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• Fri

  30

  Jun

  2017

  Call for papers: Focus session on ICT and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

  Call for papers:
  Focus session on ICT and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  in Interaction Design & Architecture(s)

  Overview
  Sustainability is the most important global challenge for the 21st century. While interest in sustainability is increasing within computing, it is not particularly difficult to claim that we currently do too little, and perhaps at times also the wrong things. Developing a sustainable society should include also Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) since ICT has become an integral part of all areas in society. But how does ICT contribute to a sustainable society, and, what are we aiming for?

  In September 2015, the UN formally adopted a set of global goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs, see further https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) consisting of 17 overarching goals, aiming at accomplishing sustainable development for people and the planet by 2030. The SDGs address ecological as well as social and economic sustainability.

  In this IxD&A focus session, we want to engage everyone who is interested in working towards a sustainable future in terms and using the UN SDGs as a starting point. How can ICT be inspired by, and contribute to these goals? What should we do more of, and, are we doing the right things? In what areas should we form partnerships in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goals and with whom should we form these partnerships?
  Topics may include but are not limited to:
  ICT solutions that engages one or more SDGs
  Work that critically discusses important topics not covered by the SDGs
  The Interconnectedness of the SDGs in relation to ICT
  Bridging global goals (SDGs) in terms of scaling and operationalizing them to make them possible/easier to address
  The challenge of working with long-term goal in the context of ICT which emphasizes speed and results
  Possible tensions and contradictions between different SDGs
  The connection between socio-technical systems and the SDGs
  Methods for monitoring progress in reaching the SDGs (for example using Big Data)
  Submission procedure
  All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Prospective authors are invited to submit a full paper (8-20 pages) including authors' information, abstract, tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines. For more information see the full call at: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call34fs
  Important dates
  • Deadline: June 30, 2017
  • Notification to the authors: September 30, 2017
  • Camera ready paper: October 31, 2017
  • Publication of the special issue: end of November, 2017
  Guest editors
  For advice or queries, please contact the guest editors and use the subject line “IxD&A focus session: ICT and the SDGs”.

  • Daniel Pargman (School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), pargman@kth.se
  • Neha Kumar (Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), neha.kumar@cc.gatech.edu
  • Mikael Anneroth (Ericsson Research, Sweden), mikael.anneroth@ericsson.com
  • Elina Eriksson (School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), elina@kth.se