The
environment is on the IT agenda – but is it on yours?
The
Australian of 17th July 2007 reported that 27% of organisations
surveyed across the nation have sustainability programs in
place and a further 21% expect to launch green programs in
the next 12 months.
Want
to know the what, where and how of an IT sustainability
program for your IT facilities? UniSA’s School of Computer
and Information Science, with the sponsorship of EDS, Microsoft,
the SA Department of Further Education, Science and Technology,
and Zero Waste South Australia will show you just how important
and easy it is to do your part for the planet.
What
will be discussed:
- How
you can safely and economically recycle and dispose of
IT Waste
- How
to green your IT Operations, covering everything from the
desktop to the computer room
- How
IT is being used to provide state of the art environmental
management
When: November
12 10:00am – 5:00pm for the full program
for SMEs from 6:00 for 6:30 – 9:00pm
Where: Chifley
Hotel, South Terrace, Adelaide
Full
Program
The
full program includes a keynote address by Ian
Kiernan AO, OAM Chairman
of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World, coffee on
arrival, lunch, afternoon tea, and drinks at the end of
the day, as well as twelve presentations from the following
leading local and interstate experts:
Rick
Wakelin GM, PGM Refiners, Melbourne,
“Responsible
Sustainable Recycling of E-Waste in Australia”
Answering the question “Is it Sustainable in Australia?”,
this presentation will look at recycling, probable diversion
rates, collection impact on companies, with specific emphasis
on improvements to ensure viability and sustainability.
Diana
Gibson, Manager – Sustainable Products and Services, Sustainability
Victoria, “Byteback™ – when industry takes
voluntary responsibility”
A case study, Byteback™, is a partnership between
Sustainability Victoria, 10 ICT OEMS and the AIIA, that
is a takeback and resource recovery scheme engaging ICT
OEMS directly in shared responsibility for e-waste, and
assisting and informing the sector in developing their
approach to the proposed National Co-regulatory Framework
for Product Stewardship.
Tom
Worthington, FACS, Adjunct Senior Lecturer,
Australian
National University, Canberra,
“Reducing ICT Carbon
Emissions”
Based on a study sponsored by the Australian Computer
Society this presentation includes practical steps ICT
professionals, government, consumers and ICT manufacturers
can take to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions attributable
to the use of ICT equipment.
Tracey
Dodd, Project Officer, Information Economy,
Department
for Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology,
“Using
Broadband for Sustainable Development”
From this session you will gain an understanding of
the opportunity to leverage broadband technology for sustainable
development.
Darryn
McCosker, Outsourcing and SI manager, VMware, Sydney,
“Cool
Technology in the War against Power Consumption”
Learn why virtualisation is cool and how it is producing
results for individuals and companies around the world.
Peter
Evans-Greenwood, CTO, Capgemini,
“Turning your
data Centre into an Environmental Control Centre”
Showcasing a new SA invention which provides real
time information on the best times to use power to minimise
CO2 emissions
Sharon
Ede, Research/Project Officer, Zero Waste SA,
“Ctrl-Alt-Delete*
– Rethinking the Lifecycle of IT Equipment”
This presentation will discuss the concept of zero
waste, provide background on the State government’s policy
position on waste, outline why e-waste is a significant
concern, and show how the application of the waste management
hierarchy to IT equipment can yield resource and greenhouse
benefits as well as reducing waste.
Peter
Grant, Queensland Government Acting Chief Information Officer,
“Green Computing: When will we focus on the BIG Issues?”
The IT industry has made significant progress towards
cleaning up its GREEN credentials. Manufacturers have reduced
and even eliminated hazardous chemicals from products and
many companies are offering to take responsibility for
recycling their old equipment. While this is admirable
and necessary the real impact of ICT on the environment
is still a pipe dream. ICT has the capacity to change the
way we work and live and in doing so make huge improvements
in Green House gas reductions and work life balance. So
while its good, even essential for the ICT industry to
be green we are letting society down by failing to identify
and promote the wider opportunities for a more sustainable
and greener world.
Ralph
Leonard, Department for Further Education, Employment,
Science and Technology, “Electronic Product Environmental
Assessment Tool”
“The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
(EPEAT) is a procurement tool to help large volume purchasers
in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare, and
select desktop computers, notebooks, and monitors based
on their environmental attributes”
Also
presenting will be:
- Dr
Geoff James, CSIRO, Sydney on “Efficiency of Power Resources”
- Alex
Cameron, EDS, Adelaide on “An EDS Fellow’s perspective”
- Sundeep
Khisty EDS, Sydney on “IT Operations CO2 Efficiencies”
SME
Program
A
shortened program designed for small to medium enterprise
organisations will run from 6:30pm – 9:00pm on
the same day. Presentations
in the SME sessions will be:
A
panel of Local Government experts; Robyn Butterfield (West
Torrens), Bill O’Regan (Onkaparinga), and Bruce Lang (Unley),
will advise on e-waste management strategies which are
safe and efficient.
Dr
David Ness, Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure,
“Rent
vs Buy vs Leasing – and the Winner is Rent!”
The latest research in collaboration with UniSA’s
Institute for Sustainable Technologies showing that renting
has positive environmental impacts and financial returns
over lease-to-buy and purchase. |
