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Call for Papers

  • 04-Aug-10 10:31 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST)

    May 16-18, 2011    Chicago, USA
    Abstracts Due November 20, 2010

       

    We are pleased to announce the 2011 ISSST, to be held in the American technology hub of Chicago.  For the past 18 years, this symposium has attracted representatives from around the world to discuss and present innovative solutions to sustainability challenges related to engineered systems generally and for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in particular.  Professionals from industry, research laboratories, consulting, government, and academia are encouraged to attend.  Please forward this announcement widely.

    Call for Papers and Posters


    The conference will feature keynote speakers, tutorials, paper presentations, panel discussions, and poster presentations. Authors are invited to submit papers describing research, applications, tools, and case studies addressing the categories listed below. Approximately 30 minutes will be provided for each paper presentation, including questions and responses.  A poster session will be open to all participants including students.

    The program covers the spectrum of issues for assessing and managing products and services across their life cycle, and the design, management, and policy implications of sustainable engineered systems and technologies.  General topics include design for environment, design for sustainability, materials selection, energy management, end-of-life policy and reuse/recycling, process integration, and institutional and policy implications of services and technology systems.

    Applicants who wish to present should submit an extended abstract as detailed below.  Accepted presenters will have the option to submit a full paper for the Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, published by IEEE.  Starting this year, those who would like to present without submitting a full paper may still submit an abstract.

    SOLICITED TOPICS

    ICT in Business Systems and Efficiency

    ·     Logistics, e-commerce and supply chain management

    ·     Green ICT systems

    ·     Monitoring and control systems in manufacturing

    Materials and Product Design

    ·     Design for Environment (DFE)/Sustainability (DFS)

    ·     Energy management/efficiency

    Sustainability Analysis Tools

    ·     Industrial Ecology (IE), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

    ·     Network Theory

    ·     Thermodynamics and energy/material analysis

    Emerging Technologies

    ·     Impact of emerging technologies (nanotechnology, biotech, new materials)

    ·     Emerging technologies, military operations, and national security

    Green Manufacturing

    ·     Innovative processes

    ·     Supply chain management

    Urban Infrastructure Systems

    ·     Smart buildings

    ·     Intelligent transport systems

    ·     Green Infrastructure

    Sustainable Engineering Education

    ·     Education modules and case studies

    ·     Innovations and restructuring of curricula for sustainability

    Policy and Regulation

    ·     Developments and evaluation of existing polices and regulations

    ·     International management of reused goods and e-waste

    End-of-life Technologies and Systems

    ·     New disassembly and recycling technologies

    ·     Asset management and logistic systems for electronics

    ·     RFID and other identification systems

    Ethics/Societal Implications

    ·     Impacts of informal recycling in developing countries

    ·     Ethics and Emerging technologies

    ·     Professional responsibilities for sustainability

    Policy Issues / Implications

    ·     “Green” standards development and implementation

    ·     Incentivizing sustainable behavior and practices

    Sustainable Energy Generation and Distribution

    ·     Optimization of generation portfolios / Demand and efficiency

    ·     Renewable energy

    ·     Environmental impacts

    ·     Smart grid

    Earth Systems Engineering and Management

    ·     Geo-engineering

    ·     Carbon capture technologies for climate change mitigation

    ·     ICT for transformation of the energy system

    ·     Sustainable design / management of urban systems

    ·     ICT and natural cycles (carbon, nitrogen, hydrologic)


    Abstracts are due November 20, 2010

    How to Submit

    Please make your submission through the START Conference Manager System:

    https://www.softconf.com/b/issst2011

    Extended abstracts should be 800-1000 words in length and should explain the subject, originality, and relevance to ISSST 2011.  Submissions must specifically contain the following categories in order to be considered:

    (1) Problem addressed, (2) Knowledge of prior work, (3) Project undertaken, (4) Research methods, (5) Conclusions

    This initial submission does not require any particular formatting, but please use a generic layout and font. Abstracts may be submitted for papers and posters on the same topic, but separate abstracts must be submitted for the paper and poster, which will be evaluated individually. Extended abstracts will be peer reviewed.

    Types of Submissions

    Please review the options for submission and indicate your choice at the top of your extended abstract.  For accepted abstracts, final submissions of all types are due just before the conference, April 15, 2011.  Formatting full papers and extended abstracts for the IEEE proceedings should follow the style templates at http://www.ieee-issst.org/.

    Abstract Only.  Authors who wish to give an oral presentation must submit an extended abstract but are not required to extend this into a full paper.  Authors whose abstracts are selected for oral presentation will be notified in December, 2010, and accepted authors will be entitled to register for the symposium at a reduced rate.  At least one author per paper must register to attend the symposium. Papers or abstracts without a registered author will not be printed or scheduled for presentation. Those who choose not to extend their abstracts into full papers are encouraged to re-format their abstracts for IEEE publication.

    Conference Paper.  Authors whose abstracts are accepted are encouraged (but not required) to extend their work into full papers to be distributed at the conference, either as unformatted conference papers or as official IEEE conference proceedings (see below).  Those authors who intend to publish full papers will be given priority in selecting presentations.  Unformatted conference papers will not be published by IEEE, and so do not require any special formatting.  Conference papers are limited to six pages in length, including illustrations.

    IEEE Conference Proceedings.  These papers will published in the official IEEE proceedings, and so must use appropriate formatting.  IEEE papers are also limited to six pages in length, including illustrations.

    Poster Sessions.  Authors who choose to present a poster are required to submit an extended abstract, which they may choose to format for the IEEE proceedings.  At least one author per poster must register to attend the symposium.

