Please see website below or contact Karin Dobernig via E-Mail: ict@scp-responder.eu if you have questions. Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the following upcoming event in the European Knowledge Brokerage project RESPONDER: Green ICT for Growth and Sustainability? Linking Science and Policy taking place May 30 to June 1, 2012 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria with high-level keynote speakers from the science and policy fields: Lorenz Erdmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research Lorenz Hilty, University of Zurich & Empa Peter Johnston, European Policy Center & Club of Rome Inge Ropke, Technical University of Denmark Vida Rozite, International Energy Agency 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 Economic Growth and Sustainable Consumption: · Which role does ICT play for Green Growth and Sustainable Consumption? · What are challenges and critical aspects to be discussed with regards to ICT? · What impacts on residential energy consumption can be expected from the introduction of energy labelling on consumer electronics? · What is the potential of smart metering in encouraging energy savings in the long run? · Will cloud computing lead to overall savings of energy and other resources? Please, note that the number of participants is limited to 40 people. Hence, we kindly ask you to send the registration form until April 20, 2012 to ict@scp-responder.eu. The registration form as well as other relevant information about the registration procedure, the event and the RESPONDER project can be found under the following link: http://www.scp-responder.eu/events/kb_ict.