[ICTs-and-Society] 2nd RESPONDER Multinational, Knowledge Brokerage Event

[Christian Fuchs]

 From Robert Rattle <robert14robert at yahoo.ca>

Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to the 2nd RESPONDER Multinational
Knowledge Brokerage Event

*Green ICT for Sustainable Consumption?*

Exploring Emerging Policies and Open Research Questions.

taking place

*January 17-18,2013 *

at the *Palais**Harrach, Freyung 3, 1010 Vienna, Austria*

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with high-level keynote speakers from the science, policy and business
fields:

*Ray Pinto*, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa

*Inge Røpke*, Aalborg University

*Grégoire Wallenborn*, Free University of Brussels

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The event brings together high-level scientists and policy-makers to
explore, discuss and address pressing questions on the potentials and
challenges of Green ICT for enabling Sustainable Consumption:

·*What is the potential of Cloud Computing as enabler of sustainable
consumption in terms of direct, indirect and systemic effects?*

·*How can Smart Metering help to reduce energy consumption of households?*

·*How can we design policies and practices to realise the potential of
ICTs and promote a process towards sustainable consumption?*

·*What are the respective roles and responsibilities of policy-makers,
representatives of ICT industries, researchers, and other stakeholders?*

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Please note that the number of participants is limited to *40 people.*
Hence, you are kindly asked to send an informal registration e-mail by
*November 30, 2012* to ict at scp-responder.eu.


You also find additional information about the event and the RESPONDER
project under the following link: http://www.scp-responder.eu/events/kb_ict.