    Information for Students

    ISSST offers both a paper and poster competition to recognize student contributions to the advancement of environmental practices in sustainable systems and technology.  To be eligible, the primary author must be a student on or after January 1, 2011 and present original work in an accepted 2011 ISSST conference presentation or poster. Contest eligibility forms and instructions for submission are available at the conference website.  Students will receive a discounted on the registration for the symposium.

    Additional Information

    The venue for the symposium is being finalized at this time. For information on registration, hotel reservations, and all other aspects of the symposium, please visit http://www.ieee-issst.org/.  We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!


    Conference Chair: 

    Tom Seager (Arizona State University)

    Program Chair:

    Matthew Eckelman (Yale University)


    2011 ISSST is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society’s Technical Committee on Sustainable Systems and Technology (formerly TC on Electronics and the Environment) and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.  This conference was known between 1993 and 2008 as the IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment. In 2008, the scope of the conference was broadened to all industries and products while still maintaining a focus on the sustainability of ICT services.

  • 15-Mar-10 12:00 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    Call for Paper for special issue of UN Cnt for Regional Development Journal on RDD


    Office of Dr. Anthony SF Chiu would like to forward this attachment pertaining to the "Call for Paper for special issue of UN Cnt for Regional Development Journal on RDD". Please send all abstracts to anthonysfchiu@yahoo.com
  • 15-Feb-10 10:48 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    Venice 2010: Third International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste
    Venice, Italy, 8-11 November 2010
    Deadline: March 31st 2010

    An extended abstract (at least one but no more than two full pages) prepared using the abstract form (to be downloaded from the Symposium website) should reach the Organization no later than March 31st 2010.

    Abstracts should include the full title of the paper, names, affiliations of all authors, e-mail addresses and full mailing addresses of all the Authors, the suggested session and the requested destination (oral or poster presentation). The abstract must clearly describe the content of the presentation and its basis (detailed case study, discussion of experience from practice, preliminary research data, completed research not presented previously, review of literature, administrative initiatives and regulations, etc).  The Leading Author should be clearly indicated.

    For all further information, please visit the Symposium website:

    http://www.venicesymposium.it

    or contact the Organising Secretariat:

    Eurowaste Via Beato Pellegrino 23 35137 Padova Italy Phone: +39 0498726986 Fax: +39 0498726987

  • 12-Feb-10 12:04 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    Strengthening industrial ecology for the Asia-Pacific region
    Tokyo, Japan, 7-9 November 2010
    Deadline: Extended to 14 June 2010

    We are pleased to announce two jointly organized meetings of International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) in Tokyo in November 2010.

    ISIE Asia-Pacific Meeting "Strengthening industrial ecology for the Asia-Pacific region" ISIE MFA-ConAccount Meeting "Material Flow Analysis (MFA) for the future".

    For more details, please visit meetings' website:
    http://www.isieapmfa.info/index.html
  • 02-Feb-10 00:07 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    The European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP)
    Delft, the Netherlands, 25-28 October 2010
    Deadline: March 20, 2010

    More information can be found below and in the call and flyer that can be downloaded from the conference website.
     
  • 25-Jan-10 11:46 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    State of the art in Ecological  Footprint theory and applications
    Colle Val d’Elsa, 7-12 June 2010
    Deadline: March 31, 2010

    Global Footprint Network and the Ecodynamics Group at the University of Siena are calling for abstracts for presentation at Footprint Forum 2010 – Meet the Winners of the 21st century -  to be held June 7-12 in Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy, just outside of Siena, Italy. Submissions are welcome on a range of issues and disciplines related to the Ecological Footprint (i.e., carbon, trade, biodiversity and water). Several abstracts will be selected for oral presentation. If your abstract is selected, you will have the opportunity to speak at the session for up to 15 minutes, followed by at least 10 minutes of discussion. In addition, a special issue of Ecological Indicators will include extended versions of a selection of papers submitted at Footprint Forum 2010.

    About Footprint Forum:

    As our financial systems and our relationship with the natural world are being re-examined, our work at Global Footprint Network grows increasingly crucial. Now, more than ever, there is a need for innovative, breakthrough ideas – and our upcoming Forum will be designed to stimulate just that. Members of our partner network, selected thought leaders and influencers will gather from around the world to participate in this intimate and interactive event held in Colle di Val d’Elsa. Together, they will learn, share and create solutions as they tackle the most pressing issues humanity is facing, and take action toward creating a world where we can all live within the means of our planet.

    Deadline: March 31, 2010 (Early submissions are strongly encouraged)

    Details of Submission:

    Proposed topics should focus on NEW developments on the Ecological Footprint in areas of:

    1.      Theory;

    2.      Applications; or

    3.      Communication/policy relevance.

    All submissions must be a two-page abstract, and include an introduction, summary of methods and results section. Instructions and a template are attached.

    If your abstract is not selected, you have the option of having it presented as a poster at the Forum.

    Email submissions to footprintforum2010@unisi.it
  • 15-Jan-10 13:20 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    The Summer Congress 2010
    Sudbury, Ontario, 22-25 June 2010
    Deadline: April 30, 2010

    Details:

    Paper Submission
    All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. The full paper submissions will be chosen based on technical merit, interest, applicability, and how well they fit a coherent and balanced technical program. The accepted full papers will be published in the  refereed conference proceedings. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit abstract or full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. Full text papers (.doc, .rtf, .pdf) will be sent to oida@ontariointernational.org Please submit your paper and abstract early as possible.


    Journal Submission
    Congress
    2010 papers will be submitted to the International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. All submitted papers will have opportunities for consideration. The selection will be carried out during the review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision will be made based on peer review reports.



  • 15-Jan-10 13:06 | Melanie Quigley (administrator)
    Third International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste
    Venice, 8-11 November 2010
    Deadline: March 31st 2010.

    Details:
    For all further information, please visit the Symposium website:
    http://www.venicesymposium.it



 

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