[open-sustainability] ICT4S 2016, call for proposals extended to 18 April

Wed Apr 6 12:36:15 UTC 2016

4th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S)

Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2016 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 <http://2016.ict4s.org/>
http://2016.ict4s.org/ict4s-call-for-papers/ <http://2016.ict4s.org/ict4s-call-for-papers/>

About the ICT4S conferences
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. More information can be found at: www.ict4s.org <http://www.ict4s.org/>
Theme and Topics
The theme of the 2016 conference is “Smart and Sustainable”. ICT transformational power is essential to make our society smarter and increasingly sustainable. This should embrace all levels, from individuals to cities, from public sector to all industry sectors, from business goals to environmental objectives. Papers relating to ICT for sustainability in a broad sense and papers developing this year’s theme (and beyond) are welcome.

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

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 monitoring and adaptation of software-intensive systems and services
Green networking
ICT-induced behavioral and societal change
ICT-practices and lifestyles
ICT and design
Energy-efficient and energy-aware software engineering
Sustainable data management
Sustainability in business and organizations
Software for environmental sustainable ICT
Software for sustainable business governance
Improved service lives of hardware products
Material resources used in production
Reduced hardware obsolescence
E-waste and closed material cycles
Incentives for more sustainable ICT
Case studies and experience reports
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
Papers, posters and workshops
We welcome original papers and posters reporting on research, development and demonstrations in the field of ICT4S. We also welcome workshop proposals of diverse types.

Papers
All papers must conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE Formatting Guidelines, and limited to at most 6,500 words, and 10 pages including text, appendices, figures and references. Make sure that you use this MS Word template <http://www.conference-publishing.com/templates/MSW_USltr_format.doc> and this LaTeX class <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/IEEEtran.cls>.

Submission will be via EasyChair <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ict4s2016>.
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