGGreen** is an **O****utstanding SIG** **o****f the AIS for 2016.**


 * News **


 * SIGGreen Awarded Outstanding SIG 2016**

A message from the AIS:

//SIGGreen has been recognized as a 2016 outstanding SIG -//

//The Association for Information Systems has named SIGGreen as an outstanding Special Interest Group (SIG)] for the year 2016. This honor is awarded only to AIS Communities that meet the minimum standards that all groups should strive for and exceed.//

//This year SIGGreen is one of 30 AIS Communities that met the criteria for acknowledgment of being named an outstanding chapter, college or SIG. This honorable recognition serves as motivation for groups to maintain excellent programs, operations, and services that support a successful AIS Community. Criteria for recognition includes: hosting events, workshops, or conference tracks; publishing research; recognizing member achievements; communication and promotion of the group’s activities; effective group operations. All AIS Communities are eligible for recognition each year and are awarded only if they meet the criteria for the award within a single calendar year.//

Congratulations SIGGreen members on your valuable work and contributions for calendar year 2016. We hope to grow and deepen this effort, honor and success as we move forward in 2017 and beyond. Let's make this year another in which to be recognized as an Outstanding SIG. = **2017 SIGGreen Award for the Best Journal Paper on Green IS ** =

The award was established in 2017 by the AIS SIGGreen board (comprising Stefan Seidel ( Stefan.Seidel@uni.li ), Chadi Aoun ( chadi@cmu.edu ), and Pratyush Bharati ( Pratyush.Bharati@umb.edu )) to recognize one outstanding journal paper on topics related to the role of information systems to matters regarding environmental sustainability. Annually, a selection committee will vote for one paper to be awarded. The paper is to be selected from published journal articles in the just-completed calendar year.
 * Background **
 * Selection **

The Award Selection Committee is composed of one SIGGreen member per AIS region. Committee members are invited by the SIGGreen board. The Award Selection Committee members for 2018 are Nigel Melville, Helen Hasan and Jan Recker. The first award will be given in 2018 for the best journal paper from 2017. a) **Topical fit **: The paper must relate to Green IS, that is, understanding how we can use information systems to transform organizations and society into more sustainable entities (Watson, Boudreau, & Chen, 2010), with sustainability essentially referring to the conservation, deployment, and reuse of resources in responsible ways” (Malhotra, Melville, & Watson, 2013, p. 1265). b) **Publication in a scientific journal **: The paper must be published in the calendar year 2017 in an academic journal. There are no restrictions placed on discipline, ranking or other characteristics of the journal aside from the paper undergoing rigorous peer-review. c) **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Demonstrated potential impact on sustainability practice **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">: The paper must clearly demonstrate solution potential, i.e., contain clear implications for how IS solutions could contribute to dealing with climate change and related environmental challenges (including an IS artefact or IS knowledge more generally). d) **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Methodological rigor **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">: The paper’s findings must build on sound and robust research practices. e) **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Thought inspiring ideas **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">: The paper should “linger on” in the memory of those that read it and shouldn’t be easy to forget. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Nominations for the award can be made via email to <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">npmelv@umich.edu <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;"> and emails must include:
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Criteria **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Nomination **

Name of nominee; complete reference to nominated paper; brief rationale (up to 300 words).
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Timeline **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">May 31st: Nominations due via email to Award Selection Committee December: Award Announcement at ICIS. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">Malhotra, A., Melville, N. P., and Watson, R. T. 2013. “Spurring Impactful Research on Information Systems for Environmental Sustainability,” MIS Quarterly (37:4), pp. 1265–1274.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;">References **

Watson, R., Boudreau, M. C., and Chen, A. 2010. “Information Systems and Environmentally Sustainable Development: Energy Informatics and New Directions for the IS Community,” MIS Quarterly (34:1), pp. 23–38.


 * Upcoming Events **

** SIGGreen Pre-AMCIS 2017 Workshop ** Workshop Theme: Sustainability and Innovation: Building a Tradition of Research and Practice

SIGGreen is the AIS Special Interest Group on Green Information Systems. SIGGreen provides a platform for those in our discipline who are concerned with how information systems can help reduce human impact on the natural environment – one of the greatest challenge of your time. SIGGreen recognizes that the Information Systems (IS) discipline can have a central role in creating an ecologically sustainable society because of the field’s five decades of experience in designing, building, deploying, evaluating, managing, and studying information systems to resolve complex problems, SIGGreen’s positions are presented in its Statement on Environmental Change (https://siggreen.wikispaces.com/The+Statement-Manifesto). The SIGGreen annual meeting and workshop will be held at AMCIS 2017 instead of ICIS because of travel logistics. The Pre-AMCIS 2017 workshop provides a forum for the breadth of sustainability research in IS and thus contributes to further developing this important IS research domain. We invite papers employing a wide variety of methods. We welcome empirical (qualitative and quantitative), design-oriented and theory development research papers. Interested authors **submit extended abstracts** (1-2 pages – see paper template for details) which will be peer-reviewed by at least two expert reviewers. Successful abstracts will be shared with other workshop participants. After the pre-AMCIS workshop, authors are invited to submit a final paper incorporating feedback. Workshop papers will be published as workshop proceedings on AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). Information about the workshop will be updated at https://siggreen.wikispaces.com/Events ** Workshop Location ** Room: Hampton (3rd floor) Sheraton Boston Hotel 39 Dalton Street Boston, MA 02199

** Important Dates ** - 19 June 2017: Submission of extended abstracts to: SIGGreen.Submission@gmail.com - 26 June 2017: Notification of acceptance  - 10 August 2017: Workshop   - 16 October 2017 (Extended): Submission of full workshop papers for publication on AISeL (optional) ** Formatting Requirements for Extended Abstracts ** - Expected length: 1-2 pages   - Use Workshop Template

** Formatting Requirements for Full Workshop Papers ** - Expected length: 12 pages - Use Template Below (required) ** Brief Schedule **  08:00 – 08:30 Morning Coffee and Welcome    08:30 – 10:00 Paper Session 1   10:00 – 10:15 Break   10:15 – 11:45 Paper Session 2 11:45 – 12:00 Break  12:00 – 12:45 SIGGreen Business Meeting
 * [|Full Schedule Link]**

** Workshop Co-Chairs (SIGGreen Executive Board) ** Chadi Aoun (SIGGreen Past President)   Carnegie Mellon University   chadi@cmu.edu Pratyush Bharati (SIGGreen President Elect)  University of Massachusetts, Boston   Pratyush.Bharati@umb.edu Stefan Seidel (SIGGreen President)  University of Liechtenstein   stefan.seidel@uni.li **Head of Arrangements Committee** Leona Chandra Kruse (SIGGreen Secretary)   University of Liechtenstein leona.chandra@uni.li <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1144px; width: 1px;">

Formatting Requirements for Extended Abstracts

 * Expected length: 1-2 pages
 * [|Submission Template available here]