Events


 * 2017 **

** 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


 * 2016 **


 * SIG Green Pre-ICIS 2016 Workshop**

Workshop Theme: Digital Innovation for Sustainability: Directions for Policy and Practice The SIGGreen Pre-ICIS 2016 workshop is the annual meeting. The workshop provides a forum for the breadth of sustainability research in IS and thus contributes to further developing this important IS research domain. This year’s workshop will also feature a keynote as well as virtual presentations by experts on climate policies. We invite papers employing a wide variety of methods. Empirical (qualitative and quantitative) studies as well as design-oriented research and conceptual papers on theory development are also welcomed. Interested authors **submit extended abstracts** which will be peer-reviewed by at least two expert reviewers. Successful abstracts will be shared with other workshop participants. After the pre-ICIS workshop, authors are invited to submit a final paper incorporating feedback. Workshop papers will be published as workshop proceedings on AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). The proceedings of the 2015 workshop can be accessed at []. There will be a $60 registration fee for the workshop. Workshop Template Workshop Location **The Gresham Hotel** Room: O’Connell 1 23 Upper O'Connell Street Dublin GPS coordinates 53.3514431; -6.260888399999999

Please note: The conference registration will not open at the Convention Center Dublin until Sunday afternoon. Because you are attending a Pre-ICIS event you must pick up your workshop registration badge at each Pre-ICIS event you are registered for. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop to allow time to get your workshop badge and check in. The Pre-ICIS Workshop badge is for the workshop ONLY. You will need to pick-up your official Conference badge at the Convention Center Dublin when registration opens Sunday afternoon. Important Dates  - 03 October 2016: Submission of extended abstracts to: stefan.seidel@uni.li - 17 October 2016: Notification of acceptance  - 11 December 2016: Workshop   - 16 January 2016: Submission of full workshop papers for publication on AISeL (optional) Formatting Requirements for Extended Abstracts - Expected length: 1-2 pages - Use of Workshop Template

Formatting Requirements for Full Workshop Papers - Maximum length: 12 pages - Use of Workshop Template Workshop Schedule

Workshop 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


 * ECIS 2016 Track**

Track: Sustainably Digital

Conference Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Track Description:

The digitization of private and professional life is both a challenge and an opportunity for supporting sustainable development, that is, “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Our Common Future –report, UN, 1987). Sustainability can be investigated from diverse perspectives, typically focusing on environmental, economic, and social aspects (Elkington 1997; Elliot 2011; Melville 2010).

Through digitization, information systems stand to play a pivotal role in achieving strategic sustainability objectives. First, information systems can help individuals, groups, and firms choose sustainable alternatives that reduce waste and use of energy and thus contribute to environmental and economic sustainability. Second, information systems have always aimed to contribute to economic sustainability, for instance, through generating efficiencies from management information systems, transaction processing systems, or data management systems. Third, information systems can form the global gateway to sustainability through sensor networks, business information systems, or data management, amongst others. Importantly, the three dimensions are closely intertwined, and the topic of sustainability is now typically addressed from a view of a single bounded ecosystem that includes social, political, and economic structures (Elliot 2011).

The aim of this track is to advance the discussion on the role and relevance of information systems in the context of sustainability. It intends to provide thought leaders with a forum that accounts for the breadth of sustainability research in the information systems discipline in terms of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Potential topics range from the design of systems and digital services for sustainability to the application of existing theories on change at the individual, group, organizational, and societal levels, as well as the development of new theory. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:


 * IT-enabled organizational sustainability transformation
 * Use of information systems to design and implement more sustainable business processes
 * Design of sustainable value chains
 * Information Systems for lower carbon emissions
 * Energy informatics
 * The role of information systems in energy policy
 * Information systems for raising environmental awareness
 * Green awareness and communication for formulating organizational strategy
 * Information systems for the encouragement of green choices by consumers
 * Sustainable everyday life practices through information systems
 * Recycling of electronic devices
 * Sustainable consuming through direct access to product information

We invite rigorous and relevant empirical studies employing a wide variety of methods. We also welcome conceptual papers.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This track is supported by the Special Interest Group for Green Information Systems (SIGGreen) of the Association for Information Systems.


 * 2015 **


 * SIG Green Pre-ICIS 2015 Workshop**

Workshop Theme: Exploring Greener Frontiers through IS

Workshop Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Important Dates:


 * October 05, 2015: Submission of extended abstracts to: stefan.seidel@uni.li
 * October 12, 2015: Notification of acceptance
 * November 17, 2015: Virtual event
 * December 13, 2015: Workshop
 * January 08, 2015: Submission of full workshop papers for publication on AIS eLibrary

The workshop proceedings can be accessed here: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://aisel.aisnet.org/sprouts_proceedings_siggreen_2015/


 * AMCIS 2015 Track**

The Americas Conference on Information Systems 2015 will be held in Puerto Rico 13-15 of August 2015. SIGGreen will be running a track on Green IS and Sustainability.

