PERVASIVE PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

SYDNEY – Workshop to be held on Pervasive Persuasive Technology and Environmental Sustainability at the 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing in May.

Environmental sustainability and climate change are issues which must no longer be ignored by anyone, any industry or any academic community. The pervasive technology, ubiquitous computing and HCI community is slowly waking up to these global concerns. The Nobel Peace Price 2007 was awarded to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. The citation highlights the urgency of the fact that information and awareness around causes and implications are necessary but not sufficient to combat climate change. Action is required.

The workshop will address key issues of environmental sustainability and the roles of communications technologies. Prospective participants are to submit a position paper (2-4 pages total, in English, .doc, .rtf or .pdf file formats) related to one of the workshop topics to Marcus Foth at m.foth [AT] qut.edu.au by January 25, 2008.

All workshop participants will need to register for the conference. Conference: May 19-22, Sydney http://www.urbaninformatics.net/green/