Call for participation: Workshop on Information Systems and Environmentally Sustainable Development http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer/SIGGreen/default.htm Activities: Virtual Online Workshop: November 12, 2010 (Web site TBA) Pre-ICIS Workshop, Saint Louis, MO December 11, 2010 ICIS (http://icis2010.aisnet.org/) is the premier international conference for Information Systems. Theme: In the March 2010 issue of MISQ, Watson, Boudreau and Chenpresent a call to arms for information systems to address environmental sustainability. “Specifically, as IS researchers, educators, journal editors, and association leaders, we need to demonstrate how the transformative power of IS can be leveraged to create an ecologically sustainable society,” (p. 23). Inspiration for this program comes from the growing body of work published in this area by IS scholars, but particularly the Watson et al. paper is recommended reading for those intending to participate.The objective of this program of activities is to use the Watson et al. paper as a manifesto to generate directions and goals for the newly formed AIS special interest group SIGGreen (http://siggreen.wikispaces.com/). Participants in this workshop are encouraged to employ this paper as a guide for writing opinion pieces, critical overviews, calls for action, taxonomies, frameworks etc, for one or more of the various IS roles described in the paper (i.e., researcher, educator etc). We call for abstract (300-500 words) on any aspects of the Theme as indicated above. Note these should not be reports on specific research projects. Acceptance of abstracts will be determined by the chairs in consultation with an editorial panel and based on quality and relevance to the Theme and the aims of SIGGreen. Abstracts due: October 8, 2010, sent via email to SIGGreenWorkshop AT gmail [dot] com Workshop Chairs: Cathy Dwyer (cdwyer@pace.edu) and Helen Hasan (hasan@uow.edu.au) Catherine Dwyer, Ph.D. Associate Professor http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer http://twitter.com/ProfCDwyer Pace University, Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems 163 William Street #225 New York, NY 10038 212-346-1728