Important Dates:


 * August 30, 2014: Authors start submitting minitrack proposals to a co-chair of the track where the minitrack fits best. Also, cc the program co-chairs at amcis2015.program@gmail.com
 * September 29, 2014: All Minitrack proposals due
 * October 13, 2015: Minitrack decisions from track co-chairs due
 * January 5, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin
 * February 25, 2015: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors
 * May 5, 2015: Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made

More information about the Track and potential minitracks is available here: []


 * ECIS 2015 Track**

The European Conference on Information Systems will be held in Münster, Germany 26-29 May 2015. The track on Sustainable Digital is organised by SIGGreen members.

Important Dates:


 * Submissions open: October 6, 2014
 * Submission deadline: November 28, 2014 (strict and only deadline!)
 * Notification of acceptance: End of February, 2015

More information about the track is available here: []


 * 2014 **

Pre-ICIS 2014 Workshop


 * 3rd ERCIS VIRTUAL IS SEMINAR** / Call for Participation

[|http://virtual-seminar.ercis.org]


 * 2013 **

2013 Program and Pre-ICIS Workshop

AMCIS 2013 Track Description


 * TEACHING AN IS SEMINAR IN WINTER TERM?**

Connect your IS seminar to a global virtual seminar, having your students cooperating on challenging IS topics with students around the globe.

Next course to join: Winter term 2013/2014, October 2013 to January 2014

Sign up until: September 15 2013

ORGANIZATION OF THE SEMINAR

The seminar connects students from different IS Schools worldwide to work together on joint seminar papers using a virtual collaboration environment. This addresses two major learning experiences:

1) Get trained in virtual intercultural communication: Every student team is set up internationally, in that there are no two team members from the same university; they are all split up over multiple groups. Students use collaboration tools free of their choice to accomplish a joint seminar work over the semester.

2) Study exciting IS research topics: This year's topic is envisioning future forms of customer-oriented communication and collaboration. The seminar is integrated with the 2014 Hilti IT Innovation Competition and students can win trips to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Tulsa Oklahoma (USA) or Schaan (Liechtenstein).

FACTS - Registration open till: September 15 2013 - Student's profile: Master students in IS and related studies - Term: Winter 2013/2014; September/October 2013 to January/February 2014

DETAILS [|http://virtual-seminar.ercis.org]


 * CFP: Green IS and Sustainability Track at ACIS 2013**

A Green IS and Sustainability Track will be included in ACIS 2013, to be held on the RMIT campus in Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 4 - 6th. SIGGreen members and Green IS researchers are encouraged to review the track and consider submitting papers to the conference.

Paper due date: July 26th

Suggested topics:


 * Theories and methods applied to Green IS and IT research
 * Case studies of Green IS and IT
 * Energy Informatics
 * The use of IS to change human behaviors towards sustainable business practices
 * Intra-organisational and cross-organisational Green IS and sustainability initiatives.
 * Collaboration among a wide-spectrum of sustainability stakeholders enabled by IS.
 * IS in support of environmental sustainability
 * IS in support of social and economic sustainability
 * IS to support sustainable global competitiveness
 * Lifecycle assessment of e-billing, videoconferencing, teleworking
 * The ecological value of virtualisation, cloud computing, and software as a service
 * The design, implementation, and use of IS to reduce organizations’ environmental impact
 * Issues surrounding the assessment and measurement of information systems sustainability
 * Sustainable development in developing countries
 * Cross-cultural, social, and global aspect of Green IS.

The ACIS 2013 conference link is: http://www.rmit.edu.au/acis2013

The Green IS and Sustainability track link is: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=72tcpydh6jdr

The general call for papers: @http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=5ukac400j6id


 * SIGGreen Green IS Track at AMCIS 2013**

SIGGreen will be running four sessions as part of a Green IS Track at AMCIS 2013 in Chicago, IL.

For more information see the AMCIS website: @http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/


 * Information Systems Journal CfP on Green IS**

Information Systems Journal Special Issue on: Information Systems addressing the Challenges of Environmental Sustainability

Special Issue Guest Editors: Robert M Davison (City University of Hong Kong) - isrobert@cityu.edu.hk Steve Elliot (University of Sydney) - steve.elliot@sydney.edu.au Jane Webster (Queens University) - jwebster@business.queensu.ca

Submission deadlines: December 15, 2012 (initial). August 15, 2013 (final).




