[LINK] Greening ICT to address Global Downturn and Global Warming, Canberra, 19 February 2008

[Tom Worthington]

Linkers are invited to a free half day seminar on Green ICT. To add a 
timely spin to it, there is mention of the "Global Financial Crisis" 
and use of social networking/web 2/g-mobile systems for helping spend 
the government's rescue package. Please RSVP to the email address on 
the web site, as places are limited.

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Greening ICT to address Global Downturn and Global Warming, 19 
February 2008, Australian National University, Canberra 
<http://tomw.net.au/moodle/course/view.php?id=12>.

A free half day event bringing together people from academia, 
industry and government who are interested in sustainable uses of ICT 
to address Global Economic Turmoil and Global Warming challenges 
through effective organizational policy, reliability, availability, 
and efficient operations.

On 3 February 2009 the Australian Prime Minister announced a strategy 
to deal with the effects of the global financial crisis on the 
Australian economy. The strategy includes funding for national 
infrastructure, education, energy reduction and combating climate 
change. Such a large and complex task will require rapid decision 
making and detailed oversight of projects. Computer based systems and 
the Internet offer the opportunity to help refine the policy and aid 
in its implementation, as well as form part of the projects 
implemented. The main topics that will be discussed are as follows.

    1. Bridging the ICT-Energy "Disconnect"
    2. Start Measuring, Implement Energy Efficiency Measures and Save 
to Maximize Bottom Lines
    3. "Green ICT quick wins", operational and user behaviour change
    4. Development of "Green ICT" training needs
    5. Social networking, E-government and m-government in government 
and business
    6. University roles in R&D and deployment of 'green' cyber 
infrastructure and ICT enablers




Tom Worthington FACS HLM tom.worthington at tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd            ABN: 17 088 714 309
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617                      http://www.tomw.net.au/
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian National University