 * [|Details]
 * [[file:siggreen/ISJ SI CfP ISACES.pdf|Download]]
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SIGGreen's [|track for AMCIS 2013], “Green IS and Sustainability,” has five mini-tracks. All Green IS researchers are encouraged to support SIGGreen by submitting a paper to one of our mini-tracks: "Green, Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Tourism Practices and the Role of Information Technologies" "Information Systems for Sustainable Business Activities and Supply Chains" "Green-IS for Sustainability in Inter-Organizational Networks" "IS Applications for Electric Mobility and the Smart Grid" "Sustainability, Organizations, and Green Information Systems" The full description of the SIGGreen AMCIS 2013 Track and mini-tracks can be found here.
 * **SIGGreen at AMCIS 2013:**

Special Issue on "Smart Energy: Building Business Models, Best Practices, and Theories” Guest Editors: Johann Kranz, University of Goettingen (Germany) Lutz M. Kolbe, University of Goettingen (Germany), Chulmo Koo, Kyung Hee University (South Korea), Marie-Claude Boudreau, University of Georgia (United States) Theme: Electronic Markets calls for submissions for a special issue on smart energy focusing on the use, infusion, and impact of Information Systems (IS) and Information Technologies (IT)for increasing the efficiency and sustainability of energy production and consumption.
 * Electronic Markets CfP on Smart Energy**

SIGGreen first full track at AMCIS 2012 was a great success. SIGGreen will again run a track for AMCIS 2013, entitled “Green IS and Sustainability.” We ask all members and supporters to consider submitting a SIGGreen mini-track proposal for AMCIS 2013, to be held in Chicago, IL. You can submit proposals here. The deadline for minitrack proposals is October 18th, 2012. The full description of the SIGGreen AMCIS 2013 Track is available here. AMCIS 2012 Business Meeting, Saturday, August 11, 5-6 PM ||
 * SIGGreen at AMCIS 2013: Call for Minitrack Proposals**


 * 2012 **

2012 Program and Pre-ECIS Workshop

**SIGGreen 2012 Pre-ECIS Workshop**

June 10, 2012, in Barcelona, Spain

You can view the presentations on YouTube through this link: SIGGreen Pre-ECIS Presentations

2012 Program and Pre-ECIS2012 Workshop

Program Details

A program of activities, similar to those conducted in 2010/1 leading up to ICIS is happening in conjunction with ECIS2012.


 * AMCIS 2012 SIGGreen Track: Green IS: Building Programs and Designing Curricula**

SIGGreen is supporting five mini-tracks at AMCIS 2012 in Seattle, WA.

We encourage SIGGreen members to submit papers on their latest research. Due date is Mar-1. Here

are the SIGGreen mini-tracks:


 * [|Smart Grid Technologies] ||
 * [|IS Enabled Eco-Collaboration] ||
 * [|Information Systems for Sustainable Business Practices and their Organizational Adoption] ||
 * [|Green IT: Enhancing Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Organizations] ||
 * [|Green Business Process Management - How Can Organisations Become More Sustainable in Their Operations?] ||


 * 2011 **

ICIS 2011 SIGGreen Meeting

2011 Virtual Event November 4

Earlier posts:

Vote on SIGGreen Statement on Environmental Change

Dec. 2011 vote results:

motion passes

36 yes (90%), 3 no (8%), 1 abstain (2%)

SIGGreen members: check your email for link to vote on AIS Statement: The Statement-Manifesto


 * LISDAR 2012 - Liechtenstein Congress on Sustainable Development and Responsible Investing**

From Jan vom Brocke

may I kindly draw your attention to this upcoming event in the field of sustainability research: the Liechtenstein Congress on Sustainable Development and Responsible Investing. One day of the congress will particularly be dedicated to the field of Information Systems: May 4, Responsible Business and Information Systems.

LISDAR 2012 - Liechtenstein Congress on Sustainable Development and Responsible Investing

@http://www.uni.li/Portals/0/docs/ar/lisdar/Lisdar%202012%20brochures/Lisdar%20Flyer%20All%20EN.pdf

2. - 4. Mai 2012, Universität Liechtenstein

http://www.lisdar.li

**Meeting at ICIS2011, Monday evening, 5-6pm Dec 5**

Location -5D (Shanghai International Convention Center) - Meeting Notes


 * 2010 **

Pre-ICIS2010 Workshop [|Proceedings]and Workshop Wiki

ECIS2010

AMCIS2010